Sentence examples for proved illegal from inspiring English sources

For instance, earlier this year, Republican Congressman Pete Sessions of Texas went around citing a catchy statistic that supposedly proved illegal immigrants were committing one murder every day in the US.

If European authorities can prove illegal transshipments, Canadian and Singaporean exporters would face the same penalties as those imposed on U.S. exporters.

In Britain, proving illegal downloading is easier, but strict laws on data privacy could make it hard to force Internet service providers to hand over names.

What is more, to encourage investment in new conventional power stations, extra subsidies may be needed to reward standby capacity or stored power reserves.There is also the chance that the energy U-turn could prove illegal.

One expert on environmental law and the public trust, Prof. Mary C. Wood, said the Turner arrangement, whether proven illegal or not in court, had put the state in an awkward position.

For Mr. Patterson, the relationship with his son helped to show the quid pro quo because it appears to be a gift, something the Supreme Court recognized as sufficient to prove illegal tipping in its decision in Dirks v. S.E.C.

The test scores – which can suggest, but not prove, illegal doping – were analysed by Michael Ashenden and Robin Parisotto, experts on doping, who concluded that a third of all medals in the Olympics and world championships endurance events were won by athletes with suspicious blood results.

A scholar at a government research center said, "It's going to be hard to pursue because 9 out of 10 leaders have some close relative whose business dealings might look O.K. on the surface but would prove illegal if someone looked at them closely".