nárust zločinnosti

Mr.Currie asked the Minister for Justice whether his attention has been drawn to an upsurge in crime involving car burning, thefts from cars and damage to cars.(WebCorp)

With the coming of the reform era and China's opening up policy, Chinese society found itself in a period of swift change. This resulted in the loss of the former stable social balance and led to a sudden upsurge in crime.(WebCorp)

 While admitting that the upsurge in crime could be a product of more truthful statistics, Putin believes that it is not only a matter of statistics but also the fact that citizens still cannot rely on the power of law. (WebCorp)

náhlý vzrůst násilí

1. An upsurge of/in violence in the district has been linked to increased unemployment.(Cambridge Advanced Dictionary)

2. The recent upsurge in violence was also due for discussion at the Dublin meeting, which involved Fine Gael leader John Bruton and Progressive Democrat leader Des O'Malley. (BNCI)

3. The upsurge in violence in Liberia has forced thousands of people to move into camps, especially in the suburbs of Monrovia, or to cross the borders into Sierra Leone or Guinea.(WebCorp)

daň z přidané hodnoty

1. The standard rate of income tax was lowered to 30 per cent,whereas the raising of value added tax and other indirect taxes switched tax policy to focus on expenditure.(Bonito)

2. The savings included a proposed two-year wage freeze, an increase in value added tax (VAT) to 22 per cent, and savings in the health and social affairs budget.(BNCI)

3.  Tax measures included the introduction of value added tax (VAT) on goods and services, and a reduction in the rates of personal income tax --; part of the reforms in the taxation system agreed with the IMF.(BNCI)

hlasování o důvěře, vyslovení podpory

A Central Council meeting on 2 July passed off with some display of enthusiasm, and gave Baldwin a unanimous vote of confidence. (BNCI)

The Chancellor was thus in a much stronger position than under Weimar, and, additionally, he could request an early election if he asked for a vote of confidence and this was rejected by the Bundestag . (BNCI)

In May 1947, after mounting disagreements, the Communists refused to support the government in a vote of confidence and premier Paul Ramadier decided to expel them from office. (BNCI)

válečný zpravodaj

Being a war correspondent is a genuinely dangerous job, just like they portray it in the movies. (BNCI)

But the chance of getting killed is one of the factors that makes the war correspondent's job as compelling as it is. (BNCI)

No war correspondent, however, could have described the gloom that pervaded the air, or the look of hopelessness ingrained on the faces of anyone who had been there for more than a few days. (BNCI)

válečný zločinec

Mr Zivkovic, a draughtsman who lived in Britain for 24 years after the war but now lives in Tasmania, Australia, was giving evidence for the defence in Lord Aldington's libel action over allegations by Mr Nikolai Tolstoy and Mr Nigel Watts that he is a war criminal responsible for the forced repatriation of 70,000 Cossacks and Yugoslavs. (BNCI)

One of those named as a war criminal was Marshal Pietro Badoglio, wanted by Ethiopia for ordering the use of poison gas and the bombing of Red Cross hospitals after Italy invaded the country in 1936. (BNCI)

The inference is clear: the Muslim religious leader of the Palestinian Arabs is also a war criminal. (BNCI)

válečný pokřik

In World War II American servicemen who parachuted out of aeroplanes screamed the name `;Geronimo'; as a war cry, perhaps to give them added incentive to jump from a great height, and the karate kiai has something of this in it, too. (BNCI)

Their war cry was the sound of angry seagulls, and we seemed to breathe in death; the look of their faces turned us cold with despair. (BNCI)

 It was the war cry of the Scottish male in full flight. (BNCI)

slovní potyčka,dohadování

 The war of words intensified last week when Mr Clarke accused the unions of using patients as `;fodder for pay claims';. (BNCI)

But despite the political war of words over tax, she found it hard to prepare new strategies because no party had said very much about VAT. (BNCI)

Terry McDermott yesterday hit back in an angry war of words with Aberdeen boss Willie Miller (BNCI)

válčící strany

The Labour Party, he said, had disintegrated into warring factions. (Cambridge Dictionary)

The three warring factions signed a ceasefire agreement in November, which held through December and January 1991, and in December agreed plans to set up their own interim government. (BNCI)

Despite this development, the struggle between the two previously warring factions has continued, the original republicans developing a populist, nationalist party, and the former treaty party developing a concern with law and order, and moderation on the national question. (BNCI)

dohlížecí, kontrolní orgán

A new police complaints watchdog is being launched to improve public confidence in the force. (BNCI)

One crucial issue is whether the BBC governors, who currently act as a watchdog body for the corporation's activities, should come under the new regulator. (Google)

The watchdog body, which would advise the federal and provincial governments, would also measure performance, report on accessibility and quality and assess new technology.(Google)

hlas pro

In Edinburgh, he managed to get the Danes back on board by winning agreement from the other 10 to give them special `;opt-outs'; to encourage a yes vote to Maastricht. (BNCI)

Mr Major believes the concessions he won for Denmark's Premier Poul Schluter can deliver a yes vote. (BNCI)

With nearly 90 per cent of the poll counted late last night, the Yes vote nosed ahead by just one percentage point. (BNCI)