Sentence examples for in a quid from inspiring English sources

"We explained that was not possible and we could not engage in a quid pro quo, nor could any money change hands for any reason".

Thus, patent laws require that an inventor, in a quid pro quo exchange for the limited monopoly that a patent provides, disclose his methods to others.

Democrats in Congress have questioned whether Calk engaged in a "quid pro quo" with Manafort to become secretary of the Army.

Bradley D. Simon, a lawyer for Alan Hevesi, said his client did not engage "in a quid pro quo to benefit his son".

Fox News added in a statement: "We explained that was not possible and we could not engage in a quid pro quo".

During his summation, a prosecutor, Brent Wible, explained to the jury that Mr. Seabrook was not charged with engaging in a "quid pro quo" but merely with receiving an illegal gratuity, or "thank you" payment.

"North Korea in 1994 entered into a quid pro quo, and it's inappropriate for North Korea to say that we will walk away from our quid and ask for more quo.

Why farm out students for work experience when they can graft right on campus, and bring in a few quid?

The conflation of these two separate facts is made to look like the LSE giving the degree in return for a quid pro quo.

I heard one humorous suggestion that if this were ever introduced in Ireland, as a quid quo pro, a parallel law ought to be written up that required any cyclist who ploughed into a pedestrian to go straight to jail.

In particular, a quid pro quo of shutting down the missile program in exchange for launchings of North Korean satellites by foreign governments will be discussed further, a senior official said.