Sentences with phrase «like blank cheques»

I've noticed that members of the legal community tend to not have much to say, or for that matter even undertake to suggest an abuse may have taken place, when a legal decision may be seen as having very heavy political overtones — as evidenced by the truth having become so weighted down as to be tethered, thus clearing the way for the facts to be like blank cheques to be used as unscrupulous currency, by those who can simply choose to control the outcome.

In a worst - case scenario, Pasalis says, when the seller's agent is less than honest, «escalation clauses act like a blank cheque that the seller and their agent can fill in as they please.»

But in a worst case scenario, when the seller's agent is less than honest, escalation clauses act like a blank cheque that the seller and their agent can fill in as they please.

Not exact matches

«This looks like Mr. Harper wants a blank cheque for this war, with no one having access to the numbers,» he said.

«We must address the capacity problems that mean thousands of commuters face cramped, miserable journeys into cities like Birmingham, Manchester, Leeds and London but there can be no blank cheque and ministers must get a grip on costs,» she said.

The National Union of Students (NUS) President Aaron Porter, who wrote a piece for Channel 4 News asking Lord Browne if he would like to start his adult life with debts of # 40k last week, said: «If adopted, Lord Browne's review would hand universities a blank cheque and force the next generation to pick up the tab for devastating cuts to higher education.