Sentence examples for significant crime from inspiring English sources

There is a large and significant crime scene and there is a large police presence in the area.

Cameron said he understood McKinnon was accused of a "very important and significant crime" but said he hoped "a way through" could be found.

It has dropped only modestly since (despite participating in significant crime decline that the whole nation enjoyed starting in the mid-1990s).

Last night, in his first remarks on the issue as prime minister, Cameron said McKinnon was accused of a "very important and significant crime" but he hoped that "a way through" could be found.

"We completely understand that Gary McKinnon stands accused of a very important and significant crime in terms of hacking into vital databases, and nobody denies that is an important crime that has to be considered.

On a visit to Washington, Mr Cameron acknowledged that Mr McKinnon was accused of a "very important and significant crime" but that he was hoping that "a way through can be found".

In the context of transitions to democracy, some scholars concentrate specifically on the significance of trials in response to collective and politically significant crimes, such as those involving human rights abuses by officials.

And some analysts say groups like the Doe Network could be a significant crime-fighting source.

But their analysis found "no statistically significant crime-reducing effect from the large increase in weapon searches during the course of Operation Blunt 2. This suggests that the greater use of weapons searches was not effective at the borough level for reducing crime".

"Ongwen's trial covers significant crimes, but does not extend to horrific LRA abuses committed outside Uganda," she said.

Bill Blair, the city's police chief, said that 68 of the people arrested were involved in "very significant" crimes and that the action had "dismantled" three criminal gangs.