• When quizzed about such obstacles, Mr Fagan and his clients reply that public opinion will sway the courts again.

    ECONOMIST: Slavery and the law

  • And, when quizzed about the decision, he confessed he had not gone as far as he originally suggested after the Paddington disaster.

    BBC: 'Prescott U-turns again'

  • Mark Sedwill, the top civil servant at the Home Office, is expected to be quizzed about the issue when he appears before the Home Affairs Committee in two weeks.

    BBC: Crowd of shoppers

  • The ONS data is derived from the quarterly Labour Force Survey, in which 53, 000 households across the UK, containing more than 100, 000 adults, are quizzed about their work or lack of it.

    BBC: Number of workless households falls again, says ONS

  • Johnson added that he was "perfectly within his rights to have a bash at me" after he was quizzed about being fired from The Times for making up a quote while working as a journalist.

    BBC: Eddie Mair interviews London mayor Boris Johnson

  • Charles Clarke was quizzed about the shameless adoption of the term "independent" - the standard description, indeed the official description, for the private sector in the UK as opposed to schools that are state-run or "maintained".

    BBC: NEWS | UK | Education | Analysis: school reforms

  • Mr Boles's enthusiasm for promoting development has already made him one of the more controversial middle-ranking ministers, and he will doubtless be quizzed about his latest proposal, to allow former offices to be converted to residential use.

    BBC: Week ahead in committees

  • In a star-studded hearing of the Transport Committee on Monday (at 4.05pm), Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin and Boris Johnson, the Mayor of London, will be quizzed about the various alternatives for expanding London's airport capacity...beware of low-flying arguments.

    BBC: Week ahead in committees

  • Samsung's likely aware of the bug already and when quizzed about the Note II vulnerability, said a fix for lock screen issues on affected "Galaxy devices" was in the works (read: they didn't say the Note II specifically).

    ENGADGET

  • In 2010, at the Chilcot Inquiry into the Iraq War, Mr Blair - quizzed about the controversial claim in a September 2002 dossier that Iraq could deploy weapons of mass destruction at 45 minutes' notice - said it "assumed a vastly greater significance" afterwards than it did at the time.

    BBC: John Prescott: Iraq invasion 'cannot be justified'

  • William Harbage, for the prosecution, quizzed Dunkley about internet searches recovered from his computer.

    BBC: Shaun Cummins murder accused claims he 'panicked'

  • It is interesting that so far the Swap Force figures are all male, something my daughter quickly quizzed me about.

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  • But selling everything, save the house, to buy 88, 000 shares made her uneasy as she quizzed him about remaking the division.

    FORBES: Sell the Sizzle

  • Later at the range he took shots at a whitewashed wall 30 yards away as instructors quizzed him about his hunting preferences.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • Ms Harman also quizzed Mr Clegg about the Leveson Inquiry into media standards.

    BBC: UK Politics

  • When Lawrence, who was born in 1943 to devout white Southern Baptists, was enlisting in the Navy, he quizzed a buddy about the forms he was filling out.

    NEWYORKER: Extreme Makeover

  • As you might now predict, there was no girl, no car, and after I walked in and quizzed the attendants about her story, it became embarrassingly clear that there never had been.

    FORBES: Why Anybody Can Be Conned, Even You

  • On July 19th, as MPs quizzed Rupert Murdoch about the phone-hacking scandal, Mr Gove quietly announced that he would extend the Private Finance Initiative (PFI) under which schools are built by companies that then lease them to education providers.

    ECONOMIST: Schools reform

  • The prospective jurors were quizzed Tuesday and Wednesday about their relationships with Penn State, local law enforcement and Second Mile, and whether they had contributed to any of those entities.

    CNN: 12 jurors, 4 alternates seated in Sandusky trial

  • If the manner in which McManus quizzed the assembled reporters about the chances of him getting a bit of work experience in August is anything to go by, the Scotsman looks like he'd be pretty good at interviewing.

    BBC: Crucible diary: Day 10

  • To learn more, he visited the U.S. Marshals surveillance operation and quizzed lawyers at cellphone companies about government requests.

    WSJ: Judges Challenge Phone Location Tracking

  • The 14-year-olds also quizzed a number of journalists about their jobs, including the BBC's Dan Roan, BBC Radio 5 live's Ian Dennis and Sky Sports' Nick Collins, and got tips on what type of questions to ask.

    BBC: School Report: John Terry looks to inspire new generation

  • Evidence from workshops would suggest not, as many cyclists who say they rely on their own judgement, when quizzed, have uncertainties and doubts about when, and whether, helmets actually would afford protection.

    BBC: Compulsory cycle helmets - what's the proof

  • She quizzed author Meera Syal and artist Grayson Perry about how boredom had aided their creativity as children.

    BBC: Children should be allowed to get bored, expert says

  • The CBI's survey found that 34% of firms were less optimistic about prospects than when they were last quizzed in July, while 15% were more optimistic.

    BBC: UK manufacturers' confidence slumps

  • Mr. Kerry, on visits to Seoul, Beijing and Tokyo, quizzed Asian diplomats and defense officials on what they knew about the strategy of Mr. Kim and the inner workings of North Korea's government.

    WSJ: Kerry Focuses on Iran, North Korea Leaders

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