| 词汇 | example_english_seed-corn |
| 释义 | Examples of seed cornThese 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 hope that he will not misuse the seedcorn. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These companies are the seedcorn from which the bigger companies of the future will grow. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Yet traditionally it is the added value related to profit that constitutes the seedcorn of industrial prosperity. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is one of eating the seedcorn. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are eating the seedcorn because nothing is being done. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Personally, this action seems to me to be not only wrong in principle but to be eating the seedcorn. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Of course most of them are not at present major employers, but they are the seedcorn from which tomorrow's major enterprises will grow. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am not greatly addicted to agricultural metaphors, but if ever there was a risk of losing most of the seedcorn, this is it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Then we get the cry that we are eating our own seedcorn, that we are getting short-term advantage at the expense of long-term investment. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We must look at the seedcorn of education to determine where the original fault lies. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Does he accept the urgency of a long-term development policy, which means that people are not eating their own seedcorn? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It can provide the seedcorn from which many new businesses and industries have sprung. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If the seedcorn is not nurtured and raised properly in an industry, we shall be signing the death warrant of any such industry. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The happiness, security and stability of children are the seedcorn of the future. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have lost a generation of seedcorn in this country. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 As capital investment is the seedcorn for future manufacturing prosperity and competitiveness, surely the uncomfortable steps taken to achieve this end are justified. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 When you cut back education for that purpose, it is like feeding the healthy with the seedcorn for next winter. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I think we would be selling at a knock-down price our best seedcorn for the future. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 One is sowing the seedcorn that will bring forward results some time in the future. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Farmers were forcibly deprived not only of seedcorn, but of food. For example, a farmer may decide after an experimental trial of hybrid corn that he prefers to return to his previous seedcorn. This is intended to lead to the production of a multitude of short compositional 'sketches' providing seedcorn for future composing work. We must remember that the industry is the seedcorn of any manufacturing base. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This country cannot continue to eat its seedcorn and survive. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is never a good thing to eat the seedcorn, and that is what we will do if we start spending capital as income. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 One either eats the seedcorn or plants it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These grants, it will be realized, were only in the nature of seedcorn. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This is the seedcorn for the future of the industry, but only 32 students are currently taking film and television freelance training courses. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 To cut research and development is indeed to eat the seedcorn. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In my opinion, the insurance industry in particular has provided the seedcorn for industry and for other developments in this country. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Investment in plant and machinery is the seedcorn of future wealth creation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 For far too long, we were eating the seedcorn. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have to sow the seedcorn in the directions where we think aviation will go. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are not selling the seedcorn, we are giving it away. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 To skimp will be to destroy the seedcorn. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is a lucrative source of revenue and the seedcorn for new productions will be restricted. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Approximately 3,850,000 tons and 3,550,000 tons respectively, not including seedcorn. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This is seedcorn we are talking about and it must have space to grow. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He said that he wanted the seedcorn to grow. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Indeed, our seedcorn was being consumed from 1959 to 1963, and we know the cost. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In my judgment, it would be a heinous crime to eat the seedcorn. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Those small companies are the seedcorn for future growth in the region. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is destroying the seedcorn of industry. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 At the end of the day, this vast number of small companies are the seedcorn for numerous growing enterprises. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Selling the seedcorn in that fashion for a short-term return is a bad move which should be resisted. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A significant proportion of that is on research and development—the seedcorn of future projects. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are not only eating our seedcorn; we are burning it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are deliberately taking our seedcorn and throwing it away. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Does the assistance include the all-important question of seedcorn in drought areas? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It means that the seedcorn is being lost, and it will have an effect on future generations. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is a nonsense to send the seedcorn of the future to the miller to pay for the tax cuts of today. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 No information is collected from farmers about the amount of seedcorn sown that has not been cleaned. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I believe that he found £500,000 from his own budget as seedcorn for those groups, to draw on the challenge money. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is a question of whether we should eat our seedcorn accompanied by a massive loss of international confidence. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They will be forced to cease to build and will have to live off their seedcorn. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In fact 3,500 apprentices, known as the seedcorn, are now leaving. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This would be to destroy the seedcorn. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Average children of general ability levels come from comprehensive schools, but not academically brilliant children, who are the seedcorn for the future. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are not asking traders to stop trading, but rather to be sensible and avoid eating their seedcorn. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If that happens, it will destroy our seedcorn. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That is not right as they are the seedcorn of our future success. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have a long way to go before we match some of our continental partners in providing the seedcorn of a strong economy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The provision of seedcorn and development finance will be needed in these activities, as will a major expansion of the agency's technology transfer capability. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Or is that another part of our seedcorn which will also be squandered? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is nothing so disastrous as to consume the seedcorn. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is important for society, too, for small firms are part of the seedcorn of the future. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Even that sounds bearable in the abstract in spite of the element, which is inherent in it, of consuming the seedcorn. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have heard small businesses described as seedcorn. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It would be seedcorn capital which would be required for much more limited areas and for a much more limited time. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That, together with the tight policy subsequently for milk prices in this country, resulted in the seedcorn being wasted. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 But our continued investment overseas is the very seedcorn from which our invisibles must grow in future years. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He said that such a policy should be adopted to protect the seedcorn and to keep out the combine harvesters. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In many instances it might be the seedcorn of future developments for both military and civilian purposes. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 As has been said, we are not selling the seedcorn in the matter of the "brain drain"—we are giving it away. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are eating the seedcorn and preparing the way for future disaster. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This lack of continuity will deprive our nation of the seedcorn for the future. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Of course, investment is the seedcorn in industry which keeps our competitive edge in the world export markets. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is absolutely and simply a question of seedcorn. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Plant seedcorn now by giving the farm workers more food. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 However, a combine harvester does not consume the seedcorn. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He has now acquired the modern techniques to distinguish between the wild oats and the genuine seedcorn. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I believe that it is eating the seedcorn. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Clearly, the seedcorn does not rest abroad but here at home, and it is here that we have to build it up. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is easy to do that, in the same way as it is to eat the seedcorn. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It provides security for the saver and his family and the seedcorn for future national prosperity. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are paying the price for having eaten the seedcorn in years past, and this goes back many years. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Where will the seedcorn investment for tomorrow come from, however? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A tremendous amount of seedcorn is threshed out in the autumn, and the order compels farmers to take up their feedingstuffs in two months. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That only takes the seedcorn out of the business. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 What they were doing was mortgaging our future—eating the seedcorn of our country. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This is the seedcorn of our nation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 To continue wage awards on the scale of recent months would be to cat the seedcorn. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It has eaten all the political seedcorn. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 But we could not live on our seedcorn for many years. 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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