Sentence examples for ability to award from inspiring English sources

[The prime minister] is a strong supporter of judges, of course, having the ability to award whole-life tariffs.

This regulator will get beefed-up investigative powers and the ability to award quality "Kitemarks" to reward compliant newspapers and punish the errant.This will avoid a big row.

The group, the Long Island Progressive Coalition, is urging voters to approve a ballot proposal on Nov. 7 that would restrict the county executive's ability to award certain personal-service contracts without competitive bidding.

To guard against this risk, lawyers wanted to include a provision in their retention agreements that would have given bankruptcy judges the ability to award fees in such situations, when the judges felt it was warranted.

C. J. Chivers (NYT) GARDEN CITY: CURB OF COUNTY EXECUTIVE URGED A referendum on whether to restrict the Nassau County executive's ability to award certain contracts without competitive bidding will be placed before voters on Nov. 7.

But while Mr. Obama is not known to have done any substantial favors for Mr. Rezko, federal prosecutors have said that Mr. Blagojevich made Mr. Rezko one of the most powerful men in the state, with the ability to award state jobs and contracts to those who made hefty political donations to the governor.

With LeO's ability to issue awards of up to £30,000, this could be a costly mistake.

Beginning April 1, members of each program will have the ability to redeem awards on itineraries that are partly or totally operated by the other airline.

If the stamp of a good critic is their ability to predict award-winning hits, then my detractors will be pleased to know that I'm probably out of a job.

Given his age, he has the potential and ability to dominate this award for years in an unprecedented way".

Mr. Millard, in his letter to the inspector general, denied he was using his ability to influence the award decision to help line up a future job, saying that he had worked at Lehman Brothers and Prudential Securities, two of the losing bidders, and was just being friendly.