Example sentences of "and those on [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The top-security ‘ dispersal prisons ’ are frequently not filled to capacity , while overcrowding is concentrated in local prisons ( which predominantly house remand prisoners and those on short-term sentences ) . |
| 2 | For example , a major international study of seven Western industrial nations ( including Canada , West Germany , Sweden and the United States ) found that income differences between older people and those on average incomes were greatest in Britain . |
| 3 | Does he agree that the use of national insurance contributions as an underhand tax is fundamentally dishonest and that early retirers , widows and those on limited incomes would be hurt by the imposition of a savings tax as proposed by the Labour party ? |
| 4 | It especially hits pensioners and those on fixed incomes who rely on the interest to meet their bills . |
| 5 | It has been shown above that those with larger mortgages and those on higher incomes benefit most from MITR , but one of the main arguments originally put forward to justify its existence was that it benefited first-time buyers , enabling them to purchase a house which would otherwise have been beyond their means . |
| 6 | On the other hand , critics claim that the government has allocated too few resources to housing and has given too little emphasis to the needs of those ‘ at the bottom of the pile ’ in the housing market — the homeless and those on low incomes . |
| 7 | A spokesman for Essex County Council , which is responsible for social services supporting the elderly , handicapped and those on low incomes , said it was impossible for the county council to comment on something political . |
| 8 | Expectant mothers are exempt from dental charges , as are children at school and those on low incomes ; similar exemptions apply to sight tests , glasses or contact lenses . |
| 9 | If the Prime Minister is really keen to assist families who now stand in danger of having their homes repossessed , will he recognise the anomaly that exists between those on low incomes who pay rent and receive housing benefit and those on low incomes who pay mortgages and do not ? |
| 10 | Therefore , it proposes that as a result of computerisation at the Inland Revenue a local authority register will be established so that authorities are aware of the pensioners , those with disabilities and those on low incomes . |
| 11 | But Mr Dorrell said the majority of people could afford to pay for eye checks and those on low incomes received assistance . |
| 12 | He is also angry at the effect this increase will have on the old , the unemployed and those on low incomes . |
| 13 | Under these , the average tariff would fall to 14.2 per cent by 1994 , and those on 13,500 items to be detailed later would fall from 32.2 per cent to 25.3 per cent . |