Sentences with phrase «give up his seat as»

Supporting that point, forum member Paul Jones pointed out that it would cost him # 118 if he signed up to the Auto Cup ticket scheme to take his nine - year - old son to a Champions League fixture at Anfield - a cost that he felt was excessive for a father and child - and he gives up his seat as a result, choosing to move to the adult and child section instead.

Nigel Farage has been told to give up his seat as a Member of the European Parliament following his resignation as Ukip leader.

I also asked what our compensation would be since we are giving up our seats as a favor to Air France.

In 1959 Diggs gave up his seat as Chair of the art department but remained teaching at Winston - Salem State until his retirement in 1979.

Not exact matches

He points to activist investors as a particular thorn in the side of management, forcing it to focus on quarter - to - quarter earnings and giving up board seats instead of investing in research and development.

In exchange for what is generally the lowest fares on board, passengers give up perks that used to be free, such as seat selection, flight - changes and in United and American's case, use of overhead bins.

«Seeing as how a DOCTOR was forcibly removed errr beaten unconscious from refusing to «voluntarily» give up his seat, due to United Airlines incompetently overbooking their flight, I will NEVER FLY UNITED AGAIN!

Reportedly, passengers were offered up to $ 800, in addition to overnight accommodations, as an incentive to give up their seats in the over-booked airplane.

Camber Capital Management, a hedge fund with an activist history, has purchased 5.7 million shares of Tenet Healthcare Corp., or a 5.7 % stake in the money - losing hospital chain.The emergence of Camber was disclosed Monday, just three days after Tenet's largest shareholder, Glenview Capital Management, resigned two Tenet board seats, citing irreconcilable differences with management and the board.Glenview Capital, which owns an 18 % stake in Tenet, gave notice Friday that it would no longer participate in a stand - still agreement that had prevented it from launching a proxy fight for control of the company.Tenet investors welcomed the Camber disclosure Monday, driving up Tenet's stock price to $ 2.18, or 15 %, to $ 16.63 as of 12:30 p.m. ET.Tenet is the nation's third - largest investor - owned

Starting a new job comes with the side - effect of giving up a lot of control, as does the experience of being put back on training wheels, back in the beginners seat.

On the flight to MSP, there was a nine - year - old sitting right behind me, and he was constantly kicking my seat, and kept on yelling «Moooooooommmmmmyyyyyy give me my iPad back!!!!,» as loudly as he could, while the mother of the child yelled back louder «Shut up!

Dao refused to give up his seat after he was selected, as he said that he needed to get home to treat his patients.

(CNN)- Republicans jumped on the Democrats» Tuesday loss of the congressional seat given up by disgraced U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner as a sign of eroding Jewish support for President Barack Obama and his party.

Now, I started reflecting on this because my kids were in the back seat of the car singing that song about Peter and John and the lame man — «Silver and Gold have I none / but such as I have give I thee / in the name of Je - e-sus Chri - i - ist / of Nazareth rise up and walk!

I still go with same six mates I went with in the late fifties when it was two bob to get in and would lose touch if I didn't go anymore, great seats, behind the TV camera, a meal before the game, a drink after the game, so as you can see it's very difficult to give up plus if I give it up with the waiting list for a S / T I'll never get it back and the thought of not going to Arsenal every week I couldn't contemplate.

Give up the hot seat for Klopp, get on the phone to him as soon as possible and you never know, he may just be able to talk a few of his players to join to help complete us.

I was in my seat in the old East stand with a mate and he's young son when my mate gave me nudge and said «you seen who's behind us» as I turned round it was Joe and without any hesitation said «seen anything of him» and in he's broad Scottish accent, although Joe was English, born in Liverpool to a Seaman father, he grew up in Scotland, «who's that» he said, I said Ron Yeats, with that we all burst out laughing, I then lifted my mates young son, turned him round and said «see this man, he's the greatest centre forward ever to play for Arsenal» I got a massive smile from Joe and could see that it made he's day, made mine as well

While Wenger remained in his seat, Benitez was up giving very precise instructions as to where he wanted his players positioned.

The springy arms, which allow baby to bounce up and down are covered by colorful fabrics with designs and patterns, giving baby a stimulating visual as they sit in the bouncer seat.

Although, gasp, I break the rules there as well, and am the happy recipient of a car seat passed down from a friend, and again, I will be getting the next size up from her, or I wouldn't even have one at all since my ex took both car seats we had, despite the fact I'm the custodial parent, and won't give them back!

As a parent, you may already be familiar with Bumbo, the brand behind the much - loved molded foam seat that gives babies the support they need to sit up and enjoy the world from an upright position.

When your baby is not walking around and is seated in a place, give her toys that she may require to do some manipulating such as pop - up toys or stacking rings.

We did use it at our kitchen table as well for many months and it nicely replaced our fisher price strap on seat, giving us back additional seating for grown ups.

Hold on tightly to your seats, hats, pearls, and Tiger balm, because it seems that experienced parents out there have conveniently forgotten (or have intentionally avoided) giving us poor saps the heads up about this harrowing stage of our child's development known as the Effing Fours!

These adapters are what was recommended to go with my nuna pipa car seat... although it works I wouldn't say they work easy... it is kind of hard to get them lined up with the car seat to get them on... once they are on it does seem secure so that is why I gave them 3 stars but ease of use with my particular car seat I doubt I will use it as much as I was imagining I would...

Your dad props you up on a shiny red bicycle, gives you a few pointers and an encouraging smile, then runs alongside you with his hand securely on the back of the bike seat, steadying and supporting you as you fly down the sidewalk with the wind in your hair and a thrilled and slightly terrified grin on your face.

In addition, the Democrats lost two members of their conference: Mark Schroeder's seat (145th AD) out in Western NY up for grabs, as the WNY Democrat (and thorn in Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver's side) stepped down to run for Buffalo comptroller; and Republican - turned - Democrat Mike Spano (93rd AD) will be giving up his seat to start his new job as mayor of Yonkers.

Were an individual Gloucestershire voter given up to seven votes to distribute as s / he saw fit, it is of course impossible to know whether this would lead to seven Conservative MPs returned (as was the case in the 2015 election), or a mixture of parties (in 2005 the seats were split three Conservative, two Labour and two Liberal Democrat).

If you start them from when the selection is announced, then it gives a massive advantage to insiders (who will have been able to use the previous months or even years before the selection is announced to sign people up, campaign with unlimited resources etc.) As for the current system - you don't need 50 votes to bag a safe seat.

For some it's a simple calculation: they wouldn't have to give up their Assembly seats if they lost, and if they won they'd be making almost twice as much money as Council Members (Assembly makes $ 79,500, Council makes $ 148,500).

The sad fact is we knew Cleggie was a bloke that swings both ways in his Political following, he is a Tory Liberal when the chips are down, who can blame him he is the old Whigs after all, I suspect in five years time Cameron will give Clegg a seat in the house of lords, and then he will be able to earn a living telling people about the liberals being back in power, as his party disappears up it's own ass.

And if Republicans are in charge in Texas, perhaps they can avoid giving up as many seats to Democrats by diluting the minority vote in cities like Dallas and Houston.

While Callum Kerr is widely admired for his stint as MP for Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk (BRS) but he has the smallest majority in Scotland and the Conservatives are so confident that their candidate John Lamont gave up the safety net of a Scottish parliament seat to take on the general election campaign.

Lopez, who was not present at today's meeting, has already given up his post as Brooklyn Democratic Party chair, and also resigned his Assembly seat on Monday morning.

As for Rangel, Tasini predicted the scandal - scarred congressman, who was forced to give up his Ways & Means Committee chairmanship in the wake of a critical ethics committee report and remains under investigation, will «cost Democrats seats all across the country» if he's the nominee.

Espaillat's effort to join the Senate Democrats» is a bit more complicated, as he's running in a four - way primary for the seat in the 31st SD (upper Manhattan and the Bronx) that Sen. Eric Schneiderman is giving up to run for state attorney general.

One week ago, Governor Andrew Cuomo had a front - row seat onstage at the ceremonial inauguration of Bill de Blasio as mayor, giving him an up - close view of the city's victorious liberals spiking the ball.

Voters traditionally use local elections to give the Government of the day a kicking - meaning opposition parties pick up large numbers of seats as a result.

Looming over the race was McLaughlin, who gave up the seat to win election in 2017 as Rensselaer County executive and actively campaigned to make Ashby his successor.

Now he faces the same tall odds as one of eight candidates running to succeed Rep. Chris Van Hollen, who's giving up his 8 th District seat to run for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Barbara Mikulski.

John DeFrancisco, who hails from Syracuse, has spent the past 25 years in the State Senate and is giving up his seat to run, and with it his influential role as Deputy Majority Leader.

Silver gave up his leadership post but is keeping his legislative seat as he fights the charges.

Silver has since pleaded not guilty, and while he still holds his seat in the Assembly, he did have to give up his position as speaker.

«Rather than give up its seat at the table by divesting, the fund leverages its role as a large institutional investor to push for improved corporate behavior and accountability.»

«We're pursuing Congress as priority one here,» he said, adding if he raises the money, he will give up his Assembly seat.

Another 12 gave up their national seats for local ones — as police and crime commissioners, mayors, or to serve on local assemblies.

As for Samuels, he said during his campaign he'd give it a go in another two years when Town Council seats will be up again, but he'll do a better job getting on the ballot.

Stewart - Cousins was in Orange County to give the keynote address at the committee's annual gala, an appearance that comes as Democrats have stepped up their criticism of Republican Sen. Bill Larkin, whose seat they consider to be a potential pickup opportunity next year.

As a result, the Democrats are defending some vulnerable members in a state where they expected to pick up seats (and still might, given the presidential election year dynamic).

Meanwhile, McLaughlin wouldn't rule out a spot on the Republican ticket as lieutenant governor, but indicated he wouldn't want to give up his seat in the Assembly for the post.