Collocations for trial - noun

fair, unfair
The men claim they did not receive a fair trial.

full
criminal
fraud, impeachment (esp. AmE), libel, murder, rape, etc.
public opposition to the Clinton impeachment trial in 1999

court, jury
Crown Court, High Court (in the UK)
federal, state (both esp. AmE)
civil
public
show
A series of show trials of former senior officials

summary (esp. BrE)
The rebels were brutally executed after summary trials.

controversial, notorious, sensational

come to, face, go on, go to, stand
He never came to trial for the robbery.
She died before the case came to trial.
A man has gone on trial accused of murdering his girlfriend.

bring sb to, commit sb for (BrE), put sb on
Four people had been arrested and committed for trial.

await
He is in prison awaiting trial on drugs charges.

get
She does not believe she got a fair trial.

attend
As a journalist he attended every murder trial of note.

order
The judge ordered a new trial on the grounds that evidence had been withheld.

hold
adjourn (esp. BrE)
halt, stop
The judge halted the trial when it emerged witnesses had been threatened.

tell (BrE)
The trial was told that death threats had been made against him.

proceed, take place
begin, open
continue, go on, resume
collapse (esp. BrE)
The trial collapsed after a key witness admitted lying.

attorney (AmE), court, judge, jury, lawyer
verdict
procedure, proceedings, process
date
A trial date has been set for May 10.

at the trial
More than a hundred witnesses gave evidence at the trial.

during the trial
The letters that were shown during his trial turned out to be forgeries.

on trial
She is presently on trial at the Old Bailey.

without trial
Opposition leaders had been jailed without trial.

trial by
The president faces trial by television tonight when he takes part in a live debate.

trial for
She faces trial for murder.

trial over
Three people are to stand trial over the deaths of a young couple.

clinical, experimental, field
If clinical trials are successful the drug could be on the market early next year.

human
Human trials of the vaccine could begin within two years.

full-scale, large, large-scale
ongoing
controlled, double-blind, randomized
free
There's a 30-day free trial of the software available.
We've got this vacuum cleaner on ten days' free trial.

speed (BrE), time (both sports)
Olympic

carry out, conduct, do, hold
complete
take part in
have (BrE)
He had a trial with Chelsea when he was young.

demonstrate sth, show sth
The trial showed a dramatic reduction in side effects.

find sth
involve sb/sth, use sth
a trial involving hundreds of patients

period
She agreed to employ me for a trial period.

run
They are treating this as a trial run for their marathon later this month.

data, results
version
You can download a free 30-day trial version of the software.

project (esp. BrE), scheme (BrE)
balloon (= sth that you say to find out what people think about it before you do it)
The President may simply be floating a trial balloon.

game (esp. BrE)
Gates played his second trial game in midfield.

separation
The couple agreed on a trial separation.

on trial
We had the machine on trial for a week.

under trial (esp. BrE)
A new stocktaking system is currently under trial in the store.

on a trial basis
The new system will be introduced on a trial basis.

trial by fire (figurative, esp. AmE)
My first day at work was a trial by fire.

trial and error
We discovered the ideal mix of paint by trial and error.

a trial of strength
The dispute was regarded as a trial of strength by the unions.

real
She was a real trial to her family at times.

trial to

trials and tribulations
the trials and tribulations of married life