Sentence examples for proceedings as a from inspiring English sources

"They seemed to view these proceedings as a joke," Mr. Peterson said.

The defence attorneys representing the protesters described the court proceedings as a "tragicomedy".

He was shuffled through foster care and various legal proceedings as a child.

A British police officer at the trial has described the proceedings as a farce.

But he has strenuously denied any wrongdoing and has described the proceedings as "a smear campaign" meant to discredit him.

McCarthy is the "everywoman" of the picture, effortlessly grounding some far-flung proceedings as a bespectacled scientist.

"We're placing people in removal proceedings as a way of disrupting MS-13's efforts," he told me.

Giving evidence to the court in The Hague, Netherlands, Campbell described the proceedings as a "big inconvenience" and said she feared they would put her family in danger.

Speaking at the hearing on Thursday, Judge John O'Hagan described the proceedings as a "fire brigade exercise" in a dispute that has been simmering since 2005.

James Grasby, a curator for the modern custodian of Kingston Lacy, the National Trust, described the proceedings as a "wonderful collision" between different fields.

But Roger Hickey, co-director of the Institute for America's Future, a liberal group in Washington opposed to the Bush plan, characterized the proceedings as a farce.