Below you will find example sentences with "reasonable doubt". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.
Reasonable Doubt in a sentence
Corpus data
- Displayed example sentences: 20
- Discovered as a combination around: reasonable
- Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 11
- Phrase length: 2 words
- Average sentence length: 24.5 words
Sentence profile
- Phrase position: 2 start, 7 middle, 11 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis
- The phrase "reasonable doubt" has 2 words and usually appears near the end in these examples. The average sentence has 24.5 words and is mostly made up of statements.
- Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as beyond a reasonable doubt, and raise reasonable doubt about the, beyond, prove and proved stand out.
- In the phrase index, this combination connects with reasonable person, cast doubt, reasonable price, reasonable person, reasonable price and beyond reasonable, linking the page to nearby combinations.
Example types with reasonable doubt
This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:
Judge Scotting found there was reasonable doubt about Mr McMartin's guilt. (12 words)
Melnik had just proven that his client was innocent beyond all reasonable doubt. (13 words)
Her prison pardon was granted because of 'reasonable doubt' over her children's death. (14 words)
Price said a “seasoned” deputy district attorney who has worked in the DA’s office for decades reviewed the evidence OPD submitted and concluded they wouldn’t be able to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that any of the individuals committed the robberies. (43 words)
In its decision, the Philippines' Court of Tax Appeals said the prosecutors had failed to prove their guilt beyond reasonable doubt, and concluded that Ms Ressa and Rappler did not gain from the transactions, according to Rappler's report on the verdict. (42 words)
He told the jury that it had been established beyond reasonable doubt that the accused knew Gda Horkan was a garda acting in the course of his duty, and in taking the gun he attempted to kill or cause serious injury. (41 words)
Example sentences (20)
And four, the jury was not instructed that Nanavati's defence had to be proved, to the extent that there is no reasonable doubt in the mind of a reasonable person.
Affirming the election of Gov. Oborevwori, the tribunal ruled that Omo-Agege failed to prove the allegations in his petition beyond a reasonable doubt.
As we have seen, with evidence beyond reasonable doubt, Buhari illegally forced the CBN to release funds from that account for other purposes.
Delivering judgment on the matter, Justice Oshodi said the prosecution has proved the charges of murder against them beyond reasonable doubt and subsequently convicted them.
Even if a phone is recovered, prosecutors have to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that a suspect sold the exact pill that killed the victim.
Griffin’s closing arguments, taken together, sought to undercut the prosecution and raise reasonable doubt about the case.
He emphasised that the jury had to find that for each of the 27 charges against Leifer, including 10 counts of rape, it had been proven beyond a reasonable doubt.
He promised to seek legal redress against the accusation, noting that those plotting the accusation must prove the matter beyond any reasonable doubt.
Her prison pardon was granted because of 'reasonable doubt' over her children's death.
He told the jury that it had been established beyond reasonable doubt that the accused knew Gda Horkan was a garda acting in the course of his duty, and in taking the gun he attempted to kill or cause serious injury.
He told the jury that the case was a “walking, talking, breathing (example of) reasonable doubt”.
In its decision, the Philippines' Court of Tax Appeals said the prosecutors had failed to prove their guilt beyond reasonable doubt, and concluded that Ms Ressa and Rappler did not gain from the transactions, according to Rappler's report on the verdict.
Judge Scotting found there was reasonable doubt about Mr McMartin's guilt.
Justice Mojisola Dada handed the judgement after it was established that the prosecution proved its case beyond reasonable doubt.
Justice Shuaib said that the allegations of manipulations and falsifications of the primary election results made by Adeyemi, being criminal, ought to have been proved beyond reasonable doubt as required by law.
Kaya may tinatawag na reasonable doubt, may pagdududa ang guilt n’ya kung puro o hindi,” he said.
Melnik had just proven that his client was innocent beyond all reasonable doubt.
Never will the establishment take the Nigerian people for granted again as they have proved beyond reasonable doubt that they cannot only bark but can bite.
Price said a “seasoned” deputy district attorney who has worked in the DA’s office for decades reviewed the evidence OPD submitted and concluded they wouldn’t be able to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that any of the individuals committed the robberies.
That differs from a criminal trial, where the Crown must prove guilt beyond reasonable doubt.