Sentence examples for was an aggravating factor from inspiring English sources

The jurors all agreed that this was an aggravating factor.

The UK's failure to act was an "aggravating factor" in every pending case, while the legal and financial implications increased with every missed election.

Lillian C. Borrone, the director of port commerce for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, said that although the specter of New York dumping on New Jersey was an aggravating factor, it was essentially a "red herring".

In denying the motion, the judge ruled that the Ring decision did not allow him to take into account the German conviction, because it was an aggravating factor that the jury did not consider.

Sally Cahill QC, the judge who originally sentenced Ul Nasir, from West Yorkshire, said the fact his victims were Asian was an aggravating factor when considering the sentence to pass because it had raised issues of cultural shame for the girls and their families.

"Drink was an aggravating factor, there's no question about that," he said.

Such a conviction would be an aggravating factor in sentencing.

Possibly his inappropriately close relations with the emperor's daughter were an aggravating factor.

A reference to a person's ethnic origin, colour or race is an aggravating factor.

Race is an aggravating factor, even now, and especially in the south, even now.

The European commission president, José Manuel Barroso, believes speculative CDS trading has been an "aggravating factor" in the Greek debt crisis.