How To Use Wye In A Sentence

  • The recession blindsided a lot of lawyers who had previously taken for granted their comfortable income.
  • Now comes the news that her shifty lawyer father has only 48 hours to raise a lot of money or face financial ruin and imprisonment.
  • Fred Wye seemed like a decent sort of cuss, Peter thought, too bad his brother wasn't more like him. SOMETHING IN THE WATER
  • Over 20 factors were analyzed amongst the DUI attorneys sampled, including whether free consultations are offered, if a lawyer is willing to do 'outcall' (meaning they will meet with potential clients outside the office), how aggressive the defense of the client is, the degree to which each client is offered access to their lawyer, how much time is spent with each client talking by phone or over email, and other factors. WebWire | Recent Headlines
  • Although alcoholism remains the number one dependency problem among judges and lawyers, the face of addiction continues to change.
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  • The lawyers, policemen and bailiffs grinned, along with the clerk.
  • Defence lawyers routinely accuse victims who failed to make 'vigorous enough' protests, as in fact having consented.
  • The total includes the cost of barristers and MoD lawyers. The Sun
  • We need the services of a good lawyer.
  • He was a highly intelligent commercial lawyer and then judge who suddenly found himself having to grind out fact after fact from nuggets of information painstakingly. Times, Sunday Times
  • Carson's voice on the phone was preceded by that of a lawyer who asked if I would mind listening to Johnny while he spoke his piece, which sounds like even daffier a concept now than it did then. Nights with Johnny Carson: As long as it's been, we still long for them
  • The detention of at least two of the three lawyers in recent days appears to be linked to recent developments regarding the blind, self-taught legal activist Chen Guangcheng.
  • In the twelfth century the canon lawyers devised an elaborate, and comparatively humane, legal framework for poor relief.
  • Petrocelli Monday afternoon began an aggressive cross-examination after Simpson finished five hours of gentle questioning by his own lawyer Friday and Monday.
  • Another suggests that there are as many as ten lawyers in the city disguised as tourists. Times, Sunday Times
  • Their lawyers advised them that they might be sued by older workers not allowed to work on. Times, Sunday Times
  • Seven CHP deputies, including deputy from Manisa Şahin Mengü, took seats next to defense lawyers, although there were many empty chairs in the gallery. TODAY'S ZAMAN :: News
  • It was part of an enormous collection of metalwork, glass, ceramics and miniatures belonging to Ralph Bernal, a lawyer and MP.
  • The casuistical subtilties may not be greater than the snbtilties of lawyers, hinted at above; but as the former are pernicious, and the latter innocent and even necessary, this is the reason of the very different reception they meet with from the world. An Enquiry into the Principles of Morals
  • And the ultimate separation, the ultimate twinning, is the separation between the lawyer and the self — the creation of a professional role that is not you, but comes to have a life of its own, that comes to be as important as the authentic self. Is That Legal?: Books Archives
  • Lawyers and judges, even in quite large cities, usually know each other quite well and regularly fraternise socially.
  • The lawyer requested a break in the court case, but the judge demurred.
  • She waived her right to a lawyer.
  • The lawyer-turned-playwright's "true story" of her friendship with a convicted "homegrown" terrorist does suffer from an unfortunate Pollyannaism, however. The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed
  • They imputed the error to the lawyer who was handling her case.
  • Uh , hi . I'm Philip Stuckey, Edward Lewis's lawyer. - Where's the guest of honor?
  • His statement won't bear the lawyer's examinations.
  • Lawyers acting for the victims - including the parents of twins who suffered kidney failure - are claiming damages for injury and consequential loss. The Sun
  • None of the armorers or bowyers will deal openly with him any more.
  • In frustration, she talked to a lawyer and settled out of court with her former employer.
  • I don't think he will ever make a lawyer.
  • He intends to plead not guilty, according to his lawyer, Plato Cacheris, who characterized his client as emotionally distraught.
  • The woman, apart from being a lawyer, has a Master's degree in Chemistry, was the first ever female harbourmaster in Canada and the first ever female CEO of a Port Authority in Canada, and is now a Cabinet minister. Archive 2008-11-01
  • Lawyers expressed concern that women could be coerced and forced to accept apparently voluntary agreements to their disadvantage. Times, Sunday Times
  • On style, I loved the "gangly" lawyer from Springfield reference and his reference to MLK as "a king. Obama's Speech Accomplishes More Than It Appears
  • Mr. Zhang's motto is:"making lawyers' coronet of honor with thorns".
  • His release hinged on a legal technicality: the police did not tell him he was under arrest or that he had the right to a lawyer. Times, Sunday Times
  • There may also be differences in premiums for a publican and a landlord, or a barrister and lawyer. Times, Sunday Times
  • Lawyers and judges also spent time this year on more esoteric subjects. Times, Sunday Times
  • His lawyers are confident that the judges will declare Mr Stevens innocent.
  • He is the lawyer who plunged the Scottish Executive into a compensation crisis by successfully challenging slopping out in prisons.
  • You should seek advice from your lawyer on this matter.
  • The lawyer says his client has started compiling documents that he says will authenticate her life story as she tells it in the book.
  • An independent senior lawyer will be appointed this year to monitor applications to have groups such as bikie gangs declared criminal organisations, the Queensland government says. Latest News - Yahoo!7 News
  • The prosecution lawyer cross-examined the defence witness.
  • Journal in 1839, at about the same time the term OK appeared: “That lawyer has been trying to spread the wool over your eyes.” The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time
  • A good lawyer might fudge the issue for his client - not sufficiently to get him off the hook, but sufficiently to suggest that he honestly felt himself justified in making a second marriage.
  • But if lawyers and solicitors wish themselves to be identified as men of noble standing and exemplariness then they deserve the kind of reverence they will yield from the public should they decide to embrace Karpal Singh's call to sieve out bad hats. Malaysiakini :: News
  • His defence lawyer said that Wilson's lifestyle had altered dramatically since the offences three years ago.
  • There's ample evidence that the lawyer knew exactly what she was doing.
  • Lawyers said they would fight what are being seen as the most far-reaching and controversial changes to the immigration system in years. Times, Sunday Times
  • A man who is his own lawyer has a fool for his client. 
  • Human rights groups point out that she has been denied access to a lawyer. Times, Sunday Times
  • ‘Those regs are as good as gold,’ said Ellen Kearns, an employment lawyer who specializes in wage-and-hour issues with Epstein Becker & Green in Boston.
  • The film follows the relationship between sexy femme fatale Suzy and young lawyer Jim, which eventually leads to a murderous crime of passion.
  • I wanted, desperately needed for him to reach across the line that he had drawn, and so it was with dumb horror that I watched him retreat, his expression turning lawyerly even as I read the helplessness in his eyes. Dreaming in French
  • My thesis in this series is that access to legal services is not coextensive with access to lawyers. Access to Legal Services: Lessons from the Medical Profession (Part 1 of 3) : Law is Cool
  • Now, I know the technicalities of he doesn't have a presidential appointment and all the lawyering that goes into this.
  • Once that happened, it didn't take skilled bowyers to build archery equipment.
  • John Hales, clerk of the hanaper, a learned and able man, and, like all who espoused this party, a zealous protestant, had written, and secretly circulated, a book in defence of the claims of the lady Catherine, and he had also procured opinions of foreign lawyers in favor of the validity of her marriage. Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth
  • The developers have their mouthpiece lawyers in the city council meeting every morning while the rest of us are making love or rhyming words… how you gonna fight that?
  • He is certainly an effective lawyer but colleagues say that he lacks the human touch.
  • ‘We will not wine and dine with murderers,’ said Biti, a 33-year-old lawyer who is the opposition's shadow foreign minister.
  • But judges were going to have to be much more proactive if the role of lawyers is diminished. Times, Sunday Times
  • Such standardization and rationalization of diverse local practices was promoted by lawyers who were the agents of change.
  • Most lawyers are frustrated writers, actors, comedians or performers of some bent or another.
  • He continued to be held incommunicado, that is without contact with the outside world, including his family and lawyers, until August 2005, from when his wife was allowed to visit him on a monthly basis. Amnesty International USA: Most Recent English News Releases
  • The lawyer asked the jury to take cognizance of the defendant's generosity in giving to charity.
  • And partly because it will amount to special treatment only for rich people with fancy lawyers. The Sun
  • The lawyer confuted the testimony of the witness by showing actual photographs of the accident.
  • Democrats are allied with the trial lawyers and some consumer groups.
  • You will also need to appoint a lawyer with experience of mergers and acquisitions work.
  • It was high, fifty thousand, but his lawyer's either got deep pockets or a running tab with a bail bondsman.
  • Seek advice from a personal injury lawyer at once. The Sun
  • Lawyers for the schools had argued that abuse alleged to have happened years ago would make the commission's findings unsafe because of dimming of memory and non-availability of witnesses because of death.
  • As the ineffectual lawyer/husband, Wilson fades into the scenery like an attendant lord.
  • We were cooperating with his lawyers but we weren't actually in that case.
  • he got a phone call from his lawyer that tensed him up
  • Following their conviction for tax crimes the lawyers have been given lengthy custodial sentences but pending the appeal process they are not in jail. Times, Sunday Times
  • Mark Twain impersonator Richard Garey with two sets of Tom Sawyers and Becky Thatchers in Hannibal, Mo., to mark the 100th anniversary of the author's death on April 21. Mark Twain's celebrated Missouri hometown is jumping again
  • I don't know the specifics, but the word around town is that Evander Wye in a snit is not a man to be taken lightly. SOMETHING IN THE WATER
  • Contact you dream? you listen? spoken word? norbert blei | six found-poems in the words and paintings of andrew wyeth Norbert blei | six found-poems in the words and paintings of andrew wyeth « poetry dispatch & other notes from the underground
  • Elise and Sawyer say they have been the most frequent victims of harassment both on and off campus.
  • It turned out the lawyers were referring to dozens of adult magazines seized from his home.
  • The prisoner told lawyers he was tortured using the strappado, in which a prisoner is suspended from a bar with handcuffs.
  • Her lawyer tried to plead not guilty by reason of insanity, but that was rejected.
  • We also have heard from very reliable sources around the courthouse that juror number five, the doctor-lawyer, may very well be the foreperson, which is what we expected. CNN Transcript Nov 5, 2004
  • This issue is a Superman story from which Superman is absent--every scene except the Akteon-Holt takedown and is Mr. Akteon's name supposed to recall Actaeon or Mr. Action? includes at least one character directly associated with him, even Maggie Sawyer and Shockwave. Archive 2006-05-01
  • Who builds the offices in which lawyers can bilk their clients?
  • The lawyer asked the jury to take cognizance of the defendant's generosity in giving to charity.
  • A friend of the victim was subpoenaed as a witness by lawyers representing the accused.
  • Yet he told lawyers to press ahead with the libel case. The Sun
  • The company has turned over to plaintiffs' lawyers about 30 complaints in which customers accuse New Hanover of racism.
  • A few months before the Great Fire of London, in which old St. Paul's was consumed with its parvise and pillars, Dugdale wrote: "At St. Paul's each lawyer and serjeant at his pillar heard his client's cause and took notes thereof upon his knee, as they do at Guildhall at this day. The Customs of Old England
  • The lawyer claimed his client was provoked into acts of violence by the defendant.
  • Macarthy, the defence lawyer, found himself in the position of trying to defend the indefensible and justify the unjustifiable.
  • They imputed the error to the lawyer who was handling her case.
  • Practising lawyers find it harder to get trained staff and find less time to train inexperienced staff. Legal Education—For What?
  • He must anticipate the maneuvers of the other lawyers and beat them at their own game.
  • Barry isn't exactly what you would call sanctimonious," admitted the lawyer, with a dry smile. Viola Gwyn
  • I chaired her inaugural meeting: health visitors, lawyers, saleswomen, cleaners, police officers; they all came. Times, Sunday Times
  • The general sentiment among lawyers is that the Commission is likely to favour plea bargaining if sufficient safeguards can be built in.
  • For the time being, her lawyer Robert Baum said, she would live with her grandmother in Northern California.
  • A friend of the victim was subpoenaed as a witness by lawyers representing the accused.
  • His lawyer said: 'He was dazzled by glamour and is sorry for his lies. The Sun
  • He has the makings of a first-rate lawyer.
  • There is a widely held view among solicitors that do-it-yourself wills only result in making lawyers richer.
  • Contrary to a lawyer's yen for neatness there are few unambiguous signposts for modern medics facing this or many other ethical issues.
  • A panel of lawyers, academics, consultants, writers and civil rights activists selected the winners.
  • A photo exhibition, ‘French Urbanscapes’, by Atul Sharma, a lawyer and lensman, shot on his many journeys to France, is one of the forthcoming events.
  • The lawyer undertook the case without a fee.
  • It's been my understanding ever since law school that fee-splitting, except where both lawyers actually do some work AND where the client consents -- is indeed unethical according to state codes of ethics for lawyers. Why is This Legal?
  • Two lawyers were told not to leave the building but no reason for this instruction was given.
  • Certainly, and some of them very good ones," said the lawyer; "as in the common case of an heir of entail, where deed of provision and tailzie is maist ordinarily implemented by taking up name and arms. St. Ronan's Well
  • The prosecution lawyers have been trying to prejudice the jury against her.
  • Academic law is another field which the talented young lawyer may consider.
  • The findings of the present study should help psychologists, counsellors and lawyers to give useful advice to parents, highlighting a child-focused perspective.
  • BROOKS: Well, let ` s uncage the lawyers and talk about what those down the line could be. CNN Transcript Nov 13, 2007
  • Gray, a prosperous-looking lawyer in his tasteful dark suits, asked for the presidential apology and brought the survivors to Washington.
  • His lawyers—plural—threatened a countercharge of police harassment, and Ms. Caroline King had declined to press charges. Tough Customer
  • Lawyers might make a bob or two out of it as well. Times, Sunday Times
  • He said he'd bring a pouch of placer gold, copies of old letters from Theodore Mott to his lawyer up in Denver. THE WAILING WIND
  • However the state has opposed the defense lawyers 'request, saying giving out details of any work done on the government's behalf will "neutralise" its effect. ANC Daily News Briefing
  • In previous court proceedings, “MPAA lawyers presented e-mails and testimony that showed Real worked hard to find a way to get past ARccOS and RipGuard, including the hiring of an overseas company that the MPAA alleges is run by ‘Ukranian hackers’,” says CNet News, adding: Fair Use? ‘Not under the DMCA,’ says MPAA
  • The ConnectU founders fought right to the end, settling the dispute in mediation, then contesting the settlement and battling with the lawyers who had represented them in the talks. Judge Ends Facebook’s Feud With ConnectU - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com
  • The dozens of recorded conversations between Ms. Chiesi and Mr. Kurland are replete with examples of Kurland encouraging her to get information, of Kurland belittling her ability to analyze financial data, of Kurland being the New Castle decision maker regarding investment decisions," said Alan Kaufman , her lawyer, in a court filing. Chiesi Seeks Lighter Sentence in Insider Case
  • This money was then funneled through a series of bank accounts in Gibraltar, Switzerland and Monaco, all controlled by a London lawyer who had performed no work for the project.
  • Doyle III , speaking at an American Bar Association conference in New Orleans last week, said the New York bar "remains opposed to nonlawyer ownership" but the "idea is worthy of serious consideration. Proceedings | Highlights from the Law Blog
  • Meeting with his imprisoned father and their family lawyer, Junior hears the older men discuss how to get Elroy Sr. better amenities during his upcoming incarceration through bribery and kickbacks, and what such niceties will cost. 70s Cinema: The Last American Hero « Screaming Blue Reviews
  • Sawyers, in their light-blue carriage with the white hammercloth and blue and white ribbons -- their footmen drove the house down with the knocking. A Little Dinner at Timmin's
  • He was a shrewd lawyer with a talent for uncovering paper trails of fraud.
  • But some school groups said the influential lawyers' group shouldn't be so quick to condemn the tough student discipline measures.
  • Down the hall, separated by a cordon sanitaire of three intervening rooms, yet another lawyer was ploughing through Butler's work, also using pen and paper.
  • “Who is this broad with an "Esq." after her name slamming divorce lawyers?” you may ask yourself. Belinda Etezad Rachman: Divorce Lawyers and the Reptilian Brain
  • The platform was dominated by sleek lawyers and Tories.
  • Volume Two, sub-titled "The Lawyers", will also attract considerable attention.
  • Stanbic's lawyers said Wednesday that the new Competition Act sets out the broad competition principles that are of general ap - plication to the economy as a whole. ANC Daily News Briefing
  • It was a ‘blatant, unjustifiable waste of ratepayers' money to spend this much on lawyers ’, she said.
  • The lawyer's "ally is chance," and his "task is to disrupt an overhasty reliance on what appears to be the truth," says the rather fiendish omniscient narrator in one story. Suburban Tensions In a Gauzy Glow
  • A society of master chefs was formed to achieve professional status similar to that of doctors or lawyers for its members.
  • Second, it would be up to him, as the lawyer, to be best placed to identify a conflict.
  • This branch, under ordinary precedent, simply threw the case out of court; but in addition, the decision, proceeding with what lawyers call obiter dictum, went on to declare that under the Constitution of the United States neither Congress nor a territorial legislature possessed power to prohibit slavery in Federal Territories. A Short Life of Abraham Lincoln
  • But a Washington lawyer who represents Wyeth Pharmaceuticals says the company's label complied with federal law. Undefined
  • Foreign buyers are required to appoint a lawyer and a public notary, all of whom charge percentage fees based on the value of the property.
  • Ames's tavern sign, then, plays on the tension between lawyers with formal legal training like Dudley, and village tavern keepers and pettifoggers like Ames himself.
  • The network draws on the expertise of intermediaries such as lawyers, patent specialists, corporate financiers, business angels, consultants and other advisers.
  • No one wants to end up fighting a patent battle in court because financially only the lawyers win.
  • That does not include the cost for medical expenses, interpreters and lawyers.
  • Craig was the Castro-directed lawyer for Elian Gonzalez's father Miguel, and his fees were paid by the pan-Castroist National Council of Churches. Debbie Schlussel
  • If Lee falls, it will be a personal disappointment for a talented and dedicated lawyer.
  • Gervais' chanciest gag - one, he quipped, that had been pre-proofed by lawyers - was at the expense of LA's Scientology community. The Guardian World News
  • Taylor originally trained as a lawyer, but, having damaged his eyesight in studying, sought work which did not involve overmuch reading and writing.
  • A lawyer for the inquiry also quizzed Mr. Mohan about whether the Sun objectifies women with its daily Page 3 fixture, which features topless women. Times of London Misled Court on Email Incident
  • He invested his lawyer with complete power to act for him.
  • Payment by result means lawyers are only paid on successful cases with inbuilt incentives for commercial discipline and economic prudence. Times, Sunday Times
  • Lawyers for the accused refuted the charges. Times, Sunday Times
  • The new lawyer barks rudely at the old lawyer and the judge.
  • He was a lawyer who had disintegrated under the strain.
  • I'm not a lawyer (never even had a teensy tiny hankering to go to law school), but a PhD student in political science.
  • In two of the cases, Justice Stevens lashed out at the court's failure to condemn what he called shoddy work by defense lawyers in death penalty cases. NYT > Home Page
  • There's ample evidence that the lawyer knew exactly what she was doing.
  • The main headquarters was in Fayetteville, where my banker friend George Shelton agreed to be campaign chairman and F. H. Martin, a young lawyer I played basketball with, signed on as treasurer.
  • A manual dial allows the sawyer to accurately choose the size of the lumber being targeted.
  • While someone who actually has a clue what a tachyon is will feel more comfortable with the terminology, Sawyer leaves enough elbow room for non-scifi fans. Rabid Reads: "Flash Forward" by Robert J. Sawyer
  • The practice of a lawyer requires acquaintance with court procedures.
  • So in 2004 the agency and Congress relaxed rules governing representation, making it easier for nonlawyer advocates to get paid. Two Lawyers Strike Gold In U.S. Disability System
  • I now know that my fellow brothers and sisters, the lawyers of New Zealand, will be in a position to practise in front of the highest court of our country.
  • So, the production company need approximately 100 clean cut people to pose as lawyers.
  • Lawyers can specialize in "elder law", which covers everything from trusts and estates to nursing-home abuse and age discrimination.
  • He was more than just a drunk, the father; he was a kind of Micawber, a lawyer with big ideas and inventions that didn't sell. Undefined
  • There are cries of how lawyers and others have allegedly connived in the misapplication of justice.
  • At a press conference last week, a group of defense lawyers who practice in Madison County, Illinois, reportedly "bristled" at the description of Madison County as a "judicial hellhole. Tort "Reform" 2
  • The former human rights and insurance lawyer said his commission would have no compunction about prosecuting corrupt foreign investors in court in the capital Freetown, and that could land them in a Sierra Leonean prison. West African leaders pledge to battle corruption
  • Presumably in artistic work, as opposed to lawyering or doctoring, there is a larger element of the unconscious or intuitive.
  • Only 19 percent of the respondents gave lawyers high marks for maintaining honest and ethical standards.
  • Critics feel that allowing television cameras into the courtroom will lead to grandstanding by lawyers.
  • The unions would hire lawyers to file the briefs.
  • An old classmate, now an important New York lawyer, fixed me up with his own doctor for the year—“the best diagnostician in New York.” In the Valley of the Shadow
  • But the archer was the product of years of training, and the bowyers and fletchers who supported him were craftsmen whose skills could not easily be duplicated.
  • In frustration, she talked to a lawyer and settled out of court with her former employer.
  • He said that his lawyer advised him to leave Kenya as it was rumoured that he would soon be charged with sedition and treason.
  • The pithiest explanation comes from Pam Olson, a Washington tax lawyer. What I Learned in My 16 Years on the Tax Beat
  • You should see a lawyer
  • Lawyers for the accused refuted the charges. Times, Sunday Times
  • He is a bigwig and has many contacts, as I discovered when I tried to get a lawyer later to contest his dismissal.
  • Heand his lawyers will need to seriously abase themselves before the Committee if he's going to escape a similar fate.
  • And the glamorous lawyer showed she meant business earlier this week when she arrived at a Downing Street reception in a red figure-hugging outfit, upstaging the World Cup heroes in whose honour the reception was held.
  • Nancy Kaplen , a lawyer for the state, said the state couldn't afford to pay what would be required under the formula — and won't be able to in next year's budget, either, suggesting the state would need to "recalibrate" it. N.J. Court Examines Schooling
  • As far as the ABA is concerned, any lawyer who hasn't actually been disbarred is "well qualified. Sotomayor rated
  • The defence lawyer made an eloquent plea for his client's acquittal.
  • He said that neither of the transcripts read by the defendants' lawyers included anything about bones, a mincing machine or blood. Times, Sunday Times
  • Steve then proceeded to rant and rave at the musty defendant who, taking his lawyer's advice, kept well shtum.
  • Having no business education except that acquired from common experience and observation, and no schooling except of the most rudimentary kind, he would express himself clearly in unpolished but forcible and terse language, and would write out with his own hand a contract which, for precision and completeness, few lawyers could equal. Living in Dryden: John Southworth
  • His lawyer turned to address the bench.
  • Their core business of binding periodicals for university libraries, lawyers and doctors has declined as more publications become available online, sending the bindery's annual revenue down around 10% since the recession began, to $207,000 in 2010. Digital Rivals, Economy Put Bookmakers in Bind
  • Politicians and lawyers will achieve success in their endeavours.
  • Over time, as more lawyers who had regularly argued before the court or had been law professors joined the bench, the tone livened up. 'Dynamic' duo of Kagan, Sotomayor add vigor to court
  • Instead of saying that the country is readying its most seasoned diplomats and lawyers to rebuff the claims, it highlighted the deployment of its aging fleet to protect an empty sea.
  • But the lawyers said it might be culturally insensitive. Times, Sunday Times
  • The committee comprises/consists of two lawyers, two journalists and a teacher. You can also say is comprised of, though this use is often avoided in written English. It is not correct to use comprises of or is composed by /from.

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