Example sentences of "on imports [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nowadays , Britain relies on imports for about half its consumption of tin . |
| 2 | The Minoans seem to have been self-sufficient in terms of basic needs , which must have put them in a position of trading strength , but they relied on imports for supplies of exotic raw materials for the manufacture of luxury goods . |
| 3 | Indeed , Britain is heavily dependent on imports for its raw materials . |
| 4 | Why US carmakers are looking for European partners : Larry Black explains an unexpected effect of US restrictions on imports of Japanese cars |
| 5 | Five countries currently maintain national quotas on imports of Japanese cars -France , Italy , Spain , Portugal and the UK . |
| 6 | It provided for a ban on imports of ozone-gobbling chlorofluorocarbons ( CFCs ) , of products containing CFCs , and of products which used CFCs in their manufacturing process . |
| 7 | With oil consumption contracting to one-third of energy requirements by the end of the century the main weight of meeting increased demand will fall on imports of gas and coal and the increase of indigenous energy production through nuclear power . |
| 8 | For example , in 1985 the steel industry , which relies on imports of both coking coal and iron ore , and which does not export enough to cover these requirements , made an agreement with the metal-working industry , which is a net exporter , to sell it $67 million of foreign exchange during the year . |
| 9 | EUROPE 's video war has taken a series of bizarre new twists as the European Community 's new rules on imports of video recorders from Japan produce results in the market place that nobody predicted . |
| 10 | The EC 's explanation that its recent ban on imports of meat from the east was ordered for ‘ animal-health reasons ’ is contemptuously dismissed . |
| 11 | Austria — which , though not yet an EC member , has applied ‘ emergency brakes ’ on imports of eastern cement , fertilisers and tractors — has said it would be wrong for Austrian firms , having invested in environmental safeguards , to go bust because of competition from East European rivals who have not . |
| 12 | But little of the earnings trickle downwards : most of the foreign currency earned goes on imports of food and goods demanded by the predominantly white and affluent visitors . |
| 13 | The urban poor , who burn kerosene to cook , for example , suffer as the end users if their government puts a levy on imports of petroleum . |
| 14 | An attempt by the Romanian authorities to place controls on imports of Hungarian books provoked a strong protest from Budapest . |
| 15 | Reports suggested heightened tension between Ray MacSharry , the EC Commissioner responsible for agriculture and rural development , who favoured raising tariffs on imports of US oilseeds and cereal substitutes to offset the loss to farmers , and Frans Andriessen , the Commissioner responsible for external relations , trade policy and co-operation with other European countries , who preferred a less protectionist Community offer . |
| 16 | Although rich in oil shale and peat Estonia was heavily dependent on imports of oil and gas and had a 1988 trade deficit of 748,000,000 roubles or 11 per cent of the total cross border trade . |
| 17 | On May 1 , 1991 , however , the USA suspended a ban on imports of European wines , which it had imposed in February 1990 because of the use in Europe of procymidone pesticides against fungus infestations . |
| 18 | The following day the EC agreed to end a ban on imports of US pigmeat which it had imposed on Oct 31 , 1990 , amid allegations that US hygiene standards were inadequate . |
| 19 | The French Environment Minister , Ségolène Royal , announced on Sept. 5 a ban on imports of potentially harmful industrial waste from Australia . |
| 20 | It is not only the United States that has become dependent on imports of oil . |
| 21 | There are few countries which choose to rely on imports of basic cereals ( wheat , rice etc. ) if they can avoid it . |
| 22 | Sano 's book on food in Nigeria demonstrates how a government 's attempt to cut its food imports by stimulating domestic production led to an increasing dependency on imports of farm inputs , especially fertilizer and machinery . |
| 23 | Protectionism since the Second World War , particularly , erm , has grown rapidly , however , there was , you know , we , agricultural protectionism is n't a thing erm , is n't a , a recent phenomenon , agricultural protectionism was around in the U K er , in the last century , eighteen twenties , erm , the , the corn laws , as they , as they were called , that was erm , a major , major set of tariffs on imports of er wheat primarily into the U K , prior , prior to that erm , in the seventeenth century , in sort of sixteen hundreds , alright , the U K used to be a net exporter , of our wheat , and we had a comparative advantage in those , in those times . |
| 24 | Indonesia and Malaysia have responded belligerently to the European parliament 's resolution calling for a ban on imports of tropical hardwoods . |
| 25 | The two countries ' joint forestry committee has called for retaliatory action , including a ban on imports of certain EC products , to be taken by the forthcoming meeting of economic ministers of the Association of South-East Asian Nations ( ASEAN ) . |
| 26 | Greenpeace in the UK is calling for a moratorium on imports of Brazilian mahogany , of which the UK is the largest buyer , as well as a consumer boycott . |
| 27 | However , the Prime Minister 's statement reinforced growing disillusionment with his environmental record : in June 1992 the government rejected demands for a ban on imports of tropical timber and in October failed to push through a law on protection for endangered species . |
| 28 | SCOTTISH beef farmers could be offering live , prime cattle to new customers from a range of European Community countries by the end of the year if their governments could be persuaded to lift their ban on imports of British animals . |
| 29 | Secure in business and society — he was a Merchant Adventurer , Muscovy merchant , and MP at the time of his marriage — Smith abandoned a conventional career in commerce when he took up the collectorship of the subsidy on imports at the port of London in 1558 . |
| 30 | Earlier , Mr Josselin said he would call for a 30 per cent increase in minimum prices imposed on imports at the EC fisheries meeting in Brussels . |