What's the difference between alderman and baillie?
Alderman
Definition:
(n.) A senior or superior; a person of rank or dignity.
(n.) One of a board or body of municipal officers next in order to the mayor and having a legislative function. They may, in some cases, individually exercise some magisterial and administrative functions.
Example Sentences:
(1) I didn’t see him tonight,” smiled the alderman.
(2) As Hunter recorded, it was acquired by a civic dignitary, Mr Alderman Pugh, "who very politely allowed me to examine its structure, and to take away the bones".
(3) Honorary Alderman, London Borough of Sutton Council.
(4) Alderman's predecessor, Robert Wardle, stepped down from his post at the SFO in 2008, a frustrated man, having seen BAE and its friends persuade Blair to intervene and force a halt to extensive and long running criminal inquiries into the £43bn al-Yamamah arms deal with Saudi Arabia.
(5) Alderman's recent campaign against companies alleged to practise bribery overseas is throwing up novel legal problems.
(6) There was one exception: Antonio French , an alderman of the 21st ward who has been out with protestors night after night, earning a brief stint in jail.
(7) Meanwhile Alderman, when he succeeded Wardle at the SFO, insisted he was no patsy.
(8) Alderman had encouraged companies to cut such US-style plea bargains as a way of admitting their corruption and starting afresh while avoiding a long and costly court case.
(9) Alderman staked much of his credibility on attempts to change the lumbering SFO style of investigation.
(10) Richard Alderman, head of the Serious Fraud Office, plans to press ahead with a controversial £30m plea bargain with the arms company BAE , legal sources say, despite criticism of such deals from a senior judge and anti-corruption campaigners.
(11) Richard Alderman, the SFO director, said after today'sraids: "The SFO is committed to tackling corruption.
(12) It appeared that former tax investigator Alderman's bluff had been called.
(13) Neither innocent nor guilty, you could skulk here for decades, while the alderman's daughter grows old: between step and step, grow old yourself, slip the noose of your name.
(14) The electric equivalent of an Alderman-Grant slotted resonator is analyzed in terms of two one-turn solenoids interconnected by a slotted cylinder resonator.
(15) Richard Alderman, director of the SFO, called the pioneering deal "pragmatic".
(16) As an example of why the bylaws needed revoking, an alderman said that one of their conditions was that the porters should "toss out vagabonds and vagrants".
(17) Dr. Alderman, Director of the Office of Dental Health, Division of Public Health, Georgia Department of Human Resources, can provide lists of communities in Georgia that are optimally fluoridated.
(18) Alderman is expected to hold talks with the judges in an effort to agree the best way to structure future plea bargains.
(19) He is an honorary alderman of the borough of Kensington and Chelsea.
(20) The size of the balloon relative to that of the uterus no doubt plays an important part in the irritability produced, and the volume of the balloon in Dr. Bruce's investigation was much larger than that used by Alderman et al.
Baillie
Definition:
(n.) Bailiff.
(n.) Same as Bailie.
Example Sentences:
(1) A regular alongside another Espanyol old boy, Víctor Ruiz, at the heart of their defence, Bailly – who moved to Spain at the age of 17 after being spotted at a youth tournament in Burkina Faso – has impressed with his speed and power.
(2) However, the BBC added that as neither Sachs nor Baillie had complained to Ofcom about the broadcasts infringing their privacy, it was unprecedented for the regulator to investigate the incident.
(3) Eric is at the right club to continue his development.” Bailly made 47 appearances in the 16 months he was with Villarreal after joining from Espanyol in January last year.
(4) On Tuesday a European commission spokesman, Olivier Bailly, said that after independence Scotland would have to apply to join the EU afresh.
(5) Both Daydreaming and Safe from Harm were accompanied by atmospheric videos by the young director Baillie Walsh who then directed the now famous video for Unfinished Sympathy in which Nelson walks along West Pico Boulevard in Los Angeles, singing the song as if oblivious to the odd cast of street characters she encounters, while the group members fall into step behind her in cameo roles.
(6) The new signings Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Eric Bailly are also under consideration, having started training on Wednesday.
(7) In the messages, pre-recorded and broadcast on Radio 2 late on Saturday October 18, the pair alluded to Brand having had sex with Sachs' granddaughter, Georgina Baillie.
(8) Jackie Baillie, Scottish Labour’s shadow finance secretary, said the oil forecasts highlighted “the devastating consequences” of the SNP’s quest for full fiscal autonomy, which would see Scotland lose the protection and support of UK taxpayers, cutting public funds by £6.5bn a year.
(9) Meanwhile, Brand resigned on the spot with a charming apology describing Baillie as a "very sweet and big-hearted woman" that was sincere and managed to suggest, "I screwed up.
(10) Zlatan Ibrahimovic: ‘Mourinho is cool – the older coaches get, the cooler they get’ Read more The clubs have agreed a fee of around £25m plus add-ons for Bailly, who can play across the back four and looks to have the physical prowess to prosper in the Premier League.
(11) Hopefully we can have a good start to the season and be successful by the end of it.” Mourinho has signed Eric Bailly, Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
(12) It would cap a busy summer for Mourinho after moves for Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Eric Bailly and Henrikh Mkhitaryan.
(13) Recently in reproducing Matthew Baillie's classic atlas of morbid anatomy using an almost complete set of the original drawings of William Clift an attempt was made to give a modern diagnosis of all the conditions illustrated.
(14) Baillie, Scottish Labour’s effective interim leader at Holyrood while the party votes on a successor to replace Johann Lamont, had goaded Salmond.
(15) John Radcliffe, Richard Mead, Anthony Askew, David Pitcairn and Matthew Baillie.
(16) With other potential candidates such as interim Scottish leader, Anas Sarwar, and shadow health secretary, Jackie Baillie, ruling themselves out of the contest, Findlay has come under heavy pressure from trade union activists and the left of the party to stand against Murphy.
(17) League appearances: 28 Age: 20 Estimated value: £20m 8 ) Eric Bailly ( Villarreal ) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Eric Bailly joined Villarreal as a replacement for Gabriel Paulista.
(18) In her first TV interview on the affair, which also led to Ross's suspension from the BBC for three months, Baillie - the granddaughter of actor Andrew Sachs - said Brand needed to learn to respect women but she regretted calling for the pair's sacking.
(19) Doubts linger about the strength of the new spine being built at Old Trafford by Mourinho (the sturdiness of the central defence is among the unknowns at this point, with much hinging on the recently recruited Eric Bailly ).
(20) Prof Jonathan Baillie, ZSL director of conservation, said the findings represented a major success given that biodiversity continues to decline worldwide: "It's really refreshing to see that these recoveries are actually the result of targeted conservation efforts.