noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a case comes/goes to trial
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By the time her case went to trial, her story had changed.
a court adjourns a case/trial etc (= stops dealing with it for a period of time )
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The court adjourned the trial until June 21st.
a criminal trial
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His year-long criminal trial ended in October.
a jury trial (= a trial with a jury )
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Should all accused people have a jury trial?
a libel action/case/trial (= a court case against someone for libel )
a trial period (= a time in which you try something to see if it is good )
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We could introduce the system for a trial period.
clinical trials (= tests to see if it is effective in treating people )
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The drug has undergone extensive clinical trials .
competent to stand trial
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A psychiatrist said McKibben was competent to stand trial .
fair trial/hearing
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the right to a fair trial
show trial
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Stalin staged a series of show trials.
trial balloon
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Senator Lott is floating trial balloons to test public opinion on the bill.
trial by jury (= a trial with a jury )
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Defendants have a right to trial by jury.
trial run
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This year is something of a trial run for the new service.
trial...adjourned
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His trial was adjourned until May.
undergo tests/trials
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He is undergoing tests for pneumonia.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
civil
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The actor, director and playwright Steven Berkoff is to undergo a civil trial for rape.
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The O. J. Simpson civil trial resumes Monday, and with it, the defense strategy of connect the dots.
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Simpson, who did not testify in the criminal trial , spent several days on the witness stand in the civil trial.
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And civil trials and criminal trials are very different in different ways.
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Unlike during the criminal trial , the civil trial was based on three separate lawsuits.
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Those in the courtroom said it was the first time Simpson has shown any emotion during the civil trial .
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There was better lawyering in the civil trial .
clinical
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It was, however, a preliminary report, made before clinical trials had taken place.
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The company will fund clinical trials necessary for the compounds to be shuttled through the federal drug approval process.
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This will mostly be used in clinical trials , although some is expected to go to those with official medical approval.
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The surgery is part of a clinical trial for the new heart.
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The high cost of clinical trials and animal tests has forced Beecham to hold back products that looked promising in research.
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All three studies examined a population which was quite different from that of the randomized clinical trials or the quasi-experimental studies.
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Publication bias: the case for an international registry of clinical trials .
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But no large, long-range clinical trials have been completed.
controlled
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We included data from all comparable randomised controlled trials , which enables smaller effects to be detected or excluded with confidence.
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This was not a controlled trial but a retrospective assessment of the patients seen over the previous seven years.
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Similarly, Miner, in a successful controlled biofeedback trial , encouraged patients to squeeze for at least 20 seconds.
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The results of randomised controlled trials are less encouraging.
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No one quite knows how it works, but controlled trials are consistently successful.
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They base their recommendations on an analysis of 19 randomised controlled trials that examined the effectiveness of surgical interventions for glue ear.
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It might be deemed unethical, however, to perform a controlled trial .
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Results Table 1 shows the 20 controlled trials identified and gives details of the population and methods of these trials.
criminal
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A second misconception is the belief that law is solely about criminal trials .
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Charges against Louima were later dropped, and he testified about his ordeal in three criminal trials .
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Despite these dangers, the right to silence has already been removed in all criminal trials in Northern Ireland.
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As for Simpson, the audience watching the verdict in the criminal trial was said to be the largest in history.
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Simpson, who did not testify in the criminal trial , spent several days on the witness stand in the civil trial.
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That statement contradicts testimony at his criminal trial .
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But what his involvement in a criminal trial of political and business associates says to the electorate at large is another matter.
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These investigators have routinely been allowed to testify at criminal trials as expert witnesses, offering what appeared to be scientific data.
fair
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They also maintained that it would be impossible to hold fair trials so long after the alleged crimes had been committed.
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What I did was win us a change of venue on grounds that a fair trial was impossible in Greene County.
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Two unresolved issues fuel speculation that he might not receive a fair trial .
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Tyson insists he did not receive a fair trial , but the courts say he did.
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The police seem to be a law unto themselves sometimes, even if it does prejudice a fair trial .
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Timothy McVeigh got a fair trial .
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When the principle of free speech collides with the principle of fair trial , the former may have to give way.
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Lee Thorn got what he deserved and what he was entitled to in our system -- a fair trial .
randomised
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Does the quality of reports of randomised trials affect estimates of intervention efficacy reported in meta-analyses?
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It should be the objective of a randomised trial to estimate the magnitude of an effect, not simply its presence.
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They base their recommendations on an analysis of 19 randomised controlled trials that examined the effectiveness of surgical interventions for glue ear.
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Unfortunately, none of the published randomised trials have shown that medical treatment improves fertility.
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The optimal regimen is not clearly established and should be studied in a randomised trial .
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A randomised controlled trial comparing prompted care with continuing hospital clinic care was undertaken.
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The presumption of benefit bedevils much of the ethical thinking affecting proposed randomised trials .
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Main outcome measures - Improvement in mean scores on Hamilton depression rating scale for 55 randomised controlled trials .
■ NOUN
field
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Government ministers rely on the conclusions from the Advisory Committee on Releases to the Environment prior to the field trials .
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The organisation planned its first fibre field trials in 1974, and began them in 1977.
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No proposed field trial has been rejected by the Committee.
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Mainsborne, as the system is called, is being installed for field trials in 1000 houses in London and Milton Keynes.
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The use of molecular markers will sharply reduce or even eliminate field trials .
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The results of field trials with a live test are currently being evaluated and the Ministry refuses to comment on them.
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Field trials to start Interruptible tariffs will soon be tested in two years of field trials costing about £1.5 million.
judge
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A federal trial judge in New York adopted that stance in this case.
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The comparative weight of the evidence is, however, peculiarly the function of the trial judge who has heard the witnesses.
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The trial judge instructed the jury to ignore the concept of a lien.
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The doctrine of precedent requires that trial judges follow decisions of the Court of Appeal and House of Lords.
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Scrutton L.J., agreeing with the trial judge , Macnaghten J., thought there was no contract.
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The trial judge held that the brewery, through their employee, Taffe, were the occupiers of the staircase.
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The trial judge found this amounted to negligence.
jury
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Some have already been mentioned; others relate to jury trial .
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Yet our system could not work without judges to correct the miscarriages of justice that occasionally occur in a jury trial .
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Most still linger in county jails, awaiting the outcome of appeals or seeking jury trials .
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Her decision allows the 1991 suit to proceed to a jury trial .
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Before we make any radical changes such as doing away with jury trials , should we not think very carefully indeed?
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The worker has no right to a jury trial .
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The Government is to reintroduce a bill curbing the right to jury trial , which has twice been thrown out by peers.
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The right to a jury trial is under attack for three main reasons.
murder
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Rush to find defence team after sudden arraignment Hit-squad informer faces murder trial .
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News of a double murder trial filled the papers.
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Then, for light relief, this page: murder and murder trials .
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Not much is like the first day of a murder trial .
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I must sleep before relating what happened at the murder trial .
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Even when a jury found willful conduct, that decision did not follow a murder trial .
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He was forced to abandon Wells's murder trial which began on Monday.
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The women testified as prosecution witnesses in the penalty phase of his murder trial .
period
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The redundancy payments legislation allows employees a four-week trial period in which to make up their minds.
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Children have been taken on by the Institute and given trial periods .
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And they have warned they are only prepared to leave services as they are for a trial period .
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These markets should be deregulated initially for a three-year trial period , said the review.
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If you accept the offer of a new job on changed terms, a trial period comes into effect automatically.
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Andrew and Wendy plan to work with drug addicts in Hong Kong and they will soon embark on a two-month trial period .
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Agents are usually appointed for a trial period at first, with extensions to the contract after that.
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Forty four patients with Crohn's disease were examined for eligibility during the trial period .
show
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In 1989 he confessed at a show trial to trafficking in gold and ivory, and was shot.
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The subsequent crisis in the Soviet system, compounded by the Moscow show trials , exposed the dystopic methods of utopian Communism.
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Others were executed after swift show trials .
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The Party, you see, wanted a show trial .
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The most notorious of the show trials was that of László Rajk in 1949.
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After a brief show trial they were put in solitary confinement in appalling conditions until March this year.
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Rapidly shaping up as today's main event are the Madchester show trials .
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Has the Boesky show trials boom overplayed itself?
■ VERB
adjourn
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The case was adjourned for trial .
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They must adjourn the matter for trial by a bench of three justices.
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After he had been taken to hospital by ambulance the judge, Lord Morison, adjourned the trial until Monday.
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The court adjourned the trial until June 21, ordering police to find videos of the conference.
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The judge then adjourned the trial until March 6, to allow police time to trace Mekgwe.
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Sheriff Andrew Bell adjourned the trial , which is expected to last for two to three weeks, until tomorrow.
await
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He was remanded to await trial at Reading Assizes.
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Santacruz was awaiting trial for illicit enrichment, money laundering and drug trafficking.
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He is awaiting trial in Luzira Prison, near the capital, Kampala.
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Ted is incarcerated in California, awaiting trial on murder charges.
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The crook was arrested recently, confessed, and awaits trial .
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The judiciary is a farce: 80 % of prisoners are awaiting trial .
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Its managing director, Enzo Papi, is awaiting trial on corruption charges.
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Eighteen more defendants have been indicted in the conspiracy, including six who are in custody awaiting trial .
begin
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The Shenzhen exchange had begun trial operations in May 1990.
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Verio will begin beta trials of the new application service with customers by the end of 1999.
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Its share price has shot up since it began trials ofa vaccine that may prevent or treat Alzheimer's.
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The court, so far, has indicted 21 people, has 13 in custody and has begun one trial .
bring
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Virtually none was informed of any charges against them or whether they would be brought to trial .
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More than six hundred polling-place workers and precinct captains were brought to trial .
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Dulé survived, however, to be brought to trial as a ringleader, to be an example to others.
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An independent inquiry into the death of Ashley Kriel, and for his killers to be brought to trial .
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After they trace her background in upstate New York, they bring her to trial for the deaths of her two sons.
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The authorities promised early elections, and said the former president and others arrested would be brought to trial .
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The question is: How much more will be discovered when Mauss is brought to trial ?
commit
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The defendants were committed for trial at Mold Crown Court.
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Later, these too were taken away, and it could only commit for trial by a jury.
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Read in studio A man charged with murdering his wife more than twenty years ago has been committed for trial .
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Today at Cirencester magistrates court, John Gore, bearded with a long ponytail, was committed for trial at Crown court.
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Read in studio A man accused of dumping poisonous waste in a brook has been committed for Crown Court trial .
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Despite that conflict of evidence for the Crown, the case was committed for trial .
conduct
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Informal monitoring may be conducted throughout the trial together with discrete observation of staff behaviour about which notes may be written.
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Ligand is also conducting phase three trials on Targretin for a form of lymphoma and is looking at it for other cancers.
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One or two successes can be coincidence: it takes a properly conducted scientific trial to prove effectiveness.
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We are conducting detailed trials on those farms.
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Perhaps the practitioner conducting the trial should not be the patient's own doctor.
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However, valiant attempts were made to conduct massive trials in which as much information as possible could be included.
face
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Since 1986 Gotti had faced three previous trials and had been acquitted on all charges.
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He was due to face trial on federal fraud, racketeering and conspiracy counts later in 1992.
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A magistrate will decide whether Pavarotti should face trial .
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The former bodyguard to the Princess faces a second trial next month.
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Caserta and Bohrman are among those facing a criminal trial this month on mail and wire fraud charges.
hold
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They also maintained that it would be impossible to hold fair trials so long after the alleged crimes had been committed.
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Dozens of Budanov's supporters stood outside the court building, some holding posters condemning the trial .
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He was held without charge or trial for six months and then released.
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By holding up the Harrison trial , Bradley could buy time for Maskelyne to produce proof positive supporting the lunar distance method.
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A number of prisoners detained in connection with alleged drug trafficking had been held without trial since 1991.
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Prisons were only used to hold a few people until trial .
put
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Jean, distraught with grief and remorse, was put on trial .
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Conn insisted many times that Erik has tried to put his parents on trial .
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In each case it is the woman and her conduct that the man's lawyers will try to put on trial .
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He was put on trial with two other slaves.
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A number of people had been put on trial , Mr Petkel said.
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Of these, only four were actually put on trial by the army, and three were acquitted by military judges.
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He had been put on trial in May 1991, in what was seen as an attempt to weaken the nationalist opposition.
stand
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He will now be required to submit to medical examinations to determine whether he is fit to stand trial .
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After psychiatric evaluations found that he was competent to stand trial , Harwood pleaded guilty July 16 to second-degree murder.
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Worse, from their point of view, some of the top-flight agents arc wanted - so they can stand trial .
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Raul Salinas, who has denied the charge, is standing trial in the Ruiz Massieu case.
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He was committed to Teesside Crown Court to stand trial .
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Three thousand years and more must have passed since the morning when Perseus stood on trial in that amphitheater.
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Her 80-year-old husband, Harry, had been declared mentally unfit to stand trial .
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This made standing less of a trial .
undergo
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Hydro has fitted the PatchSpray system to one of its Chafer sprayers, which is currently undergoing trials .
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The actor, director and playwright Steven Berkoff is to undergo a civil trial for rape.
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Developed by International over 18 months, Seacontrol has undergone extensive trials on ships around the world.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
stand trial
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An employee of the bank is due to stand trial on embezzlement charges in February.
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Brady stood trial for the killings late last year.
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The judge ruled that Pinochet was too ill to stand trial in Spain.
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After psychiatric evaluations found that he was competent to stand trial, Harwood pleaded guilty July 16 to second-degree murder.
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Baya, for his part, said he was ready to stand trial, but then he left the country.
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Laurent Fabius, the former Prime Minister, and members of his Government finally stood trial this year.
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Major, who had a string of previous convictions, stood trial for the bookies' robbery.
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Salvi has been declared mentally competent to stand trial Feb. 5.
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The remaining three are to stand trial.
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Two drivers stand trial over deaths of five young people.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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A man from Seattle is on trial for the murder.
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A man was due to go on trial at Liverpool Crown Court later today accused of murdering his wife.
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Drake is in a federal prison in Houston, awaiting trial on charges of cocaine trafficking.
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On Tuesday, a judge rejected requests to televise the murder trial of Robert Caine.
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People in Russia are exhausted by the daily trials of living.
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Perelli faces trial later in the year on corruption and perjury charges.
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Probert is overseeing the trials of the new explosives.
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Results of the drug trial will be available soon.
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The trial is due to take place next month at Wood Green Crown Court.
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The drug is being evaluated in clinical trials.
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Until now, the drug was only available to people taking part in clinical trials.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A federal trial court sided with Lockheed, and threw out the claim.
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At the brothers' first trial , in 1993, Oziel testified about the confessions for the prosecution.
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Bedworth's trial , expected to last three weeks, continues.
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Event-related potentials require many trials for the averaging procedure to work.
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He was sentenced to between five and 15 years after a trial which exposed the privileged lifestyle of rich New York youngsters.
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It makes extensive use of mock trials, simulations, and role-playing to reconstruct historical events.
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The organisation planned its first fibre field trials in 1974, and began them in 1977.
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What if William and the Watch went down together in some nautical disaster on the next trial ?