| 词汇 | example_english_barrow-boy |
| 释义 | Examples of barrow boyThese 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. But the barrowboy or the stall-holder who has a few bunches of flowers outside the cemetery gates can compete with the legitimate shopkeeper. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is that every barrowboy should be required to keep proper books of account. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The barrowboy will say that the "½" was written in clear letters. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Furthermore, it is possible that that is more likely than that the shopkeeper would turn barrowboy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He started selling things, became a barrowboy, went into business, and eventually became a millionaire. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A lesson might be learnt from that humble member of the trading community, the barrowboy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He spoke about the barrowboy who was not prosecuted because he supplied vegetables to the police officer concerned. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Where the barrowboy will be in that time, goodness knows! From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Yes, or any barrowboy, but let us get that into perspective. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Is not a simpler comparison that of one barrowboy throwing dirty water over the fruit of another barrowboy, thinking he may buy it in cheap? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In this class of self-employed person is a very wide variation, from the barrowboy to some of the very richest people in the country, who are self-employed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I daresay that the clause is meant to deal with the market barrowboy kind of sale so that such items can be seized on the spot. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 After all, what is a barrowboy? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Assume that he sweeps into the industrial net the barrow boys, the spivs and all the other flora and fauna and excrescences of social life. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I heard what was said about bringing a number of barrow boys together only to find that they quarrelled with each other. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The old argument that barrow boys will quarrel as much if they are on the same pitch has meaning in this connection. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Then my friend drew attention to the number of barrow boys. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They cannot all become property speculators, share dealers, estate agents and barrow boys. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We can call the function that of barrow boys or barrow girls, but they are the prime movers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 People from the south went into professions—to be barrow boys, or whatever—but not into production as northerners do. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The problem of barrow boys is a very real one for the local authority. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not understand the system of barrow boys. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The regular fines became a simple part of the barrow boys' costs. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That is unfair to barrow boys, who pursue an honest trade. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These are dealers: they are sharpies —barrow boys without barrows, who are living on their wits in a pretty tough jungle. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In addition to the official organisation, we also have the barrow boys in the market. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That must apply to competition in all aspects of life, from flogging an apple on the barrow boy's stall to giant supermarkets. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Tell that to the barrow boys and flower girls! From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Most of the text books paint a picture of rows of barrow boys selling apples with prices moving a farthing every hour or two in the old-fashioned street markets. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Although there is a great diversity in the group—ranging from medical consultants to small shopkeepers, from barristers to barrow boys, from farmers to building subcontractors—there are common characteristics and problems. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The burdens will fall on a huge range of people who are self-employed, from greengrocers to architects, from milk farmers to chemists and from barrow boys even to barristers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Barrow boys are as good as solicitors. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 East talks about the victims among the self-employed and says that we are not dealing with barrow boys he must know that he is talking the utmost rubbish. 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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