depute
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Glasgow City Council depute leader Ricky Bell said the issues raised were "not a surprise".
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
Bain served as an advocate depute in the Crown Office from 2002 to 2011, securing the first murder conviction against serial killer Peter Tobin during that time.
From BBC ● May 15, 2026
Advocate depute Chris McKenna previously told the court that the 15-year-old girl had spent the evening at a friend's home before walking along Lothian Road to a bus stop.
From BBC ● Mar. 24, 2026
The advocate depute referred back to the statement she made in May 2024.
From BBC ● Feb. 12, 2026
"Yes; and his reply was to depute another gentleman to receive me and take my communication."
From Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume I. by Charles James Lever
Thirdly, those on more than £60,000 - essentially some heads and deputes - will receive a flat pay rise of £3,000.
From BBC ● Jan. 6, 2023
Under the terms of the latest offer, pay rises would be capped for those earning above £60,000 - principally some heads and deputes.
From BBC ● Nov. 30, 2022
The deputes start moving toward him and he starts walking at them again.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 23, 2022
At about 10:40 p.m., deputes in Nash County tried to pull the vehicle over, Stone said.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 12, 2022
It would be also a very bold step to refuse the advances of a state that deputes such a mission as this appears to be.
From Diary And Notes Of Horace Templeton, Esq. Volume I (of II) by Charles James Lever
"But media teams deputed inside Jinnah Convention Centre do not know what's happening outside."
From Barron's ● Apr. 11, 2026
"So far we have captured 10 leopards," says AK Singh, the forest official deputed of the district.
From BBC ● May 18, 2023
When he failed to do so, his cousin Amy Lowell took on the task: “I like to imagine that the task has been deputed to me in his stead.”
From New York Times ● Apr. 29, 2022
He was usually deputed to pick up the opposing playmaker and the coach Bobby Haarms described him as being "like a kamikaze pilot" as he pursued him, often deep into opposition territory.
From The Guardian ● May 22, 2013
Robert Harlow was deputed by Parliament to carry out the work.
From Old Church Lore by William Andrews
Amid fresh cries of "Shame!" irate M. P.'s exacted a promise that there be no "deputing."
From Time Magazine Archive
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At one moment they half resolved on deputing a message to the chamber of the Prince; at another they discussed the propriety of departing in a body.
From Gerald Fitzgerald The Chevalier by Charles James Lever
The Emperor now became seriously anxious, and, after a consultation with his attendants, resolved on deputing Manzur Ali to seek a personal explanation with Gholam Kadir and Ismail Beg.
From Fall of the Moghul Empire of Hindustan by H. G. (Henry George) Keene
The white men, deputing with the consent of all the chiefs, were to be allowed to pass down the river.
From Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad
By deputing to these clans the conduct of all important matters relating to war, the Fujiwara eventually lost their high position and influence.
From Japan: an Attempt at Interpretation by Lafcadio Hearn
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