Example sentences of "[vb -s] his [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the decision maker exercises his powers outside the jurisdiction conferred , in a manner which is procedurally irregular or is Wednesbury unreasonable , he is acting ultra vires his powers and therefore unlawfully : see Wade , Administrative Law , 6th ed. ( 1988 ) , pp. 39 et seq . |
| 2 | The Purchasing Manager in charge of a purchasing department exercises his responsibilities in close collaboration with other colleagues . |
| 3 | The letter from the plaintiffs solicitors in respect of question of interest one causes , the letter of the twenty ninth of January of nineteen ninety two , asking Mr to confirm , that in addition to the settlement figure of forty two thousand pounds in respect of costs he 'd be paying interest until the date of payment , and er , there was never a mind that erm which find a reply to in , in thirtieth of March nineteen ninety two by Mr , there 's no unqualified agreement in figure of forty two thousand pounds , I do not wish to appear obstructive but your clients must recognise that there are effectively two issues to be resolved , namely the payment of their costs and the division of the parts of other property , surely in all parties interest that none of these are resolved , so it is surely in all party interest that those , those are resolved contemporary and then the letter goes on to dealing with questions of valuation , the bottom paragraph on page thirty two in the bundle says in answer to your letter therefore is that there is no agreement to pay interest , if there is then my client must be credited with interest on his costs , and then it says surgery and finally if ove if overall agreement can not be reached then my client reserves his rights on the issue of costs and I feel that this could lead to an acrimonious and protracted taxation , at the end of the day I suspect it would only be enforced the order for costs about taking a charge in my clients interest in the surgery premises , does that improve your clients position at all , as I say that was the position of the thirtieth of March nineteen ninety two and during the remainder of nineteen ninety two there were then further negotiations , some of them appeared to have been carried out er personally between er doctor and er doctor which seems to of been the partner , dealing with the plaintiffs position and er he says about his non negotiable offer at page forty one in the bundle apparently attached to a letter of the twenty first of December nineteen ninety two and er that had a time limit on , the twenty second of March , there was a reminder on the twenty second of February and erm the plaintiffs solicitors wrote on the fourteenth of April nineteen ninety three raising the question of costs erm say that erm we have now received your clients instructions , that they would be prepared to accept the sum of forty two thousand in respect of their standard basis costs which is inclusive of V A T and disbursements , you remember that our initial schedule of costs which I set part of my letter of the eighth of October total fifty thousand , nine hundred and ninety eight pounds , twenty six pence , in addition to this our client would require interest from the which is as of todays date at seven hundred and sixty days at seventeen pounds , twenty six a day totalling thirteen thousand , one hundred and seventeen pounds , sixty , in the circumstances I look forward to receiving your clients cheque for the sum of fifty five thousand , one hundred and seventeen pounds and sixty pence within the next seven days and then it says I believe you were certainly agreeing have been very patient concerning your clients costs , but now we wish these to be paid and that was responded to er Mr on the twenty second of April er but why he quite has not been directly involved in the conversation for some time and there was not reasonable expected response for seven days from him , er and then he goes on to say that although he appreciates his firm is still on the record , I shall seek instructions from my client , but it maybe he would wish to give notice of acting in person and indeed that is in fact what happened , what happened in this case . |
| 4 | I shall spend the next several years drinking decaffeinated coffee and swapping babygros with other NCT mothers while my partner bores his colleagues to death with intestinal flora between games of squash . |
| 5 | JACK THE LAD : British Bulldog flexes his muscles in his Union Jack tights |
| 6 | Buddhist monk covers his eyes amid tear gas fired by the security forces during a demonstration against the Indo-Sri Lanka accord in Colombo , 1987 . |
| 7 | In economic policy , for instance , Britain is currently sovereign in that it is the Chancellor of the Exchequer who takes decisions given the circumstances of the day and defends his decisions before Parliament . |
| 8 | A harem stallion defends his mares against the attentions of other males . |
| 9 | TOO weak to stand , he unfolds his limbs like the legs of a flimsy wooden table . |
| 10 | He now wants his heirs to be kings as well which goes against the witches prophecy of Banquo 's heirs being kings and not Macbeth 's . |
| 11 | He wants his trees to be happy in their new environment for obvious commercial reasons . |
| 12 | Mrs Bennett of West Yorkshire made a similar complaint about Lovejoy : the character ‘ warned an acquaintance that someone looking for him ‘ wants his balls on a fork' . ’ |
| 13 | Sure but , but is it , well I 'm not sure one could say he wants his ideas to be accepted not necessarily , it 's not a a bid |
| 14 | Of course , as a scientist who 's planning an expedition that 's going to take 200 years to get underway , Charles has his critics within the Oxford establishment . |
| 15 | Gysin too has his disciples in avant-garde rock . |
| 16 | But just remember that Martinez has his fingers in every pie in golf . |
| 17 | William de Morgan has his potteries in Cheyne Walk , and later he moved his kilns to Merton Abbey . |
| 18 | ‘ Stair has his spyes in every quarter and even at the first posts on the several roads , ’ complained one irate conspirator , but often their work was easy for , as Bolingbroke observed , the most secret plans were a subject of gossip ‘ among women over their tea ’ . |
| 19 | Edward has his fleets of warships . |
| 20 | The male figure of the pair has his arms across his chest , level with the bottom of the rib-cage , whereas the wife has her hands resting on the chest and clasped in an attitude of prayer . |
| 21 | Well er , the patient has his views about what |
| 22 | Now the murderer has his hands on the information my client does n't want made public , and he has put the bite on , too . |
| 23 | Bill still has his hands on the controls . |
| 24 | They do n't look in bad shape , and the guy in the kitchen no longer has his hands behind his head . |
| 25 | More importantly , Van Basten has his sights on the European Cup second round , first leg tie on 18 October with Real Madrid . |
| 26 | Pundits reckon he has his sights on at least two other UK concerns , and if you can put your finger on them before he pounces , you will make a killing . |
| 27 | The Sky Blues ' lethal weapon , who gunned down Liverpool a week earlier , has his sights on more targets at the top of the table . |
| 28 | Former hammer champion Dave Smith again has his sights on Commonwealth gold . |
| 29 | The Liverpool winger , nearly back to his best after rupturing an Achilles tendon , has his eyes on England 's next World Cup qualifier on February 17 against minnows San Marino . |
| 30 | Ashton , however , has his eyes on other vehicles . |