Sentences with phrase «than crime»

And the schools they are most likely to attend are in villages and seaside towns rather than crime - hit inner cities, the education watchdog will say.

This is a wonderful read and it is no less than a crime to unfairly criticize such a brilliant piece.

This is mostly because property crimes are often easier to get away with on a large scale than crimes that cause bodily injury or death to people.

When the punishment is more profitable than the crime, there's a case for saying that prosecution is pointless.

The company told me that its alerts are more accurate than crime information distributed on other channels, but again this argument was powered by anecdotes.

One of the simplest rules of public relations is that the cover - up is worse than the crime, and that certainly seems to describe what happened in this instance.

Now, barring other issues, finding that marijuana in a lawful search will lead to a summons — a violation, rather than a crime.

This is mostly because property crimes are often easier to get away with on a large scale than crimes that cause bodily injury or death to people.

«There is no more heinous crime than a crime committed against a child,» Aubertine said, «I'd certainly hope that the assembly would take this up and pass it as well.

McDonagh tries to pass «In Bruges» off as more than a crime thriller.

Soderbergh's obvious intelligence leads you to expect his film to be about something more than a crime caper and an unlikely romance.

Instead of a second chance, probation ends up being a land mine, with a random misstep bringing consequences greater than the crime.»

Being MGM, it's more polished and, to me, less interesting than the crime dramas that Warner Bros. and the smaller studios were putting out, but hey.

The man here is guilty of much worse than the crime of which he's eventually convicted, but Chappaquiddick still treats this version Ted with a level of understanding that belies what the movie contends he did.

He adores both Kafka and Kerouac and had an urge to write something completely different than crime novels.

Wrongful death claims are sometimes, but not always, brought as a result of a homicide, but the burden of proof for wrongful death is lower than the crime of homicide.

I'd like to see more, and I'd like to see some attention paid to deforestation, which will have to be brought under control if we are to reduce CO2 emissions and is in any case nothing less than a crime against the human future.

A far more pressing concern than crime and communism?

«This is more of a blunder than a crime.

The fear of crime is a greater problem than crime itself.»

These four I deem not direr than the crime, If one, in coming forth from woe to weal, Abandon any meanest comrade then.

If one were to take a pure «beauty is in the eye of the beholder», it would be difficult to saw Twilight is a worse book than Crime and Punishment.

The cover - up, or more specifically, the exercise of powers of office to facilitate a cover - up, is often a crime of much greater magnitude than the crimes or activities attempting to be covered - up.

Albany County DA David Soares insisted Dixon was more dangerous than the crime let on.

Watching a superhero isn't supposed to be a drag but it seems like the cast of «Pawn Stars» have more exciting lives than the crime - busting, trench club using, knight of justice.

Penn & Teller set out to reveal that the only thing scarier than crime is America's war on crime.

Still, if Vaughn REALLY wanted to avoid such comparisons, he could always have brought out something other than a crime - drama about a bunch of inter-twined Londoners who deal drugs, carry «shooters», and jam each others» heads in sunbed lids.

«Slo - mo» creates a plot device that allows for impressive cinematography, making a bullet ripping open someone's face look more like a ballet than a crime.

This looks to be very much a crime drama in the vein of The Sopranos, in that the focus is more on how the business impacts the family rather than the crime business itself.

The leisurely opening set in Munich and the later, plodding material at Lisa's family home in Verona are full of padding, and the final revenge sequence lands with substantially less power than the crimes that preceded it.

Truly, I think readers looking for literary fiction or women's fiction might find INTO THE WATER more up their alley than crime fiction readers will.

There are a couple of engaging stories, but overall they feel weaker than Crime & Punishments tales.

If you're more interested in delving into the zombie apocalypse more than the crime riddled world of GTA V, then this bundle may be a better option for you.

Deputy Director Keith Hartley as Curator has been inspired to bring into the catalogue a short story by Ian Rankin; and who more appropriate than a crime writer to set the tone?

«Another Example of the Cover - Up Being Worse Than the Crime Main Watching the Blawgs: Lesbian Sex and Other Legal Links»

The distinction between Provincial Offences Courts and criminal courts — like the distinction between provincial offences procedure and criminal procedure — was intended to ensure provincial offences could be addressed with «much less rigidity and formality» [15] than crimes — and without the stigma commonly associated with criminal proceedings.

I suppose unconstitutional sentencing laws for gun crimes are less funny and more politically problematic than crime comics and witchcraft.

Once marijuana use is legalized and regulations are created for government - authorized growing and selling, behaviour such as Mr. Morris's will be more of a regulatory offence than a crime — like fishing without a license.

Huber Heights has an average crime rate, but it is lower than the crime rate in neighboring Dayton.

«A crime prevented is far better than a crime prosecuted,» said District Attorney Vance.

By the end of the eighteenth century, the term asylum was used, and some reforms were being implemented when the notion was introduced that psychological disturbances, like physical ailments, could be viewed as diseases requiring treatment rather than crimes calling for imprisonment.

Violent crimes are far more serious than crimes like underage drinking.

In this way it feels a little like Donnie Brasco with an added backdrop of the kitchen sink relationship between Ruffalo and his put - upon wife Amanda Peet which makes it feel more like domestic drama than crime thriller.

Awarded the Crime Writer's Association John Creasy Dagger Award for a debut crime novel in 2013, it is, indeed, a brilliant debut novel, but it is much, much more than a crime novel.

The coverup, as with many crimes and scandals, is often worse than the crime itself.

The imagery at some points makes you think you paid money to see a horror film rather than a crime thriller, but it is all the more effective as Blunt gives a strong, but vulnerable performance.