Sentence examples for scheme that seems from inspiring English sources

The only points scheme that seems to pay off is Avios air miles.

It is a scheme that seems deliberately aimed at wrecking the basic American retirement programs, perhaps to force their dismantling or privatization.

A desperate Gov. Gray Davis has now asked his legislature to approve a state-run scheme that seems the reverse of the free market promised by deregulation.

So the former spy, running his network with money from unidentified donors, came up with an outlandish scheme that seems to come straight from the C.I.A.'s past playbook of covert operations.

But when you see his operation, which is far from small — he's raising 400 pigs at a time, along with rotating crops throughout pie-shaped sectors of his acreage, in a scheme that seems logical and orderly — you start to appreciate just how practical, ethical and simply beautiful sustainable farming can be.

For some, they might observe what's happening in neighbouring regions and then jump on a scheme that seems to be most advantageous to them at the time.

"I made an exception yesterday because it was a very specific case where the details seemed to have been published and it was a particularly egregious example of an avoidance scheme that seemed to me to be wrong and I made that point".

In Washington, D.C., the architecture firm Thompson, Ventulett, Stainback wanted to minimize the new Washington Convention Center's impact on the city, but the only design scheme that seemed feasible was to break up the exhibition space into two separate levels, one of which bridges two city streets.

"I made an exception yesterday [with Carr] because it was a very specific case where the details seemed to have been published and it was a particularly egregious example of an avoidance scheme that seemed to me to be wrong and I made that point".

Mr Cameron said he was not going to give a "running commentary" on people's tax affairs - but he had made an exception for comedian Jimmy Carr because "it was a particularly egregious example of an avoidance scheme that seemed to me to be wrong".

He dreams up schemes that seem to give McNabb a hard time.