| 词汇 | example_english_half-price |
| 释义 | Examples of half-priceThese 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. I asked the trade to clear stocks by half-coupon and half-price sales, which they did to a large extent. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A petition asking for half-price television licences for aged people. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Do they think that we pay our staff half-price or maintain the buildings at half-price? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Some give half-price off-peak travel for pensioners, others give no help with travel for pensioners at all. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 For years, the electricity industry has based its advertising campaign on what it called "half-price electricity". From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have conceded what the consumers asked for—that is, to remove their sense of injustice and to restore half-price electricity for off-peak users. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It was stated not merely that the off-peak rates would be favourable but that they would be half-price. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 One of the amendments concerns half-price tickets for those wishing to watch the race. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We all want it, and we are getting it at half-price or even at one-third the price compared with other countries. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I welcome also the free pass that entitles all pensioners to half-price concessionary travel on buses, which was introduced in 2001. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There has been no great demand for the half-price to be changed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I have two electricity board pamphlets which mention half-price electricity. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Most grotesque of all, he talks about the possibility of free and half-price schools meals for assisted places children. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I should like to say that the poachers in our part of the world do not sell at half-price. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Many pensioners think that they will be able to get half-price travel wherever they go. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We see stock going at less than half-price, and cattle are not bringing in as much as we paid for them in the spring. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A half-price pass can leave pensioners facing high transport costs if prices continue to rise as they have been. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 One costs £7 a year and entitles the holder to half-price travel any day, anywhere. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The latest available returns show that altogether there have been over 800,000 admissions at half-price. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The local authorities building houses at half-price would prevent anyone else from building them, and this would destroy private enterprise altogether. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I have heard that it is in contemplation that the houses already built shall be sold for half-price. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Indeed, off-peak electricity will cost significantly more than half-price. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Why not reduce it to half-price straight away, instead of paying the full amount and at some later date this year claiming it back? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Obviously, exemptions, either no charge at all or half-price, reduce the net revenue, both directly and indirectly, by raising the cost of collection. 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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