Sentence examples for new perquisites from inspiring English sources

And the idea that an effort to revise the city's charter might have been used to create new perquisites for government officials made some people uneasy.

In February and March, the competitive pressure was intense and the young bankers gained the upper hand, extracting new perquisites like concierge services, health club memberships and company-supplied laptop computers.

Many Apply for CUNY Honors Program The City University of New York's new honors program, which offers full tuition, a laptop computer and special classes and other perquisites, is drawing a flood of applicants.

The title company where we were heading was on the same street, and it was a livelier place, from the row of perky evergreens out front to the merry receptionist who greeted us, a handsome young woman, probably a farm girl only moments before, enjoying the clothes, makeup, and perquisites of the new world that her firm was helping to build.

But all he could think about, he says, was how difficult it would be to find a new job with the same security and perquisites.

Offsets such as these are essentially a perquisite for any legislation proposing new or expanded benefits, veterans' or otherwise, thanks in large part to anti-spending ideology from congressional fiscal hawks.

She said that wage increases in the second and third year of the new contract were "onerous" and demands for extra perquisites exceeded what the orchestra could bear.

A recent review of the offering plans for some of the city's most expensive new apartment buildings offers an interesting peak into the perquisites and disadvantages of a lavish lifestyle.

At the Y, which is almost the same size and was remodeled a decade ago to include a new gym and new adult locker rooms but lacks small perquisites like towel service and blow-dryers, the same membership package costs $747.

The measure would also impose new restrictions on accepting gifts, discounted airfare and other long-held perquisites of office.

They are confident that this is the week they will win the New Yorker Caption Contest and be eligible for all the rights and perquisites which that entails (none).