| 词汇 | example_english_stalking-horse |
| 释义 | Examples of stalking horseThese 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. This question is too serious to make the ex-service man or woman who is a pensioner a stalkinghorse. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not think we ought to use the working man as a stalkinghorse for this sort of thing. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I have no notion of getting up and being made a sort of stalkinghorse for an attack upon one of my colleagues. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I look upon this as a stalkinghorse for the main issue. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have nothing of our own and, in a sense, we are the stalkinghorse for future unity. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 You will find that the public is the stalkinghorse, but nothing else. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Is there to be a stalkinghorse or not? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is only put forward as a sort of stalkinghorse. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Perhaps the real stalkinghorse will come not this year, but next year. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I make no secret of the fact that this has been an old stalkinghorse of mine. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Once again it is a stalkinghorse for something much more important. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am not persuaded that it is right to let a local authority, however powerful and resourceful, be the stalkinghorse for that controversial issue. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I turn to the favourite stalkinghorse of the party opposite—the capital gains tax. 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 he is anyone's creature or stalkinghorse. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They are using the circumstances of this discussion as a stalkinghorse. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I have also heard in this debate the phrase "stalkinghorse" and other such expressions. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are being used as a stalkinghorse to justify the public sector pay freeze—people who are among the lowest paid in the country. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These safeguards are inserted not because they are of the slightest value, but simply and solely that they may act as a stalkinghorse in the country. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are opposed to using tax policies which might conceivably make a single market work better as a stalkinghorse for qualified majority voting and other moves towards political integration. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Like the stalkinghorse, the means is to use a spurious debate to provoke a real one. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The loser in the exercise appears to be the stalkinghorse. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The stalkinghorse appears to be acting for and as themselves, but there are others in the shadows. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The stalkinghorse pretends to be interested in a concept themselves, but in reality they are testing an idea for another. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He is bitterly opposed to the succession of his nephew to the presidency, and presents himself as a stalkinghorse contender. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. In some cases it has replaced the idiom stalkinghorse. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Cabranes also concluded that, contrary to the so-called stalkinghorse theory, the law permits cooperation between probation officers and law enforcement personnel. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. But there was resistance to the move and initial suspicion that her candidacy was just a stalkinghorse for keeping his options open. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Like a stalkinghorse, smokescreens are used to screen and mask an attack. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. If the idea is viable and/or popular, the stalkinghorse person will lose out because the anonymous figure will discard him or her and take over the concept themselves. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Gartner research gimmicks were introduced, such as the stalkinghorse, a research collaborative tool whereby analysts were compelled to graphically present and defend their logic at research meetings. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. If the customer wants competition it will spend equal time and effort working with each supplier, to develop the request for proposal and statement of work and avoid stalking horses. Regional collaboration is important because it will provide better value, but it is not a stalkinghorse for regional police forces. 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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