| 词汇 | example_english_porterage |
| 释义 | Examples of porterageThese 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. Local populations felt the impact of the colonial administration mainly in terms of the extraction of produce taxes and labour for porterage and military purposes. In turn, access to these sources of labour made porterage possible. Apart from tax payments and porterage, the most common links between local communities and the wider society were the courts of law. Explanations for the eventual decline of up-country traders and porterage must therefore be sought through analysis of change in the early colonial political economy. It should be noted that long-distance porterage was a specific kind of migrant labour, with important differences from the more familiar migrant labour systems of the colonial period. Their costs, including rent and rates, security, maintenance, gas and electricity, cleaning, health and safety, and porterage are tabulated below. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 By human porterage they made good a lot of the transport they lacked. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In addition, there are dock dues, quay porterage, landing and carriage charges to final address. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Beyond that distance porterage is charged only on the additional mileage beyond the free delivery boundary. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is no agreed formula for calculating the charges, which include elements for utilities, porterage and maintenance. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It has been the practice in the past, besides the commission to the salesman, to charge porterage. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There have been cases where porterage has been excessively charged. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In some areas—particularly porterage, cleaning and even catering—labour shedding has gone too far. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I refer to services such as central heating, constant hot water, lifts, porterage, and stair carpets. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 For example, one can think of porterage, the lighting of common areas and the cleaning of common areas. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These rare cases are for luxury flats with full porterage and services such as heating and hot water included. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 And, of course, he has to pay porterage. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Certainly porterage could be self-managed in those statistically rare cases where blocks of flats have resident porters. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That is not to mention porterage of £935,000 or laundry and linen costing another £1,072,000. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are aware of reports of forced labour and military porterage, and of the displacement of entire communities. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Such blocks can provide luxury accommodation, but that means swimming pools, porterage, security alarms and all sorts of facilities that no local authority would be allowed to put in. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is currently in the process of contracting out a range of central services, including mailroom services, minor maintenance, office cleaning, porterage, reprographics, security, central typing and secretarial cover. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 One result is that the porterage of the fish has increased to such an extent that what would have cost £20 per week in that man's business now costs £50. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have not got, and cannot get, enough porterage staff to restrain the passengers and see that only the right people get into the right carriages. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That would ensure that elderly people were provided with alarms, telephones and porterage systems and that more assistance was given to the establishment in the community of victim support schemes. 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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