| 词汇 | example_english_cost-of-living |
| 释义 | Examples of cost of livingThese 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 index of the costofliving was 134.5 in 1837. This becomes even clearer when we compare the size of pensions with increases in the costofliving as evidenced by rising food prices. As demonstrations mounted, demanding a reduction in the costofliving and food prices, criticism of the state education system became more accentuated. The provision of tables showing changes in the costofliving, ration allowances and in-ation on basic items is extremely useful. These were relatively 'healthy' areas where the costofliving was comparatively low. Wages had ceased to keep pace with the rapidly rising costofliving. The increasing urban population led to widespread un- and under-employment, to serious overcrowding and to a rising costofliving. And to compound matters, the costofliving is high. They tended to agree, citing the costofliving and the difficulties of obtaining adequate housing. Opponents of protection emphasized that tariffs would increase the costofliving for the working class who had voted, and would again vote, against protection. The costofliving is increased when a child is added to a family. It had a direct adverse impact on the costofliving and an indirect one on the prices of other commodities. They will admit the high costofliving, but propose a slimming of distribution margins as the solution. The main reason is due to the slight decline in the rural wage rate and in the costofliving. Salaries and stipends must be pegged to the actual costofliving with automatic raises to compensate for inflation. They included not only love ballads, but also witty rhymes spanning themes from social attitudes to current issues like the high costofliving and water shortages. The crisis always brought about either a complete collapse of money or a sustained price revolution in which wages lagged behind prices and the costofliving rose drastically. Even then an annual reassessment would be needed to take account of the fact that not all pensions are fully indexed to changes in the costofliving. Shortly after the strike, a government enquiry into the urban costofliving reported an increase of more than 50 per cent between 1939 and late 1941. For instance, the centre financed the 1997/8 salary increment (costofliving adjustment) of civil servants throughout the country, for which the regions were formally responsible. As urban households must pay for essential services, they have a higher costofliving than rural households, but almost all the urban households had piped-water, and nine-in-ten had electricity. This higher employment participation rate may be attributed to the pressure of the costofliving on the need to work, or to the effect of pension provision. All too often, the charges were to be increased by a considerable multiple of the rate of increase in the costofliving. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It affects mortgage holders; it affects the levels at which exporters trade their products; and—because monetary policy affects inflation—it affects everyone's costofliving. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Here are the ways of controlling the costofliving and keep prices down. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The ending of resale price maintenance on all goods which are now price-maintained would in itself certainly reduce the costofliving. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 At the same time, as we know, it will not really contribute very much at all to cutting down the costofliving. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This would have made a very material contribution to stabilising the costofliving. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If it means anything, it implies more than mere compensation for the rises in the costofliving. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Therefore, reference to increases in the costofliving are not very important. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 What is more important, the costofliving in different countries is different. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 But we have always said that we should not merely compensate for the rise in the costofliving. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The pension has more than kept pace with the rising costofliving. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These people suffer just as much from the rise in the costofliving as does any worker in the country. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Although inflation results in the raising of the costofliving and in increased prices, that is not a definition of inflation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is no doubt that it will mean a great increase in the costofliving. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It raises the costofliving by placing an extra £100 million burden on consumer taxes. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Those on fixed incomes have barely kept pace with an ever-increasing costofliving. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I particularly want to return to the subject of today's debate, which is the rise in the costofliving. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The subject of the debate is the costofliving. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If they attempt to carry out a fraction of the promises that they are making, the effect on the costofliving will be serious. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This concession on public service vehicles would be welcomed by all old-age pensioners as a small but important contribution towards reducing their costofliving. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The point is that the costofliving fell steadily until 1933. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is another point which ought not to be lost sight of, namely, the rise in the costofliving. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The costofliving is not the cost of food. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Then, again, all over the country at present wages are being increased because of the extra costofliving. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is not as if the particular classes which it hits are not already feeling very much the increased costofliving. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I know that care must be exercised in dealing with special industries, having due regard to costofliving in special areas. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have had threats of strikes and industrial dislocation and enormous increases of wages and enormous increases in the costofliving. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In the steel industry each point is reflected in a change in wages related to the costofliving. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Certainly, it is true to say that any great increase of wages leads to inflation, with the consequent spiral in the costofliving. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This question is becoming very important under present world conditions with the high costofliving. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The costofliving has risen continuously, and the income of many clergy has remained stationary, while the poverty of some has seriously increased. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 My last point is about the increased costofliving. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I believe that one of the reasons for the high costofliving is that the taxpayer has not been getting value for his money. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He was quite right in criticising the index of the costofliving. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Sooner or later they will want to know the reasons why—and this affects housing, the costofliving and the social services. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is no good saying that the costofliving has risen by only one point. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I refer to those speeches which dealt primarily with the economic situation and the question of the costofliving. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I want to say a word or two, however, about the rising costofliving. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 But, more important than the housing question is the question of the costofliving. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I can think of two ways in which they might affect the costofliving. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The object of the argument is perfectly clear; it is to give the truth about the costofliving and how far it has increased. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Certainly it is true that since 1945 the question of the costofliving and the cost of goods has acquired very much more prominence. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is fallacious to argue that this tax affects the costofliving by only one point. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If we do we reduce taxation and actually increase the costofliving. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If he does not, the costofliving will rise sharply again, and, unhappily, whether we like it or not, sterling will again be weakened. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Two factors are involved when considering the costofliving. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Statistics are only a dull reflection of the realities and serious consequences created by the rising costofliving. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 But the complaint is that wages and salaries are not keeping up with the costofliving. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This is where the truth can be found of the problems created by the rise in the costofliving. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is very important to think not only of the costofliving but of the standard of living. 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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