Sentence examples for on retainers from inspiring English sources
If they are seeking specialist ODI and T20 bowlers, the ECB should identify players with one-day potential but not Tests, place them on retainers to augment county wages and ensure they do nothing but develop one-day skills and play only one-day cricket.
In one case the "figure" over several years was more than £80,000 and there was "mention" in emails of public officials on "retainers", said DAC Akers.
Some sailors, such as Alinghi's Russell Coutts and Brad Butterworth, are on retainers of nearly $1m a year.Tapping TV revenues might help.
Russian firms get their accounts signed by the Big Five; they hire heavyweight public-relations companies; they keep smart lawyers on retainers.
Other pimps kept lawyers on retainers and were confident that the lawyer could successfully help them avoid having an arrest turn into a conviction.
There had been multiple payments to individuals of thousands of pounds and "in one case, over several years, in excess of £80,000, and some public officials placed on retainers".
That's one reason lawyers generally operate on retainer: their hourly charges are high, and they don't want customers to be surprised when a case gets expensive.
In violation of California law, KPCB notified no one--though it did place another lawyer on retainer.
No one, be they an in-house technician or an independent technician on retainer, needs to remain onsite full-time.
"I have her [Peaches] on retainer.
