| 单词 | public convenience |
| 例句 | Manchester's problem became Australia's, but Robin started to channel his pyro activities into vocal harmonies – with no New York subway stations available, the brothers practised their art in public conveniences. Robin Gibb dies aged 62 2012-05-20T23:26:00Z And for good reason: Sim was reportedly born in his grandmother's loo, and turned his obsession with toilets into a successful campaign in the 1980s to dramatically improve South Korea's public conveniences. South Korea's toilet museum: a place for contemplation 2012-11-09T15:07:46Z Instead, she personally inspected every public convenience in north London. The Real Iron Lady by Gillian Shephard – digested read 2013-04-07T17:30:01Z Janet's is no bog standard toilet transformation and is one of the hundreds of former public conveniences sold off by cash-strapped councils across the UK every year. Public toilets: From old loo to tiny Newport theatre 2022-04-08T04:00:00Z Since those heady days, the city's public conveniences have been through a number of highs and lows. London's long-term lav affair: A history of public toilets in the capital 2022-01-16T05:00:00Z The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission had allowed the company’s project to move forward in 2018 by granting PennEast a so-called certificate of public convenience and necessity, but lawsuits followed. Supreme Court won’t sidetrack plans for natural gas pipeline 2021-06-29T04:00:00Z According to the Valuation Office Agency, which keeps a database for business rates, there are just under 4,000 free-standing public conveniences in England and Wales. Lack of loos 'a big barrier' to high street return 2020-06-16T04:00:00Z The public conveniences were included along with destinations such as Stonehenge and the Giant's Causeway. Toilets on list of 'unmissable' travel experiences 2019-08-13T04:00:00Z The Royal Society's report says that people with health problems or a disability are most affected by the lack of public conveniences. Two female loos for every male, demand experts 2019-05-22T04:00:00Z The project faces regulatory hurdles, including a certificate of public convenience and necessity. Regulators gathering comments on CMP deal 2019-02-25T05:00:00Z Yes, this is a motion-sensitive sink, as is increasingly the case in public conveniences. Perspective | Waiters ignore me. People cut in front of me. Why can’t they see me? 2018-09-16T04:00:00Z "Hackney Council put a public convenience there. That's where the Banksy was painted - on the side of a little toilet block. "We've spoken to Hackney to try to find out exactly what happened. Banksy's Snorting Copper back on the beat 2017-10-06T04:00:00Z The public convenience had not been used for years and the previous owner had bought it from Hackney council, Ellis said. Not to be sniffed at: long-lost Banksy artwork is rediscovered 2017-08-18T04:00:00Z The Nelson Street public conveniences were deemed unusual when they opened in 1926, combining loos for men and women at a time when most public lavatories were for men only. Humber Bridge among nine Hull locations to be given listed status - BBC News 2017-07-16T04:00:00Z There is a cult film by the Chinese director Fruit Chan called Public Toilet, about two guys who, without sexual overtones, just liked hanging out at a public convenience. Would a true Godfather pull up the ladder behind them? | Peter Bradshaw 2017-05-03T04:00:00Z The board decided that the pipeline met the requirements of Iowa law requiring it to “promote the public convenience and necessity.” Iowa regulators approve Bakken pipeline permit 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z He faces several charges, including operating without a state certificate of public convenience. Uber driver turns down plea deal in favor of trial 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z According to Google Trends, the expression "public convenience" is not often used these days, and then only in the UK and US. A new symbol for the toilet - BBC News 2015-07-02T04:00:00Z Kinder Morgan applied on Feb. 13 to the DOT for a certificate of public convenience and necessity, which would authorize it to condemn property. Georgia editorial roundup 2015-04-01T04:00:00Z Councillors agreed to "review public conveniences to identify options on a site by site basis" for a report later this year. Council says 'Clean your own loos' 2015-02-27T05:00:00Z She hadn’t anticipated the lack of public conveniences at the dharna site. India Ink: Protesters Make Do with Donated Snacks and Lack of Toilets 2014-01-21T17:58:28Z "We are still open to communities and businesses putting forward proposals to run public conveniences at their own cost." Public toilet squatter ends protest 2013-08-04T13:14:02Z There is an ordinance covering what is referred to as "discarded items" - there should be no more than two in any public convenience. Beijing toilets in 'two fly rule' 2012-05-23T10:58:22Z And if I start in letting people sleep anywhere, I might as well turn my house into a public convenience and have done with it; but, there, it’s no good grumbling. The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett 2012-04-26T02:00:17.327Z Here was maintained for many years the great convict dep�t of the colony, and the many public conveniences the residents possess are due to the efforts of prison labour. Australian Pictures Drawn with Pen and Pencil 2012-04-02T02:00:28.873Z It is to be hoped there will be no unnecessary delay in completing a work, in which the public convenience and economy, as well the accommodation of the mercantile community, is so deeply interested. Norman's New Orleans and Environs Containing a Brief Historical Sketch of the Territory and State of Louisiana and the City of New Orleans, from the Earliest Period to the Present Time 2012-02-13T03:00:18.260Z Traffic has grown with the growth of villages and townships along these fifty-two miles, and sport and public convenience are on the highway antipathetic. The Brighton Road The Classic Highway to the South 2012-01-24T03:00:26.933Z If we look at the public conveniences of a modern English town, we shall find the same striking contrast. Knowledge is Power: A View of the Productive Forces of Modern Society and the Results of Labor, Capital and Skill. 2011-12-24T03:08:00.833Z Recent legislation had done little for the public convenience. The History of the Post Office From Its Establishment Down to 1836 2011-12-19T03:00:45.273Z The correlative question with regard to the executive would be what works of public convenience should the state undertake through its own servants. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" 2011-11-13T03:00:13.177Z “Scientific, sensible and sane city-planning” says an authority “with utility and public convenience as its primary consideration produces beauty—the beauty that is the result of adapting successfully a thing to its purpose.” Catastrophe and Social Change Based Upon a Sociological Study of the Halifax Disaster 2011-10-02T02:00:12.020Z This power has been constantly exercised by our judges, when applying to a new subject principles of private justice, moral fitness, and public convenience. The Right to Privacy 2011-09-11T02:00:10.037Z It had nothing to do with health, or religion, or morals, or education, or relief of distress, or public convenience of any sort, except to leave them sternly alone. Contemporary Socialism 2011-09-10T02:00:28.673Z Private interest had to give way before public convenience. The Squire's Daughter 2011-06-13T02:00:25.710Z All public services to be conducted by the commune; these to be considered as public conveniences and necessities, and not to serve a mere pecuniary interest, but to be run as the public welfare demands. Socialism and Democracy in Europe 2011-03-15T02:00:12.887Z A suggestion was made to our new Postmaster, Mr. Morris, that the public convenience would be very much promoted if he would sell envelopes which would pass free through his office. History of the Postage Stamps of the United States of America 2011-03-14T03:01:03.623Z Since the boom years of the late Victorian era, when public conveniences sprang up everywhere, there has been a change. Where can you go to the toilet? 2011-02-10T12:55:22Z In the advertisements and contracts connected with this now obliterated public convenience, Princes Street is correctly printed and written as it here meets the eye, and not "Princess Street," as the recent corruption is. Toronto of Old 2011-02-10T03:00:45.907Z It was Schiller who wrote: “My submission to the public convenience does not extend so far that I can allow any holes in my work and mutilate the characters of men.” Shakespeare in the Theatre 2011-01-30T03:00:17.973Z "We know by experience that your Excellency does not allow any considerations of public convenience to influence you in such cases," said the Burgomaster, sharply. No Surrender 2011-01-29T03:00:22.467Z Under the 1936 Public Health Act, still in force, local authorities can provide public conveniences but do not have to. Sexual equality and sanitation: Flushing away unfairness 2010-07-08T11:50:00Z There are now 350 pillar and wall letter boxes provided for public convenience. The Bristol Royal Mail Post, Telegraph, and Telephone The banks would probably find it for their interest, as promoting the circulation of their bills, to pay, at all times, such small amounts of specie, as the public convenience might require. A New Banking System The Needful Capital for Rebuilding the Burnt District The service affords a great public convenience, and the simplicity of its rates is an undoubted boon. The Development of Rates of Postage An Historical and Analytical Study To regulate the services of communications and railroads, roads, canals, and harbors, creating those required by public convenience. The History of Cuba, vol. 4 In compliance with their request and for the public convenience, she appeared, and all passed off. The Life of William Ewart Gladstone (Vol 2 of 3) Under Augustus, these public conveniences began to be characterized with that magnificence of structure in which all the emperors delighted. Roman Women On viewing it, it will strike you that every one has built his house entirely for himself, and deprived public convenience of the little claim she had a right to put in. Wanderings in South America But the railroad keeps on running all the same; for the public convenience and welfare are the law of its life, and private peril and loss but an occasional episode. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 88, February, 1865 It is a private enterprise, for public convenience, with certain monopolistic privileges at the incorporated towns. Afloat on the Ohio An Historical Pilgrimage of a Thousand Miles in a Skiff, from Redstone to Cairo Economy and public convenience require roads to be kept up the year round. The Road and the Roadside Even those railways which have exhibited the most “frightful examples” of financing and jobbing, have been found to prove of unquestionable public convenience and utility. Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson The old streets, designed only for a French village, are too narrow for public convenience, but a large part of the city has been laid out on a liberal scale. A New Guide for Emigrants to the West The money-order system is intended to promote public convenience, and to secure safety in the transfer through the mails of small sums of money. Golden Days for Boys and Girls Volume VIII, No 25: May 21, 1887 But the restrictions have all been borne away by the public convenience and the public will. Cheap Postage After a road is located and constructed, economy as well as public convenience demands that it be kept in good condition the year round. The Road and the Roadside The opportunities for promiscuous intimacies are easier, and the public conveniences and utilities lend themselves to the designs of evil-intentioned and loose-moraled women. The Eugenic Marriage, Vol. 2 A Personal Guide to the New Science of Better Living and Better Babies A change from the Bœotian to the Ionic order, and its conversion to a more humane purpose, were then determined upon, not only for the public convenience, but from motives of economy. Ups and Downs in the Life of a Distressed Gentleman It is certainly a great public convenience and has assisted very materially in such development as the country has made. Ten Thousand Miles with a Dog Sled A Narrative of Winter Travel in Interior Alaska The experience of "open shelves" in such collections has been so favorable that their librarians have testified that the losses were insignificant when compared with the great public convenience resulting. A Book for All Readers An Aid to the Collection, Use, and Preservation of Books and the Formation of Public and Private Libraries It could be easily redeemed in United States notes and gold coin, and only reissued when demanded for public convenience. Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet An Autobiography. The supply of public conveniences to a city is usually a monopoly, and the protection of the public against excessive charges is to be found first in the municipal power of control. Monopolies and the People He has entirely excluded me from any share in his profits,—I who first suggested the plan; and therefore I am determined to undertake the business myself, and thus add to the public convenience. The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan It ill becomes a brigadier or any officer wearing his Majesty's uniform—as the expression goes—to practise small deceits even to bring about a situation calculated to be for the public convenience. On the Heels of De Wet Besides the national coins, several tradesmen have been permitted to fabricate silver and copper medals or tokens, for public convenience, the most beautiful of which are those of M. Monneron. A Trip to Paris in July and August 1792 He had also received permission to erect workshops overlooking the Forum on its northern side, on condition that his buildings did not in any way interfere with public convenience or the beauty of the city. Theodoric the Goth Barbarian Champion of Civilisation The only rule on which taxes can be levied justly is that the object sought is of public necessity, or manifest public convenience. Thoughts on Educational Topics and Institutions Monopoly in land, in railroads, telegraphs, fostered manufactures, etc.,—the gigantic forces in our civilization which are, in their very nature, agents of public convenience, comfort and absolute necessity? Black and White Land, Labor, and Politics in the South The Government sought by the promise of generous donations of land to promote the building of wagon roads for public convenience and for the purpose of encouraging settlement upon the public lands. A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 8, part 3: Grover Cleveland, First Term The great officers of state, enriched by the plunder of conquered provinces, began to spend their wealth in the construction of magnificent works for private pleasure or public convenience. Rambles and Recollections of an Indian Official The clinics should be more widely advertised by notices in public conveniences and other suitable places. Venereal Diseases in New Zealand (1922) Report of the Special Committee of the Board of Health appointed by the Hon. Minister of Health It brings forward accounts without hurrying and distressing the accountants: whilst it provides for public convenience, it regards private rights. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 02 (of 12) That edition, therefore, has been made the foundation of the present, for which a form has been chosen better adapted to public convenience. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 01 (of 12) The tax payer receives no immediate return for his taxes, but has a constant return in the way of protection to life, liberty, and property, the enjoyment of public conveniences, and the improvement of society. Elements of Civil Government So we do not collect taxes and lay them out for the public convenience, because there are other things we prefer to do. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 099, March, 1876 The notices posted in the public conveniences and other suitable places indicating the existence of the clinics and the necessity for treatment might include a guarded reference to their use for this purpose. Venereal Diseases in New Zealand (1922) Report of the Special Committee of the Board of Health appointed by the Hon. Minister of Health If the barriers of law should be broken down, upon ideas of convenience, even of public convenience, we shall have no longer anything certain among us. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 02 (of 12) Such works of public convenience should precede, as much as possible, the progress of colonisation. Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume 1 The Province of government passes beyond the properly protective function, and includes many institutions of public convenience, which are not identified with right and wrong. Moral Science; a Compendium of Ethics Thus by the end of the first period of its growth three necessities had compelled the careless new city to take thought of itself and of public convenience. The Forty-Niners A Chronicle of the California Trail and El Dorado Subsequently this public convenience fell a prey to the devouring element. Thirty Years in the Itinerancy This was pulled down by a corporation filled with zeal for the public convenience. Wanderings in Wessex An Exploration of the Southern Realm from Itchen to Otter Several of the native princes have provided dak bungalows for public convenience and comfort, and one or two are so hospitable as to furnish strangers food as well as lodging free of cost. Modern India These works were executed under Mr. Telford's directions; they were completed by the end of the year 1811, and proved to be of great public convenience. The Life of Thomas Telford; civil engineer with an introductory history of roads and travelling in Great Britain It was indispensable to most public conveniences in those days, that they should be public nuisances likewise; and Fleet Market maintained the principle to admiration. Barnaby Rudge: a tale of the Riots of 'eighty But it is an axiom of democracy that no company, however well conducted, will be permitted to control a public convenience without being held strictly responsible for its own acts. The History of the Telephone No republic ever was holier or more blessed than that of Rome at this time; for in those days the rulers administered for the public convenience alone, and the people had faith in their rulers. A Study of Hawthorne On viewing it, it will strike you that everyone has built his house entirely for himself, and deprived public convenience of the little claim she had a right to put in. Wanderings in South America The force of public convenience would break the red-tape barrier like a cobweb. America To-day, Observations and Reflections On these considerations, even an Irishman must grant that public convenience called for the absorption of all local or provincial supremacies into the central supremacy. Autobiographical Sketches The new-order churches consult the public convenience, and place every body on a level, as it might be. Home as Found In this conflict between warring sets of capitalists, as in all similar conflicts, public convenience was made sport of. Great Fortunes from Railroads Questions, in fact, that fall short of this dignity; questions that concern public convenience only, and do not wear any moral aspect, such as the bullion question, never do become subjects of public opinion. Theological Essays and Other Papers — Volume 1 The secret passages beneath it had never been intended for public convenience or information. Told in the East Perhaps considering that the city has not extended much in the direction of East Terrace, it may be a little too far for public convenience, but this is a question that admits of doubt. Expedition into Central Australia You may remember, Jenny, the pious, even, had to give up that point, public convenience being; too strong for them. Home as Found The fact was, in the first place, that these improvements were not made out of regard to public convenience, but for two radically different reasons. Great Fortunes from Railroads In five public conveniences he wrote pencilled messages offering his nuptial partner to all strongmembered males. Ulysses A marked feature of the situation was the disturbance of public convenience involving loss, trouble, and distress which were vast in extent but not easily expressed in statistical form. The Cleveland Era; a chronicle of the new order in politics It was inevitable, of course, that all these scattered lines should come under a single control, for the public convenience could not be served otherwise. The Age of Big Business; a chronicle of the captains of industry Consequently, numerous questions which were really public, questions which concerned the public convenience, the public prosperity, the public security, were treated as private questions. Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 4 I am not prepared, like my honourable and learned friend, to agree to a compromise between right and expediency, and to commit an injustice for the public convenience. Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 4 |
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