Sentence examples for may hand down from inspiring English sources

Manila has said the court may hand down a ruling before May.

Courts may hand down sentences of amputation for robbery and public execution for murder, rape, sodomy and drug trafficking.

In Bangladesh, too, a court looking at war crimes committed in the 1971 conflict with Pakistan may hand down capital sentences.

The commission issued its plan immediately after the Supreme Court ruled in December that federal judges may hand down lighter sentences for crack cocaine defendants than those recommended by federal sentencing guidelines.

An international tribunal set up to investigate his death in a 2005 car bombing along the capital's seaside boulevard may hand down indictments as early as September, some officials say, and many here fear the accusations could roil the country.

It may instead hand down a narrower ruling that leaves many questions unanswered.

On 13 May, Hockey will hand down a budget that may shape our nation's future.

The fact that Mr. Torricelli is up for re-election this year probably works to his advantage because Democrats may be reluctant to hand down even the mildest punishment, lest they lend legitimacy to an accusation that his Republican rivals will surely use against him in this year's campaign.

Bonsai may live for a century or more and may be handed down from one generation to another as valued family possessions.

Your backpack may get handed down to a younger sibling someday, so it may not be okay.

Later, if especially gifted, an actor may bring to a role certain refinements of the tradition, which may be handed down to a succeeding generation.