| 词汇 | example_english_cliff-edge |
| 释义 | Examples of cliff edgeThese 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. He suggests that the onset of colonialism was not a watershed, or rather cliffedge, but came during a much longer period of retrenchment. The flint wall and the natural cliffedge frame this upper terrace. We heard about the slice system as against the slab system and the cliffedge. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Instead of facing a cliffedge, many people would like to move into retirement more gradually. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 As lemmings rush over the cliffedge, so they are going on strike when the industry is on its knees. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I understand the concerns about areas beyond the current cliffedge, although that is a problem that cannot be avoided when boundaries are drawn. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am keen that he should appreciate the case that can be presented by authorities lying some way away from the cliffedge. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Not only would the amendment not work; it would introduce a cliffedge that would be undesirable and harsh. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 By enabling people to draw down their pension while carrying on in employment, we are eroding the cliffedge between work and retirement. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That seems entirely right and is very much in the spirit of flexible retirement, whereby retirement is not a cliffedge but a process. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This substantially modified the cause of the "cliffedge" effect of the lower earnings limit. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The system presents a cliffedge for carers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We do not know whether a cliffedge or a tapered version of stamp duty is the way forward. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The new map that would apply would not have the same simple cliffedge that applies currently with the area cost adjustment. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If the cliffedge is £15,000, a family with an income of £20,000 would face a difficult situation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is a cliffedge in the benefit system at the moment. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Instead of the present cliffedge, we shall have a benefit that better recognises that there are degrees of disability. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Another beneficial effect of the graduated rates of contribution is that it reduces the much criticised "cliffedge" effect of the lower earnings limit. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We do not continue over the cliffedge to total destruction. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Yet stamp duty is a cliffedge in itself—that is the nature of a tax on capital transactions. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In addition, the amendment would introduce an undesirable and harmful cliffedge. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The existing capital cliffedge will disappear, so those with savings of more than £12,000 will no longer be automatically excluded from help. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Without some additional mechanism, a cliffedge occurs again, but at a different point. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 But the steps are all small both in relation to earnings and to the current cliffedge at the lower earnings level. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 However, if you are riding straight towards the cliffedge, that is rather less impressive. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Families who live in the area feel that there is good statutory provision up to the age of 19, but after that there is a cliffedge with little beyond. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is to them that advice should be addressed to prevent the union executive from leading the industry and the thousands of workers in it over the cliffedge. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Some people say that the purchasers of houses on a cliffedge should have been well aware of the dangers they were risking when they bought their houses. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Instead of the present cliffedge, there will be something more like a series of steps, thus giving greater recognition to the fact that disability is a matter of degree. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is a cliffedge. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Too many directors do nothing until the cliffedge is crumbling beneath their feet, and by then it is far too late—too late for moratoriums or any form of rescue. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The cliffedge had eroded, partly exposing traces of the north of the wall. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. A deep moat surrounds the fort side not facing the cliffedge. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The falls are viewable from the forested cover near the cliffedge. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The lower of the two pools is very close to the cliffedge and was built in 2007. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Allow at least two hours for the circuit trip, which in some places is close to the cliffedge and is not fenced. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. A beautiful, contemporary facility, it is located in the old village hall, perched precariously on a cliffedge. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The footpath runs close to the cliffedge and is steeply undulating. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Near the castle are the remains of a watchtower, 7 m square, built on the cliffedge. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Shancai, still wanting to save his teacher, managed to crawl his way over the cliffedge. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. It was stripped of anything of value as the cliffedge drew nearer. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. This settlement was by the low cliffedge, above the place where fresh water emerges from the chalk. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Some of the observation posts on the cliffedge are also visible. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Today nothing remains of the battery apart from a few pieces of concrete projecting from the cliffedge. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He even taunts her by pushing his wheelchair near the cliffedge and almost falls. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The double line of earth ramparts are still visible, forming a semicircle that encloses an area of 1.3 acre adjacent to the cliffedge. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The present lighthouse was built half of a mile from the cliffedge and came into operation in 1833. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. In places around the quarry, there are numerous ravines leading to the cliffedge. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. They ran to the cliffedge and saw the fierce fighting. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The stream runs in a gully to the eastern cliffedge. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The remaining other two shafts are found closer to the cliffedge, close to the garden. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. After returning from one such visit, the couple discovered that their home had moved dramatically closer to the cliffedge following ongoing rock slides. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. It falls over the cliffedge in a waterfall onto the beach which has large pebbles and hard sandstone formations. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Along the cliffedge, large masses of glacial till are continually breaking off. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Next to the crane, coastal erosion has widened a joint/fissure within the cliffedge. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. It is located about 1.5 km (1 mile) north of the lighthouse and about 100 m (100 yards) from the cliffedge. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. You can also lose by going over the cliffedge. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Parts of the castle curtain wall still survive on the cliffedge but most of the inner buildings have gone. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The balloon touched the ground a mere 150 yards from the cliffedge. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. They were positioned very close to the cliffedge with little protection other than a thin wall to prevent their carriages from rolling over the precipice. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. When the cliffedge does not retreat uniformly, but instead is indented by headward eroding streams, a section can be cut off from the main cliff, forming a mesa. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The smaller more westerly ravine is eroded when the brook overflows during flash flooding and the excess water finds a second route to the cliffedge. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Examples include thinking about swerving in to the opposite lane while driving, or feeling the urge to jump off a cliffedge while standing on it. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. There is a simple cave system underneath comprising a passageway and bricked up alcoves leading to a chamber close to the cliffedge to the south. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. In the early morning, he awoke and, still drunk, headed for home; he walked in the wrong direction, however, and disappeared over the cliffedge into the sea. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. There are, indeed, more cliff edges, but the steps will be smaller. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 She said that the reforms would remove cliff edges from the operation of stamp duty. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The mobility allowance contains the equivalent of cliff edges, with which people are unable to cope. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They will also benefit from the removal of the cliff edges at £75 and £115 a week, which may have kept down their net earnings. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If a formula had been accepted rather than a table, we would have got rid of the cliff edges. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That meant that there were a significant number of cliff edges in the system, and a degree of rough justice. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Not surprisingly, people are deterred from increasing their earnings to take them over these cliff edges. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is highly distorting and there are large cliff edges. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These cliff edges are of course reflected in both the employee's and the employer's liability to pay contributions. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 My noble friend's methods of dealing with the problem are ingenious, especially the proposal he puts forward to reduce the effect of the "cliff edges". From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We accept that cliff edges are unhelpful and have done our best to minimise them in drawing up plans for the new supplements. 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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