Sentence examples for main offence from inspiring English sources

But what was the main offence?

His main offence, it seems, was not to have been broken.

My main offence last week was to interview a leonine Burmese journalist called U Win Tin, an NLD founder.

Death threats have been made against him.Mr Glazer's main offence seems to be that he is a businessman who intends to run United as a business.

There is also the technique of nailing people for what can be proven against them, even if it's not the main offence.

A month later, Yousif turned up at home with papers implying that his main offence was going on anti-regime demonstrations.

The UK Bribery Act 2010 creates four main offences.

Eleven prisoners had committed sexual offences as their main crime.

The main type of offence reported was "violence against the person", which includes harassment and common assault as well as verbal abuse, spitting and "barging".

On the rise in hate attacks, police said the main type of offence seen during the 16-30 June period was "violence against the person, which is primarily harassment, common assault and other violence (verbal abuse, spitting and 'barging')".

Meanwhile, the police figures on reported crime for England and Wales showed a fall across most of the main categories of crime, with 3.7 million offences recorded in the year ending December 2013 - down 2% from the previous year.