"lift" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- April 7: Amidst growing concerns over a feared shortage of rice in the Philippines, President Macapagal-Arroyo lifts quotas on the importation of rice by private traders.
- Many of these changes, ranging from freeing the movement of capital to lifting quotas on foreign audiovisual material, have been seen here as a trial run for what Poland hopes will be its eventual membership in the European Union.
- Congress lifted stringent quotas on immigration from Asia and Latin American in 1965 and gave preference to immigrants closely related to citizens.
- Mr. Mashkovtsev himself faces a criminal investigation for unilaterally lifting quotas on salmon in 2002, though he insisted he did it to protect, not endanger, that year's salmon run from the risk of overpopulation.
- As of Dec. 31, Mr. Kantor said, China had stopped complying with the 1992 accord by suspending its program to lift quotas, licenses and other barriers.
- But to enter the trade group, China has agreed to lift quotas that it now uses to restrict the import of edible oils.
- Because of uncertainty over currency fluctuations and the process of lifting quotas, apparel producers like GAV have not reduced their prices to retailers.
- The 1965 law lifted stringent quotas on immigration from Latin America and Asia and gave preference to immigrants closely related to citizens.
- By 2005, however, the United States is scheduled to lift quotas on textiles from China.
- In Mr. Reitman's view, domestic favorites like Peugeot, with one-third of the French market, and Fiat, with three-fifths of the Italian market, could come under a lot of pressure when their nations lift quotas on Japanese cars.
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