Example sentences of "put himself [prep] [art] position " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Yet when Cornwall pronounces him the new Earl of Gloucester , and orders him to seek his father out , Edmund has yet another layer of pretence at hand : Edmund 's perversion of such words as ‘ nature ’ , ‘ loyalty ’ , and ‘ blood ’ is grimly evident to us , but not to Cornwall — who may not understand those terms , in any case — and who now puts himself into the position of an adopted father to Edmund : ‘ I will lay trust upon thee ; and thou shalt find a dearer father in my love ’ ( 24f . ) . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | ‘ In a way , Jeff is putting himself in the position of being a cultural martyr , ’ says Ned Rifkin , exhibition curator for Washington DC 's Hirshhorn Museum , part of the prestigious Smithsonian Institution . |
| 8 | " The President has done a good job of putting himself in the position where Arctic drilling is seen as patriotic " , she said . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | How convenient of John Major to have put himself in the position of bringing the Maastricht issue to a head — and at the same time virtually assuring a no-confidence vote in the Government — on the day the sun and Saturn are in a tense 90-degree angle to each other . |