In these times of inflation, which are here to stay, the piggy bank is a poor loser, and the land the outright winner. However, that authority does not have a piggy bank. We are not talking about 25p in the piggy bank. It would be levied on the investment of anyone who has more than £3,000 in a piggy bank, or £5,000 a year for pensioners. That is clearly a one-off exercise, as the piggy bank can be emptied once only. He is penalising those authorities that do not have such a piggy bank. In fact, their piggy bank was bust a long time ago. One would not want to encourage people to regard their gas meters as a sort of "piggy bank". A piggy bank at the side of the book would solve all those problems. The peace dividend can look all too like a piggy bank. Instead, it makes more sense if every pigfarmer sets up his own reserve, i.e. if every pigfarmer has his own piggy bank. I do not regard a pension scheme as a sort of "piggy bank". It is seen as a sort of piggy bank without a bottom, or a dustbin that never has to be emptied. In the case of one family it was found that their nine-year-old son had £63 in his piggy bank, and in the case of another family the child had saved £33. That includes the trade unions and their pension funds and the person who has a piggy bank tucked under the bed in the third bedroom of his council house. Các quan điểm của các ví dụ không thể hiện quan điểm của các biên tập viên Cambridge Dictionary hoặc của Cambridge University Press hay của các nhà cấp phép. This information is made available by plugging a wallet-sized card in the patient's possession into the physician's wireless palm-top computer. I remembered that in the school bag there was my wallet with $100 in it, and all my anatomy textbooks. With few exceptions, these organisations operate with few financial resources that do not come from the wallets of their board, officers, members or volunteers. But before he could make his speech of welcome, they stripped off his suit, taking his watch and wallet into the bargain. The whole technique of emptying my wallet was so skilfully performed it was almost artistic. Our message on meat imports is currently advertised on seven million ticket wallets for long-haul destinations. What about a motorist who carries his driving licence with him, but loses his wallet? The consumer can suffer as much from over-regulation and the closed shop of the establishment getting middle-age spread and over-fat wallets. It does not cover pen and pencil holders as wallets. The following day the same police constable called and informed the colonel that the wallet had been returned to the bank. It is not only the birds that have suffered from the lack of cockles, but people's wallets. Many people think that the smart cards in their wallets are not part of the information age. If a wallet, made in this country from imported dutiable leather, is exported, drawback is allowed so that the duty on the leather is repaid. There must be scope for hitting the persistent hooligan very sharply through his wallet. That hardly comes under the heading of hitting back—and not even the whole contents of their wallets are involved. Các quan điểm của các ví dụ không thể hiện quan điểm của các biên tập viên Cambridge Dictionary hoặc của Cambridge University Press hay của các nhà cấp phép. |
