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COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
agricultural
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In 1989 direct government expenditure on agricultural and industrial subsidies fell, in dollar terms, by 56% compared with 1988.
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This may be the only way of escaping from the temptation of continuing perpetual agricultural subsidy in one guise or another.
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State monopolies in the ports, telecommunications and fuel sectors would be abolished and agricultural and industrial subsidies ended.
annual
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Further cuts in two stages were substantially to reduce the overall annual business subsidies , which totalled 51,000 million Marks.
direct
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A second form of state intervention to promote rural industrialization is the use of direct subsidies to change manufacturers' relative costs.
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Even in the prosperous South-East there are demands for direct subsidy and state assistance.
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The Minister refused a direct subsidy , but brought pressure on the Central Authority to do something.
federal
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They prop up prices for growers by controlling production rather than through federal subsidies .
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By me, by others. Federal subsidies are still given to tobacco farmers.
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The vote came on an amendment to a sweeping farm bill aimed at weaning farmers from federal subsidies .
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They include federal subsidies for the arts, pioneered in New Deal programs for unemployed artists.
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States and agencies that violate the new law would risk losing federal subsidies .
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Most beneficiaries of federal housing subsidies are wealthy or at least upper middle class.
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The price of domestic peanuts is protected through manipulation of the total quota rather than through federal subsidies .
generous
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These higher totals were obtained through more generous subsidies and a stimulus to private building.
large
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In 1922 it received a shot in the arm through a large subsidy from the Central Committee.
local
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Nevertheless, the balance between central and local government subsidy for sport changed markedly in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
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In the mid-1980s local authorities' subsidies to sport were more than twice the amount given by central government.
massive
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Nuclear power still attracts massive subsidies while coal mining is expected to compete in a harsh world market.
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Still, it amounted to a massive subsidy to Wall Street from Congress.
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Elbing s shipyards were kept going after the war only as a result of massive subsidy from the Reich.
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They claim foreign governments pay massive subsidies to their aerospace industries and the unequal competition threatens the Jetstream factory's future.
public
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That is not true today in many areas that previously had public subsidies .
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Many of these projects are now losing massive amounts of money and only survive with public subsidies .
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During the 1980s, legislation and public subsidies were directed at an increase in owner-occupation and an attack on council housing.
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In the past, of course, no public subsidy was needed for the poor to purchase television sets.
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And they did it without a public subsidy .
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Or are public subsidies being given to support unspecified claims about cultural maintenance, diversity, and development?
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The Government has cut public transport subsidies .
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It might require public subsidies to political parties to finance their own newspapers and television stations.
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export
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In order to compensate firms for the loss of their retention rights, the federal government set up a scheme of export subsidies .
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Changes in tariffs and export subsidies might be used. 3.
farm
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We hear about farm subsidies and the social wage.
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Federal farm subsidies are riddled with hypocrisies.
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Republicans would put a first-ever annual limit on farm subsidies .
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Moreover, farm subsidies undermine the efforts of developing countries to follow Washington's economic prescriptions.
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The price rises wiped out the need for farm subsidies .
food
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It was growing from the twin roots of controlled food prices and food subsidies .
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Perhaps you have forgotten about the food subsidies ?
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Extra funds were given to agricultural production, food subsidies , and housing for armed forces personnel.
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The unions threatened a further general strike on Aug. 22-23 if basic food subsidies and wages were not increased.
government
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He also took government subsidies for agriculture, applying them to his catch-cropping enterprise.
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The only educational investment most banks are willing to make without government subsidies or guarantees is for medical students.
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But Robert Brown, Bombardier's chief executive, told analysts yesterday the SkyWest deal involved no government subsidies .
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The banks receive a government subsidy to cover the differential between market interest rates and the loan's fixed interest rate.
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It relied on government subsidy and was closed at the end of 1958.
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The farmers are also helped by a Government subsidy for the number of livestock they keep on the uplands.
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Their experts wasted no time in cutting trade barriers, limiting government subsidies and selling off state industries.
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Perhaps a government subsidy , sourced from entertainment tax, should have been applied in the interests of mass circulation.
housing
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The proposed budget cuts would have affected housing subsidies , pensions, family payments and civil service pay.
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Insulation, incredibly enough in our climate, did not get housing subsidy and so is primitive or non-existent.
price
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The cost of the compensation was being met out of the money saved by cutting price subsidies .
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The cost transfer necessary would be far greater than the cost of the price subsidy .
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A price subsidy causes the budget line to change to 13.
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In this way the price subsidy scheme is a less efficient instrument for redistribution.
scheme
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Eleven ministries run 18 different subsidy schemes for everything from school lunches to milk.
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In this way the price subsidy scheme is a less efficient instrument for redistribution.
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Funding and subsidy schemes were only to be allowed provided they were open to all artists in the Community.
state
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This literature is very substantial and far more sophisticated than the state subsidy theory of strikes.
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The school gets a $ 10. 3 million state subsidy , a third of its yearly budget.
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The whole post-war attempt to democratise culture through State subsidy has failed.
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Traditionally, the city has relied on federal and state subsidies to build affordable housing.
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Expensive state subsidies cushioned but could not reverse Yucatan's long decline.
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This is the state subsidy theory of strikes.
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The second approach to verifying the state subsidy theory is through interviews with strikers.
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In less fertile and inaccessible regions, introducing free market forces and removing state subsidies brought poverty instead of wealth.
tax
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Anderson's proposal is for the tax subsidy to be limited to a five-year duration.
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This raises an open question: What will these tax subsidies actually subsidize?
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Paradoxically, the tax subsidy cushions the borrower from the full effects of a restrictive monetary policy.
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It would eliminate some of the tax subsidies that benefit corporations.
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Together they fought to keep the tax subsidy for churches in Connecticut and Massachusetts.
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Without those tax subsidies , buyers will not be willing to pay the same prices for homes.
■ VERB
cut
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Further cuts in government subsidies on petrol, diesel, kerosene and fertilizer were announced.
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The Government has cut public transport subsidies .
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To raise the money, the government has increased taxes and cut subsidies .
eliminate
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The Republicans' budget proposal for 1995 would have eliminated the subsidy students can get while in college.
end
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The government would end price controls and subsidies to industry, and impose tight budgets and curbs on welfare spending.
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Would ending subsidies spell the end for small farms?
grant
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The Good Parliament had refused to grant a subsidy , and accordingly another parliament was summoned for January 1377.
house
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Octavia Hill believed, with most other Victorians, that housing should pay its way to her, housing subsidies were unthinkable.
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Most beneficiaries of federal housing subsidies are wealthy or at least upper middle class.
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The young reformer has attacked previously untouchable sectors such as the energy monopolies and housing subsidies .
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The plan provided for large-scale modernization and renovation of public housing and the continuation of some housing subsidies for new construction.
increase
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The government remains committed to continuing to subsidise the industry, though not to increasing the subsidy .
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It's because Middlesbrough Council can not afford to increase the subsidy for concessionary fares from £1.35m.
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To raise the money, the government has increased taxes and cut subsidies .
offer
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And national or local government may offer subsidies for businesses to set up in favoured areas.
pay
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Rather than paying out subsidies , the Government now receives substantial annual taxation receipts.
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It pays interest subsidies only to Ford Credit, not other finance houses.
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Rather than do anything about it, the Council pay the farmers a subsidy to filter the water.
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They claim foreign governments pay massive subsidies to their aerospace industries and the unequal competition threatens the Jetstream factory's future.
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To pay for these subsidies the government must tax the rich.
provide
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The central government decided to provide subsidies to local governments for the courses at the end of November.
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Section 8 provides landlords with subsidies to maintain low-income housing for the poor and also gives financial assistance to tenants.
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Ministers are considering providing subsidies to people in high-risk categories, as well as a legally enforce able moratorium.
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Other activities, like job training, produce both private and collective benefits; hence governments often provide them a partial subsidy .
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Intervention can be either negative for certain classes of asset holder or supportive by providing subsidies of varying magnitude.
receive
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It received a subsidy of 6,000 acres per mile.
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Those earning above that level would receive lesser subsidies .
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The provincial authorities were to turn over more revenue to the state while receiving reduced subsidies , in order to centralize resources.
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For those receiving subsidies , the federal aid would be enough to select up to the average-price plan.
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The banks receive a government subsidy to cover the differential between market interest rates and the loan's fixed interest rate.
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And a proposal that the city require companies receiving taxpayer subsidies to pay higher wages also went nowhere.
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This proves expensive for the police, who receive no subsidy from soccer sources for officers on duty outside the stadium.
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A growing number of clubs and societies such as the movie-makers, art appreciation and folk club, all receive Union subsidy .
reduce
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Routes may be closed, reducing accessibility, or subsidies may be removed, increasing fares for users at a stroke.
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The privatisation of finance occurs when the government reduces subsidies or increases charges.
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He anticipates that focusing management control will improve the efficiency of the operation and reduce the need for subsidies .
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Council house rent levels have increasingly been influenced - if not determined - by central government order to reduce subsidies .
require
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It might require public subsidies to political parties to finance their own newspapers and television stations.
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And a proposal that the city require companies receiving taxpayer subsidies to pay higher wages also went nowhere.
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Secondly, marginal cost pricing in natural monopoly does not necessarily require a subsidy .
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Cost-based prices would prevent such entry, but would probably require a subsidy .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Congress may cut some subsidies to farmers.
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Farm subsidies totaled $53 billion last year.
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Federal subsidies would be available to help employers pay the insurance premiums.
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Lacking the generous subsidies that European orchestras receive, modern American groups are under increasing pressure to play popular pieces.
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The taskforce has recommended some kind of subsidy to help businesses get their Internet start-ups off the ground.
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They built and financed a whole new suburb, and they did it without a public subsidy .
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US farmers are having trouble coping with the reductions in agricultural subsidies.
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Without state subsidies, the railways couldn't survive.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And for two days officials from the General Council discussed with the Government the possibility of extending the subsidy .
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But donations to help elect or defeat political candidates have been denied such a subsidy since 1954.
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Government subsidies in the form of legal notices shrank while circulation and advertising income rose dramatically.
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Housing subsidies, food supplements, and health care will decline to levels that no longer can alleviate the pain.
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One delegate likened Mr Gummer's motion to abolish subsidies on agricultural production to turkeys voting for Christmas.
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Still, it amounted to a massive subsidy to Wall Street from Congress.
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The Commission official insisted these loans were repayable with interest, and did not constitute a subsidy .
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The devaluation and the cuts in subsidies resulted in price rises of between 100 and 120 percent.