| 词汇 | example_english_poll-tax |
| 释义 | Examples of poll taxThese 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. He credited the elimination of the polltax as a major contribution to this surprising result. It seemed that the state's highly onerous polltax dampened voter registration and turnout (see conclusion below). Second, there was the polltax, the requirement that voters pay for the right to vote, usually much in advance. They were the land tax, polltax, and house tax with the land tax providing the bulk of the revenue. To circumvent some of these problems, the same elderly persons have been traced in the polltax registers. In the land registers and polltax registers, the properties were named after the hamlet and given a unique number. This is the policy with the highest possible polltax. The law provided for voter registration, voting by mail, and a polltax exemption for members of the armed services. In 1907 the tax was converted to a polltax of twenty shillings. Literacy and residential requirements and the surprisingly burdensome polltax were only some of the tools crafted by southern rulers. Determining residency appears to have been easier in states which imposed a polltax. The polltax has done nothing to lessen this conviction. Their chiefly tribute was banned, and in its place rural dwellers paid hut and polltax collected by the chief on behalf of the colonial state. The main point here is the extension of ' tribute ' as an individualized form of polltax in place of former grain and land taxes and imposts on manufactures. Equal budget policies with negative basic income require a polltax to supplement the revenue of income tax needed for financing a subsidy in excess of average productivity. Since the polltax implementation is hypothesized to exert a temporary one-month effect, it is scored 1 for the month it occurred, 1 for the next month, and 0 otherwise. There was a good deal of resistance, because the polltax was coming through. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 After the debacle of the polltax, too much was taken to the centre. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That is what they used to complain about when the polltax came into operation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Does she agree that the impact of the television licence on pensioners is analogous to the impact of the polltax? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The only part that has changed is that concerning the polltax, due to the council tax provisions. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is like another polltax: some people getting away with it and others having to pay. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The revenue comes mainly from a polltax. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Indirect taxation is very largely a form of polltax. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This, of course, is the old evil of the polltax on the poor. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have had 18 years of experiments and change, including complete disasters such as the polltax. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A definitive account of the polltax has been written. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He may be more correct on that than he was on people's views about the polltax. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It was two or three times the size of the miners' rally and larger than the polltax rally. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 However, it ill becomes the architect of the polltax to make such a point. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The introduction of the polltax was a mess, and it looks as if we are heading for the same problems with the present system. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Now we are being told that the polltax legislation is in ruins. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Taxes must be practical—the polltax is not. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Such a solution would neutralise at a stroke the political disadvantage of the polltax. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Thousands of people in my constituency and millions of people throughout the country cannot afford to pay the polltax. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 On top of that, there was the polltax, without reasonable rebates. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They also want to get rid of the polltax. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Over 10 years, the lack of buoyancy of the polltax will destroy all effective local government. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The principles of accountability, on which the polltax was based, are similar to those for electoral registration. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That measure is of course the polltax. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The local income tax figure for an average household in my constituency is £317, compared with an average household polltax bill of £622. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Part of the debate will be about the polltax. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 How does that square with the so-called accountability that polltax is said to introduce? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I have sought to discover how much of the money raised is accounted for by grant, the national business rate and the polltax. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The polltax has led to a fiddling of the franchise based on the principle of accountability. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Has some of the shortfall been made up by the use of polltax information? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 On top of the polltax people have to pay their water charges. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Many people did not believe that a wife at home would have to pay the polltax. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The polltax has had a serious impact on the franchise, but that impact is not uniform. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The polltax will hit education more than any other area. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 No one can tell me that the imposition of the polltax on the members of our services is fair. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is impossible to defend a situation in which a private soldier is expected to pay the same polltax as a general. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Of necessity those debates have focused on the alternatives to the polltax from next year, on which we all have views. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Rates were unfair in terms of property, and the polltax is unfair in terms of people. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That is precisely what the polltax has done. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We will not tell people what we will replace the polltax with. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We hear a great deal these days about reviewing the polltax because of enormous opposition to it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That is how the polltax will develop. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The polltax in particular has an adverse impact on electoral registration and leads to the loss of many people from the register. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Much of my campaigning activity and my writings in opposition to the polltax were associated with the effect on electoral registration. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Whatever is done about the polltax, that will remain true. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This year, the average polltax is likely to rise by about £1·15 a week. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Week after week, a substantial proportion of the people at my surgeries come to see me about the polltax or community charge. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is clear from experience that the inefficiencies, the cost and the waste of the polltax are multiplying rather than diminishing with time. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The polltax is destroying local government, so difficult is it to administer and collect. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I find, talking to professionals, that the polltax is difficult and costly to collect. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Had that not happened, the average polltax would have been about £70 per adult less than it was. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The term "assumed" polltax is not my phrase. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If half one's population is applying for rent and polltax rebates—rate rebates in the past—of course the system begins to break down. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If it did, the polltax would be less than £200. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 So far as we can tell, it will be a combination of a property tax and the polltax—probably the worst of both worlds. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The polltax was supposed to be efficient. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 So much for the polltax being efficient. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A roof tax, a rating system or the polltax have to take that fact into account. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 What is given with one hand is so often taken away with the other, and that will be so while the polltax exists. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The cost of polltax collection is escalating. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Previously, the payment varied according to the rateable value of the house, but that practice was discontinued in 1989, when the polltax was introduced. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I and my party attacked the polltax from the moment it was introduced. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It will not lose them much, as they have had to eat nearly every word about the polltax. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Is it not already clear that this one-off, desperate measure will mean that the polltax will stay in place for many people? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 But what would have happened if we had all paid or tried to pay the polltax? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Our experience of the polltax legislation over the past three years is that it is unfair. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That was the clearest statement ever that our real alternative is the abolition of the polltax. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We also want son of polltax to be abolished. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 What is required is the immediate abolition of the polltax. 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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