| 词汇 | example_english_flat-rate |
| 释义 | Examples of flat rateThese examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. Electricity is charged at a flatrate per year. Co-payments tend to be calculated in a way that combines a flatrate depending on the long-term care allowance and an income-related part. All the major federal parties supported the prolongation of the flatrate tax. For the elderly, the flatrate gradually increased, and in 2003, changed to an across-the-board 10% co-insurance rate. Moreover, most benefits are paid at a flatrate. The other impractical model was a universal tax-financed pension with a flatrate. Since then the allowances are paid at a flatrate irrespective of income, though they rise with the number of children. The effect of current plans for state pensions is to restore something closer to a flatrate state pension, but with significant complexity. Until 1996, hospitals were reimbursed by health insurance at a flatrate payment per day, independent of diagnosis and therapy. The flatrate was fixed at 5 shillings for men and 2s 6d for women. Hendricks (1999, 2001) shows that the growth effects of flatrate taxes depend in important ways on intercohort persistence. Running costs are calculated using the horsepower of the motor and the respective flatrate charged by the government and the annual repair charges in the reporting year. Household expenditures on water-related services varied from 4 per cent to 11 per cent of monthly income as the utility raised the flatrate it charged neighborhoods. The latter costs were paid at a flatrate, providing an incentive for cost control; at the same time, skimping on quality was checked through monitoring of standards of care. There was a serious drawback to his proposal, however: a flatrate contribution was far too harsh on persons of low income, especially rural but also urban workers. I think, in the minority of countries which retain a flatrate for children. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They at present receive a flatrate salary of £1,128 a year, together with a free house. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That flatrate would go to at least 1 million people who have considerable other sources of income. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is, of course, an important distinction between the new payments and the existing duty, which, of course, is imposed at a flatrate. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Before that they, too had a flatrate, depending on their husbands' rank. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is still a large gap, but it is far re- moved from a flatrate, which some other countries seem to favour. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The flatrate on the expandable penny would have been imposed across the board, albeit on income tax. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We were next asked, why apply it at a flatrate? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Those allowances are paid on a flatrate. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The flatrate pension is paid quite regardless of any consideration of means. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 However, would it be fair to retain a flatrate tax that took exactly the same from everyone above rebate levels? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 However, it is possible to move away from the present system, with the flatrate, to a banded rate from next year. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Now, scandalously, they gain again from the flatrate subsidy of £140 off the poll tax, not just on one home but on both their homes. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It would have been better to allow everyone a flatrate contribution of £3,600 regardless of income. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They feel very strongly that the flatrate in any circumstances ought not to be brought back. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Anything else we got was by way of bonus, flatrate, etc. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have agreed to enter into discussions with the industry to see whether we can work out an acceptable agricultural flatrate scheme. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The higher graduated pension—that is, the flatrate plus the additional graduated portion—if it is taken as a whole, is also a good bargain. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 What about abandoning the flatrate principle in favour of banding? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It must be remembered that it is a flatrate. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I quite agree, but that is an argument why they should be reconsidered in a very generous spirit in regard to the flatrate. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There seems to me to be a fatal objection to a flatrate, and to extending the flatrate. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am not in favour of the flatrate at £1 per week. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not think there is any necessity for altering the flatrate if the flatrate is a minimum. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The second phase was to begin to introduce the switch from the flatrate to the graduated pension. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not think the transport levy and the flatrate for transport should be abolished. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Having regard to its position 500 miles north of the big consuming centres there has been a flatrate for the carriage of fish. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I know quite well that this is a vexed subject because a flatrate can work both ways. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Solicit your energetic support to have flatrate retained. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The flatrate is going because the industry has rejected it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Administrative difficulties would be negligible if a flatrate is adopted. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is not a flatrate at all. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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