英语词汇“example_english_blank-cheque”的音标、意思、用法及中文翻译-反思网

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That does not sound hypothecated; it sounds more like our old friend the blankcheque.
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When money is being advanced, it cannot be advanced in the form of a blankcheque for purposes which are unknown.
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On this basis, producers and eventually their customers, are being asked to sign a blankcheque.
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Are we to be asked to give a general blankcheque to cover all transactions, or any transactions of this kind?
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It gives management a blankcheque and enables managers to commit any misdemeanour or laxity in their duties and endanger security.
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That is not to give the judges a blankcheque.
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If there is tendering and private companies provide services, we shall be giving them a blankcheque.
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It is not a matter of prejudging something in unknown circumstances or writing a blankcheque, although we were offered one a few months ago.
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However, we repeat that our support, although fulsome of our men and of our needs, is not a blankcheque.
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We are not giving a blankcheque or a blank meal or a real meal to a proper tiger.
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Clause 6(1) contains unusually wide powers, and seems to be a blankcheque.
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We are being asked to give a blankcheque without knowing the reasons for it, which is something we ought to look into.
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I am not prepared to give a blankcheque.
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It amounts to a demand for a blankcheque, which would make any negotiations a complete farce.
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In fact, it is giving almost a blankcheque to the coal industry.
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In other words, he would be voting a blankcheque.
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There was no question of a blankcheque from the beginning of these negotiations until the end.
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Those are all admirable objectives, yet they amount to a licence to write a blankcheque.
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Where the principle of giving a blankcheque is concerned, the amount for which the cheque is given is quite immaterial.
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In these days of financial stringency we should be careful in giving a blankcheque, however desirable the object may be.
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It is a blankcheque, and it does not mean a thing.
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That article is therefore in the nature of a blankcheque, which presents a serious problem.
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What we have to look to is how that blankcheque will be filled up.
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We should, as it were, be issuing a blankcheque, but with the difference that it was the payees' names that were blank.
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The experimenters are given virtually a blankcheque upon nature's dwindling reserves of animal life.
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I shall not vote for the concessions, because they give the oil companies carte blanche —a blankcheque.
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It is not an indefinite commitment; it is not a blankcheque; it is not open-ended.
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He left a huge blankcheque behind him.
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We are being asked to sign a blankcheque tonight.
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Yet we are asked in this clause to support a blankcheque.
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There is now much less of a "blankcheque" approach.
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He wants a blankcheque; well, he will not get one from me without protest in the most bitter terms.
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No government can write universities a blankcheque or give them an open purse on the taxpayer's behalf.
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Nothing in this amendment gives a blankcheque to the negotiating body.
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Why must there be this kind of blankcheque?
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In short, will they take us into their confidence and not ask us to give them a blankcheque?
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We are virtually giving him a blankcheque on this.
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However, it might seem that without them we are in some sense being asked to sign a blankcheque.
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That is not to say that we should give a blankcheque to the universities or to the research councils.
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In other words, we are still being required to sign a blankcheque.
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He used the phrase "not prepared to give a blankcheque at this stage".
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Without that, private consortiums have a blankcheque.
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It cannot expect us to give it a blankcheque.
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We are giving a blankcheque to require that someone stay in this place which is miles from anywhere.
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When parliamentary draftsmen introduced the words "reasonable"and"reasonably practicable" in legislation, they handed the lawyers a blankcheque.
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We have been told that there will be no blankcheque.
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We are talking not about a blankcheque but about cutting the cloth to the available resources in determining the scope of collection policies.
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I am certainly not prepared to give that kind of blankcheque, nor is it in my power so to do.
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That money, at the very least, is a blankcheque, and for what purpose?
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This amounts to writing a blankcheque to the tenant when he moves, and no landlord could possibly be advised to take the risk.
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High technology is always going to need a blankcheque.
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We think that this should be restricted, that he should only be authorised to incur certain expenses and not have this blankcheque.
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We can no longer underwrite a blankcheque for large amounts of public money for new films.
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We went into a legislative procedure whereby we took away people's right to vote on a blankcheque and blank prospectus.
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A blankcheque can have any figure, high or low, put on it.
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It is the blank part of the blankcheque, and we are being asked to sign it.
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I should like to know what that really means, and why we are being asked to sign a blankcheque.
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We like and admire ours, but we still do not want to give them a blankcheque.
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I am not asking for a blankcheque.
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It is a blankcheque to employers to break the law, and they know it.
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What comfort can he give that he will not need to give a further blankcheque to the company?
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But this is yet again the blankcheque approach.
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We have not given them a blankcheque, but we have broadly given them our support.
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If that is not a blankcheque, certainly it is a close cousin to one.
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We are being asked to sign a blankcheque.
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Here again, we are starting with almost a blankcheque.
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The blankcheque has already been written because the organisation was in the public sector.
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They did not appreciate that they were signing a blankcheque for their landlords because the ground rent increased out of all proportion.
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We are not merely giving a blankcheque.
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On the other hand, the new clause does mean that the council has torn up the idea of a blankcheque.
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If they do not, they will have written a blankcheque: they will be giving a voucher to anyone who is admitted to university.
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We are expected, as so often, effectively to sign a blankcheque on behalf of our taxpayers.
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Because of that, it has been suggested that there is a substantial blankcheque element for dentists in the present arrangements.
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This is not permissive legislation; this is blankcheque legislation.
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That is exactly why a blankcheque is wrong.
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The code of practice has been agreed, but the local authorities have not written a blankcheque.
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That does not mean writing a blankcheque.
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That has all the appearances of a blankcheque.
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It is indeed a blankcheque for a blankety-blank organisation.
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Complaint has been made on the score that there will be a blankcheque.
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We are drawing a blankcheque on the bank accounts of the doctors.
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Is not it outrageous that he will be given a blankcheque?
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By giving a blankcheque to the privatised companies he hopes to improve the chances of a successful flotation.
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It is a blankcheque on a revolving credit: it can continue virtually indefinitely.
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It is a seriously open-ended commitment that amounts to a blankcheque to the trade unions.
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In my mind that would amount to giving a blankcheque.
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But still we cannot give you a blankcheque.
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There is absolutely no truth in the claim which is sometimes made that development policy involves issuing a blankcheque.
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I am not prepared to sign a blankcheque.
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It is right not to issue a blankcheque right away.
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词汇	example_english_blank-cheque
释义	Examples of blank cheque 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. Nor is it a blankcheque to be sent to the poorest countries and regions. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English Yet writing a blankcheque is, of course, no solution. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English It is not a blankcheque for copyright holders. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English We cannot just issue a blankcheque, nor would we want to. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English There is no blankcheque; instead we are getting a study. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English Let me be very clear on this: there cannot be a blankcheque for young farmers. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English Contrary to what we are often told, it is not a protectionist instrument; nor is it a blankcheque. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English Why should we therefore tie ourselves to this same thing with a blankcheque? From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English Once again, we are being asked to sign a blankcheque. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That does not sound hypothecated; it sounds more like our old friend the blankcheque. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 When money is being advanced, it cannot be advanced in the form of a blankcheque for purposes which are unknown. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 On this basis, producers and eventually their customers, are being asked to sign a blankcheque. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English Are we to be asked to give a general blankcheque to cover all transactions, or any transactions of this kind? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It gives management a blankcheque and enables managers to commit any misdemeanour or laxity in their duties and endanger security. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That is not to give the judges a blankcheque. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If there is tendering and private companies provide services, we shall be giving them a blankcheque. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is not a matter of prejudging something in unknown circumstances or writing a blankcheque, although we were offered one a few months ago. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 However, we repeat that our support, although fulsome of our men and of our needs, is not a blankcheque. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are not giving a blankcheque or a blank meal or a real meal to a proper tiger. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Clause 6(1) contains unusually wide powers, and seems to be a blankcheque. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are being asked to give a blankcheque without knowing the reasons for it, which is something we ought to look into. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am not prepared to give a blankcheque. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It amounts to a demand for a blankcheque, which would make any negotiations a complete farce. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In fact, it is giving almost a blankcheque to the coal industry. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In other words, he would be voting a blankcheque. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There was no question of a blankcheque from the beginning of these negotiations until the end. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Those are all admirable objectives, yet they amount to a licence to write a blankcheque. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Where the principle of giving a blankcheque is concerned, the amount for which the cheque is given is quite immaterial. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In these days of financial stringency we should be careful in giving a blankcheque, however desirable the object may be. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is a blankcheque, and it does not mean a thing. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That article is therefore in the nature of a blankcheque, which presents a serious problem. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 What we have to look to is how that blankcheque will be filled up. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We should, as it were, be issuing a blankcheque, but with the difference that it was the payees' names that were blank. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The experimenters are given virtually a blankcheque upon nature's dwindling reserves of animal life. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I shall not vote for the concessions, because they give the oil companies carte blanche —a blankcheque. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is not an indefinite commitment; it is not a blankcheque; it is not open-ended. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He left a huge blankcheque behind him. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are being asked to sign a blankcheque tonight. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Yet we are asked in this clause to support a blankcheque. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is now much less of a "blankcheque" approach. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He wants a blankcheque; well, he will not get one from me without protest in the most bitter terms. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 No government can write universities a blankcheque or give them an open purse on the taxpayer's behalf. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Nothing in this amendment gives a blankcheque to the negotiating body. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Why must there be this kind of blankcheque? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In short, will they take us into their confidence and not ask us to give them a blankcheque? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are virtually giving him a blankcheque on this. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 However, it might seem that without them we are in some sense being asked to sign a blankcheque. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That is not to say that we should give a blankcheque to the universities or to the research councils. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In other words, we are still being required to sign a blankcheque. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He used the phrase "not prepared to give a blankcheque at this stage". From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Without that, private consortiums have a blankcheque. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It cannot expect us to give it a blankcheque. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are giving a blankcheque to require that someone stay in this place which is miles from anywhere. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 When parliamentary draftsmen introduced the words "reasonable"and"reasonably practicable" in legislation, they handed the lawyers a blankcheque. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have been told that there will be no blankcheque. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are talking not about a blankcheque but about cutting the cloth to the available resources in determining the scope of collection policies. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am certainly not prepared to give that kind of blankcheque, nor is it in my power so to do. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That money, at the very least, is a blankcheque, and for what purpose? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This amounts to writing a blankcheque to the tenant when he moves, and no landlord could possibly be advised to take the risk. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 High technology is always going to need a blankcheque. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We think that this should be restricted, that he should only be authorised to incur certain expenses and not have this blankcheque. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We can no longer underwrite a blankcheque for large amounts of public money for new films. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We went into a legislative procedure whereby we took away people's right to vote on a blankcheque and blank prospectus. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A blankcheque can have any figure, high or low, put on it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is the blank part of the blankcheque, and we are being asked to sign it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I should like to know what that really means, and why we are being asked to sign a blankcheque. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We like and admire ours, but we still do not want to give them a blankcheque. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am not asking for a blankcheque. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is a blankcheque to employers to break the law, and they know it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 What comfort can he give that he will not need to give a further blankcheque to the company? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 But this is yet again the blankcheque approach. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have not given them a blankcheque, but we have broadly given them our support. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If that is not a blankcheque, certainly it is a close cousin to one. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are being asked to sign a blankcheque. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Here again, we are starting with almost a blankcheque. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The blankcheque has already been written because the organisation was in the public sector. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They did not appreciate that they were signing a blankcheque for their landlords because the ground rent increased out of all proportion. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are not merely giving a blankcheque. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 On the other hand, the new clause does mean that the council has torn up the idea of a blankcheque. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If they do not, they will have written a blankcheque: they will be giving a voucher to anyone who is admitted to university. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are expected, as so often, effectively to sign a blankcheque on behalf of our taxpayers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Because of that, it has been suggested that there is a substantial blankcheque element for dentists in the present arrangements. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This is not permissive legislation; this is blankcheque legislation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That is exactly why a blankcheque is wrong. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The code of practice has been agreed, but the local authorities have not written a blankcheque. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That does not mean writing a blankcheque. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That has all the appearances of a blankcheque. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is indeed a blankcheque for a blankety-blank organisation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Complaint has been made on the score that there will be a blankcheque. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are drawing a blankcheque on the bank accounts of the doctors. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Is not it outrageous that he will be given a blankcheque? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 By giving a blankcheque to the privatised companies he hopes to improve the chances of a successful flotation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is a blankcheque on a revolving credit: it can continue virtually indefinitely. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is a seriously open-ended commitment that amounts to a blankcheque to the trade unions. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In my mind that would amount to giving a blankcheque. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English But still we cannot give you a blankcheque. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English There is absolutely no truth in the claim which is sometimes made that development policy involves issuing a blankcheque. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English I am not prepared to sign a blankcheque. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English It is right not to issue a blankcheque right away. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English 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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