词汇 | example_english_grocery |
释义 | Examples of groceryThese 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. Assistants sold groceries from open store fronts. Walking outdoors, washing clothes, preparing food, independent travel (by car or train), shopping for groceries, managing money, doing heavy housework, doing light housework, and making phone calls. I am horrified at the number of shopkeepers who are still prepared to deliver goods such as bread, milk, groceries and greengrocery. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The situation is so bad that a small shop selling basic groceries has had to be provided in the voluntary neighbourhood centre. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 She would no longer be able to buy that bag of groceries—the shop would be shut because of bankruptcy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Supermarkets have reduced the competition, particularly for groceries. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The sector where the increases are most widespread is groceries. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The customers would willingly pay higher prices for their groceries because of the saving in petrol and bus fares to the supermarket. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We do not intend that a commodity like education should be sold over the counter, like groceries, for vouchers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is one less than a quarter of a mile from here which sells groceries, a few magazines and paperbacks. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Nevertheless, the figure amounts to £27 million a year in dry groceries alone. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 As with any business—such as groceries or the manufacture of shoes—there are two aspects. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They take the pensioners' groceries—certainly the immobile pensioners' groceries—out with them, hand over the pension at the same time and then give the change. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In addition to providing postal facilities, it sells groceries, stationery, newspapers, tobacco and many other goods. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There are ad hoc committees of wholesalers and retailers concerned with meat, flour, bread, milk, sugar, tea, and other provisions and groceries. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The next week in order to purchase groceries they refused to pay the rent, and this is their budget. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They would have assured us that it would be a mistake to put our faith in a free market for the sale of groceries. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The customer passes through the check-out point with bottles of drink along with the groceries. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Anybody may sell potatoes, or beef, or groceries; but the community only permits a limited number of selected individuals to sell intoxicants. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 To people who live in isolated areas mobile shops are vital when they cannot get to towns or to the general store for their groceries. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The currants were white and sugary, and therefore unsuited for sale as groceries. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is a dearth of good shops anywhere in the area for buying simple groceries. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I remember in 1979 one of the world's most famous housewives showing off with a bag of groceries. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We feel that neither land nor houses are sold as standard commodities, like groceries. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We do not want private courts of inquiry among the groceries. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I shudder to think what would happen if you sent large quantities of groceries through the post under this scheme as well. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 One tries to change one's grocer if one does not like the price of his groceries. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The prices of uncontrolled groceries have been affected by increased costs, particularly of wages, transport and packaging materials. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Could not the churchwardens use the collection to supply the parson with free groceries which, being in kind, are not asessable? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 One articulated supermarket lorry filled with groceries contains goods that will be carried away by 500 shoppers' cars. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They have gone or are existing on a small income from groceries, praying that something will happen to improve their position. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The value of the groceries was stated to be £180. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 When my wife went out to buy groceries, the grocer had to go to other shops and purchase her meat and bread for her. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Patients will never respond well if they are treated like groceries being checked off through a conveyor belt system. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Thirdly, in some—not many—small rural areas local stores sell groceries, alcohol and petrol. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The village housewife will be able to buy her groceries and place her bet at one and the same time. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The realities of buying groceries were not considered. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In many trades, particularly groceries, there may be a much lower profit margin, so that business may have to generate £8,000 to £10,000 a year more trade. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The advertisement is not about showing children being cute and sweet; it is about selling groceries—that is the bottom line. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In recent years it has broken down completely in foods and groceries. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Here again, when one considers the items of groceries included in the list one sees that this will be of little significance. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Milk from creameries, food, groceries, clothing— they were even denied them. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 How can that happen when the people have not only to register for groceries but also for meat? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am glad to see that steps have been taken to fix maximum prices for groceries and other commodities. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They include bleaching, bookbinding, building, clothing and carton manufacturers, down to shipbuilding and transport, watch-making and wholesale groceries. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The estimated turnover in dry groceries in 1971 was £3,572 million. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Such a grocer could sell alcoholic liquor, but he also had to stock groceries. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They may have a choice of grocers' shops, but they must buy groceries. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is no limit to the services that he could provide—such as milk, newspapers, groceries and personal contact. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The prices of all groceries move up incessantly and remorselessly week by week and month by month. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They would have said that the demand for over-the-counter groceries was not elastic— one either needed a bar of soap, or one did not. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have had thousands of schemes throughout the country to control and rationalise the retail delivery of groceries, bread, milk and other things. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They may not, exactly, but people have still got to get their groceries and other things. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The corner shops have disappeared and with them the lads who delivered the groceries by bicycle. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The advertisement is not about promoting the welfare of children; it is about selling groceries. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I cannot distinguish between buying groceries and buying bets on this basis. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They were waiting for their cheques to arrive so that they could buy the groceries. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Identical clothing, groceries and fast food are one thing. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Fifty years ago those districts had local carriers, by means of which they could reach the markets and obtain their groceries. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 His prime purpose was to sell groceries and his drink counter was a sideline. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In some cases, they were given a few shillings a week, but very often the aid was given in kind—in groceries. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I welcome the new developments in competition in groceries in the last few years. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There will also be a kiosk and shop inside the phase 1 building selling light refreshments, groceries and other miscellaneous goods. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In the matter of retail groceries, we have been in daily consultation with large retail grocers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Co-operative organisations deliver milk, coal and groceries to their customers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They believe that hard and soft currencies should be the subject of competition when one buys groceries or uses a travel agent. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The cost of food, groceries, clothing, rent, everything they have to spend their salary on has increased. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They get this order for a few groceries, but they are denied all the little comforts of life except the poor helping the poor. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 According to the retail price index, which deals with across-the-board shopping, the old-age pensioner may be paying even more for groceries than the index indicates. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Thirdly, will the wage enable his wife to go out and buy the simple groceries which he and his family need? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 You cannot sell groceries without a counter to serve them over. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have heard already about the 100-odd groceries which are going up. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We heard much about trade in groceries, governed by the theories of 18th-century liberal economists. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They are where communities, especially the elderly, come together to buy groceries and to participate in what is almost a meeting place. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The grocer will bring your groceries to you at the bar. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We were still struggling with how much we spent on groceries each week. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He had had to retire at 68 and was trying to live on a pension, and he detailed his modest list of requirements—rent, groceries, etc. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In my village the shops deliver free of charge groceries to elderly people who have difficulty getting to them. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 People lean out of the higher windows and get their groceries, and great masses of the workmen's houses are flooded and their furniture is spoilt. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 One post office sells stationery rather than groceries and another is a stand-alone post office. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We know what percentage of household expenditure goes on groceries. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Does he ever buy the groceries? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In some sections, as for example groceries and provisions, withdrawals are being made on a quota system: in others, such as retail fish, by age classes. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The practical effect of that is that if a worker buys groceries from his employer, the payment made for them is solely a matter between the employer and the worker. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A busy father is paying for a basket of green- groceries. Consumers drove various distances to purchase their household groceries. The 'real man' would not even pay for groceries. Very few (n = 5, 2.5%) drove more than 20 miles to purchase groceries. Consider all of this information before you go out and buy your groceries! Supermarket operators, for example, would like to identify purchase patterns that they can exploit to sell us more groceries. Washing a floor contrasts with shopping for groceries: peeling potatoes with washing dirty socks and planning a week's meals. One or two shops were usually found in the market of a quarter with other essential victualling houses such as groceries and bakeries. They staffed the nation's hospitals and universities, as well as its groceries and restaurants. Why wait in line to pay for groceries when you can skip the line? Participants also discussed being unable to access information, quality groceries and other goods at reasonable prices and medical appointments, or to visit friends/relatives in hospital. Information was collected on symptoms, illness onset, and exposure before onset to egg or egg-related products, groceries, restaurants, food-related events, sports activities, and direct animal exposures. He lives opposite a convenience store and was just about able at the height of his pain levels to walk to the store for his groceries. Thus, for example, it considers an addressed grocery store advertisement to be a letter. Sharp and his wife also kept a grocery shop for several years, but did not find it profitable. 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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