| 词汇 | example_english_daylight-robbery |
| 释义 | Examples of daylight robberyThese 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. Whichever way one looks at it, it is daylightrobbery, and it will go on. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Surprise, surprise: the predators who bought that chunk of privatised land committed daylightrobbery. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The opposition called the results scandalous daylightrobbery, claiming an outright victory in the first round with 50.3% of the votes. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. A case of daylightrobbery. It should not, however, lead to daylightrobbery. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English Why should he conceivably undertake the risks associated with manslaughter when he can get away with daylightrobbery scotfree? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 After nationalisation in 1977 the old owners were given a golden handshake in return for their daylightrobbery. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I made it quite clear that this is going beyond privatisation—it is sheer daylightrobbery. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 What happens at present amounts to nothing less than daylightrobbery. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 However, capital gains tax that does not take account of inflation is confiscation for that inflation amount, and, therefore, daylightrobbery. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These are absolutely unspeakable practices that are bordering on daylightrobbery, and these operators are responsible - they provide no transparency for consumers. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English Considering what those councils do with the money, those figures represent not cuts but daylightrobbery. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I welcome the changes to council tax benefits, as a response to the "daylightrobbery" campaign. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have heard cries of, "daylightrobbery", and "windfall profit" from time to time during the past few months. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Otherwise, such a tax is confiscation and daylightrobbery. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Let us end the daylightrobbery whereby housing benefit for council tenants is paid out of housing funds. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This is not privatisation; it is daylightrobbery. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Would he not consider either drastically reducing the price of nutty slack, which is daylightrobbery, or stopping its sale altogether? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 As it stands, the clause is nothing short of daylightrobbery. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Assumed surpluses on local authorities' housing revenue accounts underlie daylightrobbery campaigners' concerns. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It would stop this high street daylightrobbery and help to curtail spending if we set an interest rate limit on retail sales. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That was, frankly, an act of daylightrobbery that will cost millions of people thousands of pounds. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Does he agree that daylightrobbery is taking place and that neither the growers nor the consumers are benefiting? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Most of the money goes to pay for the daylightrobbery system in which housing benefit is paid by councils rather than by the social security system. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is daylightrobbery of the taxpayers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That is a mandate for daylightrobbery. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Daylight robberies, armed attacks, chain-snatchings and setting of two- and four-wheelers on fire have become routine. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. 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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