Sentence examples for offences might from inspiring English sources

What sort of classroom offences might they be for?

To enforce an existing law, by means no more Draconian than those used for motoring offences, might be thought uncontroversial.

Otherwise, wrote Justice William Day, "many offences might go unpunished and acts be committed forbidden in the interest of public policy".A string of similarly important cases followed in short order.

It is true that a certain amount of aggression might be necessary for moral behaviour: for instance, anger as a response to offences might be necessary to make offenders change their ways.

But even more urgent it seems is to define what offence might be at all.

A second offence might yield a stern team warning; further audible disrespect would risk a fully-merited red.

Such is the confusion of the Brown government that their legislation is even unclear as to when an offence might be committed.

Could the regulator who wanted to run a mighty corporation remain in post, telling the fellow who actually got the job where harm and offence might be discerned?

In all, 101,248 people were stopped and searched in England, Wales and Scotland under Section 44 of the Terrorism Act, which does not require a police officer to have reasonable suspicion that an offence might have been committed.

Commentators were quick to seize on this damp squib, and Rachel Cooke, writing in the Observer, seemed to sum up the new mood: "The press must stop acting like a pair of bellows in such matters: inviting offence might make for a juicy row, but it also leads to censorship".

Kunzru referred to the Nobel laureate's absence and said: "I feel we would be stronger and more credible if we were to deal with divergent views within this meeting rather than a priori excluding someone because of fear that offence might be given".