| 词汇 | example_english_mutual |
| 释义 | Examples of mutualThese 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 look forward to working with them on these important issues of mutual interest and concern in the future. Mechanism and teleology do not exclude one another, they are rather in mutual agreement. With this we are back with the first point which we raised above: such mutual commitments can only be fulfilled in mutual freedom. A friendship involves mutual recognition and presumed reciprocal attention. Only recently historians have remarked upon the extent of self-help and mutual aid among the labouring poor. The social functioning of these voluntary groups depended on the existence of good relations and mutual interests among the members. We need to share our mutual insights with each other. There was mutual recrimination, both before and after the separation, over her expensive tastes. There are two kinds of reason, which we can call" selfish herd" and" mutual benefit". Many of the issues discussed in relation to parent and child - mutual socialisation, developmental reciprocities, the timing of transitions - are relevant to sibling relationships too. Indeed, it would be difficult to imagine a situation in which mutual advantage was not a factor conducive to the development of structures of support. The answer seems to be that this is regarded as quite proper if the advantage is mutual- possibly less so if it is not. What started with high hopes for mutual support among poor countries was confounded by market forces. Although she sets the goals for him to achieve, in fact success depends on the mutual effort of the physiotherapist and the patient. In indicating his preference for a relationship based on mutual love, he is advocating a new, romantic morality. The first is the recognition of capital instruments issued by cooperative banks, or mutuals, under the definition 'tier one capital'. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English Surely all that is an attack on mutuals and a promotion of the idea of converting. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Labour wants to free mutuals to compete in the market. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Will she give a leg up to mutuals on that? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They could not care less about the services that mutuals provide. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The argument for maintaining mutuals is one of choice and competition. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Does that indicate that mutuals are all right if there is no money in them? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have also seen the new mutuals, the credit unions. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Within the past few days we hear that water companies are thinking of becoming mutuals. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Secondly, because of their structure, mutuals can be less able to react to problems within the company, such as additional competition or poor investment performance. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Whereas the stimulus of outside shareholders can force change for quoted companies, there is no such mechanism for the mutuals under their existing status. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The existence of such reserves is what enables mutuals to give free use of their capital to new members. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 By and large, the products of good mutuals must be better than the products of good profit-making organisations. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I have no illusions that mutuals and co-operatives must earn their place in a highly competitive environment by achieving commercial success. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Mutuals may believe that they can offer such guarantees more often because of the benefits of mutuality, and they know what they are doing. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The additional competitive pressures that diversity of ownership creates in the marketplace can deliver benefits to investors in mutuals and non-mutuals. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The new realistic accounting rules have been widely welcomed by the industry—by mutuals and non-mutuals alike. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Mutuals have a strong track record in phoenix rescues of failing organisations—both social and business enterprises. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 When building societies and mutuals were liberalised, the intent was to create a fair and level playing field. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Let us not forget our other mutuals when we wax keen on this new form. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We need to ensure that all types of businesses—co-operatives, mutuals or private organizations—have good corporate governance. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Even more important, mutuals are not operating on a level playing field. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 My interest in co-ops and mutuals is not new. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Mutuals have no share capital, however, and belong entirely to the policy holders, so that it is not clear how the business could be acquired. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have worked to make these hospitals more like the mutuals that we want to see, but unfortunately we are still not satisfied. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 All insurance companies are not covered because there are major exclusions—mutuals and pure reinsurance companies. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 As we have heard, mutuals and co-operatives are not a new idea. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We need to get away from the position whereby mutuals and co-operatives are perceived as a means of making money through demutualisation and asset sales. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Secondly, the mutuals provide a sense of social cohesion and community. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Much has been said about the important contribution of co-operatives and mutuals. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am mentioning them to try to highlight the difference between mutuals and the banks, with shareholders to satisfy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Of course, converted societies have their strengths too, but mutuals can arguably play an important part despite their smaller proportion of the building society sector. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The mutuals have not all been able to agree; nor have the converting societies. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have, however, discussed the issue of the two-year provision at some length with various mutuals. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In response, some mutuals have put up their minimum account rates to £1,000 or more, thus freezing out the small investor. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We considered the building society mutualisation issue, and concluded that mutuals have an extremely important role to play. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In many cases it would either fall on the insurance company or on the mutuals. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 At the third corner is the voluntary sector, including the co-operatives and mutuals, with a huge variety of types of provision. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We also carefully considered the imaginative case advanced by some consultees to convert the public water authorities into private, non-profit distributing companies such as mutuals. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I believe that that is an argument that mutuals must consider. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Given management of equal quality, mutuals should have an advantage over plcs in terms of superior investment returns and other financial service products. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The situation as regards mutuals has been rather like the parlour game of pass-the-parcel. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 As mutuals, they can have no other aim. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The article was not an attack on mutuals. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am waiting for a reference to how important mutuals are, but it does not come. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The good news is that many mutuals have risen to the new challenge. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The conversion process has also—perhaps paradoxically—helped mutuals, as it has awakened in them the need to be in close contact with their members. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 What will be the general strategy of the merged institution to the integrity and independence of the remaining mutuals? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We must get the message across to members of the mutuals, because they must have the right to decide on the future. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Why do we include the mutuals in this scheme? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They range from small traders, through mutuals and co-operatives, to companies and international public limited companies. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Nevertheless, the mutuals engaged in it and to that extent their members will suffer as a result. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If our mutuals disappear, our choice will be eliminated. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The remaining mutuals may have a chance, but they need to cherish their members and to give meaning and purpose to membership. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Clearly, it is unfair and anticompetitive because plcs enjoy tax breaks which are not available to mutuals. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I should emphasise that the proposals have been welcomed throughout the industry by both mutuals and non-mutuals. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Looking forward, there will be a programme of comprehensive reviews on corporate governance of life mutuals, actuarial standards or performance and accounting standards. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The key point of the debate is the difference between proprietary companies and mutuals. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Mutuals can take a variety of legal forms. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 However, it is not my intention to prevent a transfer of mutuals to the shareholding sector. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In short, the new mutuals could be powerful efficient enterprises, accountable to the communities and consumers who only on their services. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 However, it has been much more difficult to change mutuals legislation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 As we have seen in the building society sector, the lack of a proper regulatory structure for mutuals requires further investigation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Therefore, although these mutuals can exist, they can do so only if, of course, there exist alongside them what are called horizontal systems. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English We also carefully considered the imaginative case advanced by some consultees to convert the public water authorities into private non-profit-distributing companies such as mutuals. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The greed that stems from that privatisation procedure has permeated and undermined the culture of the mutuals. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Enormous pressure has been put on mutuals to convert, which has been damaging. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In the case of the mutuals, no one else but the policyholders will be paying. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I hope that the mutuals will have a bright future. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Since that time, the outlook has not been so rosy, because money is flowing into the mutuals, attracted by their competitive advantage. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Mutuals and non-profit organisations are also liable to respond to our requests for help without payment. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The mutuals can also make use of a strong local identity to promote themselves. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I shall not go into the history of insurance societies, except to say that mutuals and non-mutuals both have long traditions. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If one did that, and it became a worldwide position, it would stop mutuals, private companies and many of our other companies from making bids. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Mutuals have to find a means whereby they can provide for policyholder participation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Alternatively, companies, including mutuals, have the option of resorting to the capital markets. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 One fundamental problem for mutuals is that they cannot go to the equity market, so they have to go to the bond market. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 On the other side there is the undoubted fact that mutuals do not pay dividends to external shareholders. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The other excluded sections provide specific and well-tried procedures for mutuals, building societies and friendly societies, and now for industrial and provident societies. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The basis of the current debate about the mutuals—how to devise appropriate legislation to deal with protection—applies equally to companies. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I also believe that mutuals play a strong and important role for many of our constituents. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Why do we see this paradox, whereby some of the traditional mutuals are seemingly in decline while others are bubbling up and growing? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They are predominantly community benefit mutuals. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Recent changes to introduce a new realistic reporting regime are intended to provide the regulator with a better picture of the underlying financial strength of the industry, including mutuals. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In principle, it could come from shareholders' funds in the insurance industry, but some of the leading insurers are mutuals and do not have any shareholders. 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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