| 词汇 | example_english_sleight-of-hand |
| 释义 | Examples of sleight of handThese 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. The methodological sleightofhand on which the generative enterprise rests is the omission of meaning and meaning-based analyses. By a neat sleightofhand, many doctors defined ' shellshock ' as physical shell concussion, and excluded it from this category. The argument seems plausible only through a sleightofhand. In that way, the postulation of a phonemic decision level and claims to have eliminated lexical feedback may be a theoretical sleightofhand. With an elegant sleightofhand, he draws out the missing element in the accounts he discusses, acknowledging their usefulness while restoring what they exclude. We are once again back at the very dawn of film and the mechanisms of illusion and disavowal which define it : film as magic, spectacle, sleightofhand. A third hand to the descriptive 'purpose' (does this constitute sleightofhand?) is concerned with the morphophonology of the verb forms, the system of expression. Isn't this just mathematical sleightofhand? For example, in discussing the maintenance of polymorphisms he dismisses heterozygous advantage or heterosis as ' ' verbal sleightofhand ' ', but surely it is a testable hypothesis. And no, the classification of the port was not changed by some sleightofhand. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English No amount of sleightofhand, no slick propaganda, no weight of votes can change that or stop us voicing those fears. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is a great deal of sleightofhand in this argument. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is all sleightofhand, all excuses, all special effects. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In no way are students being legislated, by sleightofhand, out of what otherwise would have been their right. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is sleightofhand and a "con" trick to hold back a legitimate increase in the tax threshold because of the inflationary pressure. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 No sleightofhand is intended or is operating in any sense. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is interpreted as a sleightofhand, and that may be the fairest interpretation one can place upon it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He has used a form of intellectual sleightofhand to justify his prejudices. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The greatest sleightofhand comes in referring to the average or the typical. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not believe that any sleightofhand could make that a sound system. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Nothing is more dangerous or disastrous than to say that by some monetary sleightofhand the basic readjustment need not be made. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 What a wonderful example of sleightofhand that would have been. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 But by some sleightofhand, that is always changed to mean that one should not make any criticism whatsoever. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Many of us are worried about the regulations because we see them as a sleightofhand. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is no question of sleightofhand. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is wholly wrong and misleading to suggest that by sleightofhand this is some kind of fine. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Sometimes they do not take the ticket away because there is some sleightofhand. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am not using any accountant's sleightofhand by not taking account of inflation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is therefore not possible for there to be given, by some sleightofhand, an authorisation without giving the fullest possible opportunities for consultation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 With typical sleightofhand, they have implied that the private finance initiative will fill the gap. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That will be done by sleightofhand and will pre-empt the negotiations. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That is the sort of sleightofhand that would get an accountant behind bars very quickly. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is sleightofhand to refer to the order as enabling legislation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There has been no improvement, despite the constant sleightofhand of the leaders of our nation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 At present, unacceptable loopholes in our licensing laws enable people who sell alcohol to children—our own children—to hide behind a legal sleightofhand. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am advised that there was once the power to deal with this but it disappeared by sleightofhand or by mistake. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It can be done by sleightofhand in the street. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 All that has been achieved by sleightofhand, almost without being seen. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have heard in debates elsewhere that decisions cannot be evaded by using a combination of gimmicks and sleightofhand. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 What is needed, and in short order, is money, not sleightofhand or political evasive action. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English Thus, 1 million people are, by sleightofhand, removed from fuel poverty. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I would like to close with a comment on the political sleightofhand in reassigning funding for youth employment. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English It is sleightofhand to pretend that the reference is only to income tax. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That is a sleightofhand worthy of a party that is a specialist in stealth taxation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I predict that this is not the last time that such an unethical sleightofhand will be employed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Does not that strongly underline the sleightofhand that has been performed on widows, the impact of which will last for decades? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It was apparently all due to a sleightofhand about values. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Is he not indulging in a certain sleightofhand and public relations gimmickry? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Now, it is all done by sleightofhand. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 However, the amount was not only derisory but was arrived at by sleightofhand. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is sleightofhand intended to make us think that vast savings are being made. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is the sleightofhand in public expenditure. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Some of the reduction has possibly been achieved by sleightofhand. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That is dishonest; it is a sleightofhand—although it is probably typical of what one might expect. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The tax cuts that he gave—particularly the basic cut in income tax—were done by a simple sleightofhand. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That may or may not be so, but it savours of a sleightofhand. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Not even my sophisticated constituents could have predicted that particular sleightofhand. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I say that it is a verbal sleightofhand because guaranteed work for all providers stands in the way of best value. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There are two main elements in what is proposed, and both involve a regrettable sleightofhand. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 By a sleightofhand, there was a £23 million cut in capital provision, compared with the total in the annual report. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This is the day that we discuss the facts without the salesman's hype or the statistician's sleightofhand. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I think that that is a sleightofhand. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That is coming near to a sleightofhand. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If we are given answers, they involve sleightofhand or are downright untruthful. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This figure of £17,000,000 to £18,000,000 he knows to be a sleightofhand and entirely unrepresentative of the real position. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A mass of advanced taxes was slipped in last year, or introduced via council tax or by another sleightofhand. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 How long will the people take this sleightofhand? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It takes a little more time when one reads through the speech carefully to find his sleightofhand. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That is a bit of sleightofhand. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The whole procedure smacks of some sort of shameful sleightofhand. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There has been political sleightofhand in response to political panic. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A certain sleightofhand has been involved in the labelling of schemes. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I hope that we are not facing the prospect of a sleightofhand in terms of the absence of protection for such a person. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That is sleightofhand because it implies that the measure is in accord with what was proposed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I hate to disappoint him, but there is no dirty trick or sleightofhand. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There was no slip of the tongue or sleightofhand on my part. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That is a shabby statistical sleightofhand. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have funked that issue and, almost by sleightofhand, we have introduced a generous pension scheme. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We discover from the fine print that that was a sleightofhand—a clever piece of news management to create the impression of new money. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The arbitrary distinction between reproductive and non-reproductive cloning is semantic sleightofhand. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English Another sleightofhand involves the working families tax credit. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In abolishing tax credits by a comparative sleightofhand, however, he raised £5,400 million a year in the longer term, a much larger amount. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Is he happy that this will be seen by students as more than sleightofhand? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Finally, we have the sleightofhand in respect of unemployment forecasts for benefits. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I congratulate him on his impressive sleightofhand. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The same sleightofhand is evident in education. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is something of a sleightofhand about the accountancy, and the word "creative" springs to mind. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The move is really a sleightofhand. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 All frauds depend on two things—access to the cash and sleightofhand. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This has been done by sleightofhand. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The process is perhaps the most astounding sleightofhand that was ever invented. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is also some sleightofhand in what is happening. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That figure was referred to as sleightofhand. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is a decrease, a sleightofhand, order. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 All this has not been achieved by sleightofhand. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They did so by a little sleightofhand. 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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