(n.) A lord; a landholder, esp. one who holds land directly of the crown.
Example Sentences:
(1) Left ventricular compliance was evaluated by various indices (Diamond, Mirsky, Gaasch, Laird), and was found to be increased equally in the chronic and acute types.
(2) The ruling will interest three peers – Lord Cunningham, Lord Laird and Lord Mackenzie of Framwellgate – who this weekend were accused in the Sunday Times of offering to carry out parliamentary work for cash.
(3) We have further explored the immunocytochemical staining method to discriminate renal and nonrenal hematuria, reported by Abrass and Laird (Am J Kidney Dis 1987;9: 44-50).
(4) In a statement, the UUP leader Mike Nesbitt said: "Having reviewed the video footage on the Daily Telegraph website, and other media reporting of Lord Laird's engagement with alleged lobbyists, I telephoned his home this morning and as a result he has relinquished the party whip, pending the outcome of the review of his behaviour that he has already requested of the relevant authorities at Westminster."
(5) 8.54pm: Paul Laird has returned to the here and now: "Music is finished.
(6) Down in Washington to lobby for a bailout plan, Carey was told why by Melvin Laird, a former US defence secretary under Richard Nixon.
(7) Labour peer Lord Mackenzie and Ulster Unionist Lord Laird were both thrown out of their parties as a result of the row.
(8) In December the House of Lords suspended Lord Mackenzie of Framwellgate for six months and Lord Laird for four months over lobbying claims.
(9) Lord Cunningham and Lord Mackenzie were suspended by Labour and the Ulster Unionist Lord Laird resigned over allegations they offered to work with undercover journalists posing as lobbyists.
(10) A meta-analysis was then performed and the results of the trials were analyzed in two ways, the odds ratio (OR) (Peto) method and the risk difference method (Dersimonian and Laird).
(11) The procedure is best summarized as a combination of the Kalish modification of the Austin bunionectomy and the Green-Laird modification of the Reverdin bunionectomy.
(12) Laird hits a weak one on the ground to Scutaro at second.
(13) Gerald Laird, catching in place of Alex Avila, is up first.
(14) The government-funded ship will be built at the Cammell Laird shipyard on Merseyside and will carry out a variety of research trips to both Antarctica and the Arctic.
(15) Angel Pagan strikes out on a foul tip held by Laird and we've got the first out of the game.
(16) In a statement, Laird said: "I wish to make it clear that I did not agree to act as a paid advocate in any proceedings of the house, nor did I accept payment or other incentive or reward in return for providing parliamentary advice or services."
(17) Lord Laird, the Ulster Unionist peer who was investigated by the BBC's Panorama programme, should face a four-month suspension after he was found to have offered to help undercover reporters set up an all-party parliamentary group in return for payment, the Lords committee for privileges and conduct said.
(18) On a full count he gets Blanco to strike out and then Laird throws out Belt trying to steal!
(19) "We do not believe that the evidence supports Lord Laird's contention."
(20) Well, Rummy comes from Illinois,” Laird confided.
Landlord
Definition:
(n.) The lord of a manor, or of land; the owner of land or houses which he leases to a tenant or tenants.
(n.) The master of an inn or of a lodging house.
Example Sentences:
(1) Michael James, 52, from Tower Hamlets Three days after telling his landlord that the flat upstairs was a deathtrap, Michael James was handed an eviction notice.
(2) Last week, Theresa May announced that, as part of her immigration bill , private landlords will be required, under the threat of a £3,000 fine, to ensure that "illegal immigrants" are not given access to their properties.
(3) In 2009, the Office of Fair Trading successfully sued Foxtons for extracting “unfair” charges from landlords.
(4) Some social landlords are refusing to rent properties to tenants who would be faced with the bedroom tax if they were to take up a larger home, even when tenants provide assurances they can afford the shortfall.
(5) It feels to landlords as though the state is interfering with their personal incomes – rather than regulating what is actually a two-way business with customers that deserve protection.
(6) Vulnerability: For an average social landlord with general needs housing about 40% of the rent roll is tenant payment (the remainder being paid direct by housing benefit).
(7) The GMB union said that there was a risk that vulnerable people could be made homeless, but in the event of insolvency, Southern Cross's 31,000 homes would be run by local authorities or landlords on behalf of an administrator.
(8) They raised their issues with the council in 2012 and now the landlord is trying to get them evicted.
(9) New laws may be needed to force private landlords to insulate and upgrade rented homes, the report says.
(10) Chaytor had claimed £12,925 between 2005 and 2006 for renting a flat in Regency Street, Westminster, producing a tenancy agreement purporting to show that he was paying £1,175 a month in rent to the landlord, Sarah Elizabeth Rastrick.
(11) It is a complex action, as there are a number of landlords covering private apartments and affordable shared-ownership flats.
(12) "We'll be watching them like hawks," said Jim Winkworth, a farmer and pub landlord, as he watched work starting on a bend in the Parrett between Burrowbridge and Moorland, two of the villages worst affected by the winter flooding.
(13) Landlords are now getting an average yield of 5.3%, up from 5.2% in August, LSL says.
(14) • Detainees’ families have suffered further persecution: for example, the wives of Li Heping, Wang Quanzhang, Xie Yang and Xie Yanyi have been subjected to police monitoring and harassment; the children of Li Heping and Wang Quanzhang have been denied enrolment at state schools due to police pressure; and the authorities have put pressure on the landlords of Wang Quanzhang’s and Xie Yanyi’s families to evict them from their homes.
(15) It is critical that landlords and government think deeply about the evident anxiety tenants have about receiving their rent directly,” the report warns.
(16) The landlord never cashed it and the three became friends.
(17) But landlords often put your rent up massively at the end of your lease, meaning you have to move every two years."
(18) Roger Harding, Shelter’s director of communications, policy and campaigns, said: “It beggars belief that a landlord can evict a family simply because they have three children, and the fact that this one has is yet another sign of our broken rental market.
(19) Our How to Rent guide helps tenants know their rights and responsibilities, and letting agents are now required to belong to a redress scheme so landlords and tenants have somewhere to go if they get a raw deal.” “This government has kept strong protections to guard families against the threat of homelessness.
(20) We will also require them to meet their basic responsibilities as landlords, cracking down on those who rent out dangerous, dirty and overcrowded properties.