Example sentences of "[pron] in [art] position " in BNC.
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| 1 | From the adult position it will be clear that he or she was not in fact guilty of anything but that someone in a position of strength and power was taking advantage of his or her vulnerability mentally as well as physically . |
| 2 | ‘ It is extremely serious when someone in a position of trust over women , to whom they go for intimate advice , education and examination , behaves in this way . |
| 3 | ‘ Such conduct was clearly not acceptable for someone in a position of authority in a public company . ’ |
| 4 | The most such a multi-modal transport document can attest to is that someone in a position to effect a future ocean shipment is in charge of the cargo and will be responsible for effecting ocean shipment . |
| 5 | It is all too easy for someone in a position of influence to think they are there simply by virtue of their own ability . |
| 6 | However , a statement of opinion by someone in a position to know the facts will be regarded as a statement of fact . |
| 7 | The IMF 's programme in Trinidad and Tobago is a case in point and in his resignation letter Budhoo asserts : ‘ We manipulated , blatantly and systematically , certain key statistical indices so as to put ourselves in a position where we could make very false pronouncements about ( the ) economic and financial performance of that country . ’ |
| 8 | We do therefore need to consult with the health authority if we find ourselves in a position where we think we 're no longer going to be able to achieve those targets . |
| 9 | ‘ After the success of ‘ Colour Of Spring ’ we found ourselves in the position we 'd always dreamed of , ’ explains Mark Hollis , the main force behind Talk Talk . |
| 10 | But I , I wanted to try something slightly different tonight as a bit of an experiment , I wanted us to sort of put ourselves in the position of the criminal and we plan a burglary of our house and see what , what we think about . |
| 11 | To maintain rapport in a postal survey we must always put ourselves in the position of the respondent . |
| 12 | No person acting under a proxy may vote in favour of any resolution which would directly or indirectly place him or any associate of his in a position to receive any remuneration out of the estate of the bankrupt ( r 8.6(1) ) . |
| 13 | I was now at the mercy of others and nobody in a position of authority had , so far , shown any great desire to help . |
| 14 | There was nobody in a position of power in Iran , he believed , but ‘ irrational lunatics ’ , with whom ‘ we did n't have the slightest possibility of getting any kind of an improved relationship ’ . |
| 15 | Use the available resources but maybe the wrong ones because somebody in the position of authority has n't recognised or he has n't got enough to finish the project by the client required date . |
| 16 | Philip the Bastard , half brother to Robert Faulconbridge , and son of King Richard the First , discovers himself in a position of authority when King John knights him and dubs him Sir Richard Plantagenet . |
| 17 | Haslam soon found himself in a position of having to make entrepreneurial decisions of staggering proportions . |
| 18 | By successfully conspiring to remove Mortimer and Isabella from power Edward had established himself in a position of unchallenged supremacy . |
| 19 | If Burun 's refusal to place himself in a position of prominence by acting as Artai 's proposer was a subterfuge to disclaim his influence , then it was apparent that none of the Khans recognised it . |
| 20 | Indeed , despite his disillusion with the present reality and underneath the modest ambition he communicated to Rohde , he cherished an almost missionary hope that if and when he was himself in a position to exert influence , the future of his subject might look altogether different . |
| 21 | Similar reasoning could be applied where the plaintiff puts himself in a position which is not dangerous in itself but he is aware of circumstances which make it more likely that he will suffer harm . |
| 22 | One of a director 's fiduciary duties of particular relevance in management buy-outs is that he must not put himself in a position where his duty to the company may conflict with his personal interest . |
| 23 | a person in a fiduciary position … is not … entitled to make a profit ; he is not allowed to put himself in a position where his interest and duty conflict . |
| 24 | Clause 8 provides the necessary precautionary provision to prevent the buyer claiming that he has the right to intellectual property arising out of any development work which the seller has had to effect in order to put himself in a position to supply the goods under the contract . |
| 25 | It is also clear from Walkley v Precision Forgings [ 1979 ] 1 WLR 606 and Chappell v Cooper [ 1980 ] 2 All ER 463 that where the plaintiff commences an action during the primary s11 or s12 limitation period but then puts himself in a position where he can not pursue it , for instance by letting his writ expire without service or delaying so much that his action is struck out for want of prosecution , the court will have no power to exercise s33 discretion , since it is the plaintiff 's own action or default which has prejudiced him and not the operation of s11 or 12 . |
| 26 | The basic fiduciary duties may be summarised as follows : ( 1 ) The " no conflict " rule : the fiduciary must not place himself in a position where his own interest conflicts with that of his [ customer ] , the beneficiary ; ( 2 ) The " no profit " rule : the fiduciary must not profit from his position at the expense of his [ customer ] ; ( 3 ) The undivided loyalty rule : a fiduciary owes undivided loyalty to his [ customer ] , the beneficiary , and therefore must not place himself in a position where his duty towards one [ customer ] conflicts with a duty that he owes to another [ customer ] . |
| 27 | The basic fiduciary duties may be summarised as follows : ( 1 ) The " no conflict " rule : the fiduciary must not place himself in a position where his own interest conflicts with that of his [ customer ] , the beneficiary ; ( 2 ) The " no profit " rule : the fiduciary must not profit from his position at the expense of his [ customer ] ; ( 3 ) The undivided loyalty rule : a fiduciary owes undivided loyalty to his [ customer ] , the beneficiary , and therefore must not place himself in a position where his duty towards one [ customer ] conflicts with a duty that he owes to another [ customer ] . |
| 28 | It would appear that an obligation of confidence may arise in relation to information which is overheard but it seems that this will only be the case where the recipient has used surreptitious means to put himself in a position to overhear the information . |
| 29 | There could be no doubt that by competing with the plaintiffs both as regards supplies and customers he had placed himself in a position in which there was a conflict of interest and duty . |
| 30 | Now , in accepting Tully 's offer , the defendant was not protecting his master 's interests … [ he ] was placing himself in a position in which there was a conflict of interests between him and his principal and he was looking after his own interests to the detriment of his master 's interests . |