Sentence examples for secondary offense from inspiring English sources

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"Their break, their secondary offense, their halfcourt offense was as crisp as I've seen it all year.

But it can be enforced only as a secondary offense: a police officer can issue a summons only if the driver has been stopped for another infraction.

Last month the State Senate unanimously approved a measure that would make it a secondary offense to talk on a phone while driving.

The governor said he would propose upgrading so-called distracted driving from a secondary offense to a primary one, meaning that police officers could pull over drivers solely because they are spotted pecking away at their phones.

However, it's a secondary offense, meaning the po' can only give you a ticket if they pulled you over for another reason, such as speeding.

He even has a backer for the bill, Illinois' Secretary of State, who thinks it should be softened to being a secondary offense, only applicable to jaywalking cell-phone talkers.

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FLORIDA STATE SECONDARY: The Clemson offense has so many weapons at wide receiver in Hopkins, Watkins, Humphries, Bryant and Brown, and for the FSU defense it almost becomes a 'pick your poison' type of deal.

"Offense is secondary," Nájera said.

Many of the same problems in the Week 1 loss to Washington resurfaced, including a porous secondary and a choppy offense.

Moreover, they enjoyed a nearly 2-to-1 advantage in time of possession, relegating the much-anticipated meeting between Tampa Bay's defense and San Francisco's offense to secondary status.

Sure, they aired it out against Minnesota because they faced a young, inexperienced Vikings secondary, but the Giants' offense typically takes chances only when given the right opportunity, when the opposing defense appears caught off-guard.

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