Sentence examples for smf from inspiring English sources
initialism
Single-mode fibre; a type of an optical fibre which is designed to carry only a single ray of light.
This research by the SMF raises important questions for housing professionals.
Ben has served on a wide range of independent commissions and reviews and is currently a member of the advisory boards of the Kings Fund, Institute of Public Policy Research (IPPR), and the Social Market Foundation (SMF).
Related: The Observer view on London's wealth gap According to the SMF report, the 26 to 35-year-old group has suffered a 36% drop in savings since 2005 – from a median £461 to £296 – while the top 20% of earners "are far more financially secure today than going into the downturn".
The SMF said the impact on young people also flowed from a credit clampdown in the mortgage market, which led to a 20% fall in the number of younger homebuyers since 2005.
New research from the Social Market Foundation (SMF) helps to provide a more accurate picture.
Parents in Shanghai pay between three and six times the city's average yearly income in what are called "social-maintenance fees" (SMF) for extra children.
Authorities have since deleted the post.Yang Zhizhu, one of a handful of individuals who are criticising the SMF publicly, calls it China's "terror fee".
But there is evidence, says Katharine Raymond, former director of the Social Market Foundation (SMF), that "the public is way ahead of the government" when it comes to contemplating the introduction of alternative sources of health-care funding.Ms Raymond's analysis of an ICM poll, published by the SMF last year, suggests that the public is pragmatic about the funding of health-care.
Mr Yang and his wife originally refused to pay the SMF for their second daughter.
For David Lammy, a London MP and possible mayoral candidate, who spoke at the launch of the SMF paper, the quest was for "better-quality jobs" to address this.
He Yafu, an independent scholar and critic of the one-child policy, estimates the government has collected over 2 trillion yuan ($314 billion) in SMFs since 1980.Mr He's calculations which are based on the number of "unplanned" births in China (some 200m) each carrying a 10,000 yuan fine are conservative.
