Sentence examples for scheme of capital from inspiring English sources

"The RLA believes that there should be a scheme of capital allowance for repair and refurbishment, not just the revised allowance for replacement of white goods and furniture etc, to prevent properties from falling into disrepair or their contents becoming out of date".

One can only imagine Mr Burns of the Simpsons hatching such a scheme in caricature of capital; but this is real, and few seem to recognise the irony as they play out their scripted parts.

A leading member of Germany's ruling coalition recently compared the profit-centred schemes of "international capital" to the action of "locusts".

In the grand scheme of a $75 billion capital shortfall, it's a pittance.

In which case it strikes me that there is a huge entrepreneurial opportunity for whomever can come up with an alternative scheme of credible human capital certification.

It is conceptually difficult to justify any weighting scheme to determine levels of capital required to cope.

So countries have developed elaborate schemes to attract these forms of capital, too.

Then there is the question of whether this is "investment" or not: the £15bn almost includes 20 "feasibility study" schemes, and a large chunk of "capital maintenance" - say resurfacing a large section of road, work that is technically replacing like for like but arguably improves it at the same time (especially if it has been allowed to fall into disrepair).

The new and improved budget, which passed the House this year, has many of the same extreme proposals in the 2011 budget, but with a modification of the Medicare reform scheme and a reversal on repeal of capital gains tax cuts.

QED have already sunk £900,000 (€1.1 million) of capital into the scheme, suggesting there's a plan way beyond wanting to provide homes to the "basically homeless" at £650 a month for five years.

QED have already sunk £900,000 of capital into the scheme, suggesting there's a plan way beyond wanting to provide homes to the "basically homeless" at £650 a month for five years.