Example sentences of "[pron] own skill [conj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The judge said he believed the parties intended the reference to be a valuation , because of the appointment as the " arbitrators " of a seedsman and a market gardener , both being , in his view , eminently suitable persons to assess the compensation by exercising their own skill and knowledge without any evidence or witnesses being called before them . |
| 2 | Computer programmers and analysts will be allowed to make use of programming techniques and skills which they have learnt and which have become part of their own skill and experience , unless there is something very special about them or they have expressly agreed not to make further use of them . |
| 3 | This book has been written with the objective both of making knowledge gained by research more easily accessible , and of demonstrating how in the course of providing services practitioners can use the knowledge and add to it by their own skill and commitment . |
| 4 | A provision could therefore be included in the contract that the buyer has not made its purpose known , has relied exclusively on its own skill and judgment , or that the seller claims no expertise in relation to the suitability of the goods for any stated purpose . |
| 5 | In many cases , the employer 's " trade secrets " may be no more than the result of the application by an employee of his own skill and judgment , but if the employee was engaged specifically to produce that information then it can still amount to a trade secret . |
| 6 | He acts on his own skill and judgment in reaching his decision , and that decision will be binding on the parties even if it is wrong ( Campbell v Edwards [ 1976 ] 1 All ER 785 ) . |
| 7 | Since Mr Hull made it plain that he was not qualified to give an opinion about the painting 's authorship , the plaintiff 's employee must have realised that in proceeding with the purchase he was relying on his own skill and judgment . |