These clinical trials represent potential treatments for diseases that have no other treatments.

For instance, a single trial represents only one noisy realization of the underlying process of interest.

The trial represents the next - and possibly last - major legal hurdle in Oracle's 16-month-old battle to acquire its rival.

But a trial would represent an enormous gamble.

In many ways the former king's trial represented the trial of the revolution.

But this trial represents the first time the matter has found its way into the criminal justice system; environmental infractions are nearly always handled in civil court.

His trial represented both Longworth and his parents, which he said resulted in a conflict of interest.

But the trial in The Hague represents a historical breakthrough on another level.

The trial represented the official version of events.

The trial represented a rare moment for a lawyer who had spent much of his professional life buried in briefs.