| 单词 | sticking plaster |
| 例句 | Her arm was out of the sling and she had a band of sticking plaster round her wrist. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z The crack on the back of the ukulele had been neatly mended with sticking plaster and the round hole in the middle was covered by a piece of wood. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z They did try hard to avoid going into his study when they were bleeding and needed a sticking plaster to put over the cut, because they knew Charles hated the sight of blood. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Mother went off to get me a sticking plaster. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Besides the food, he packed a torch, and his penknife, some sticking plaster, a pair of socks and a ball of string. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z At worst, they are a sticking plaster, hopefully enabling people to hold it all together until they get other help in the form of talking therapies. Antidepressants: is there a better way to quit them? 2019-04-22T04:00:00Z He made Sin City, a movie in which his face was slathered with prosthetics and sticking plasters to make it look even more beaten up than it already was. Renée Zellweger's face is her brand – a new look will change her career unrecognisably 2014-10-22T04:00:00Z Sometimes it’s seen as a sticking plaster for gaping holes in public services that need more investment. 'Change thinking, save lives': can Rio's nudge unit halt coronavirus? 2020-04-24T04:00:00Z But barristers dismissed it as "a temporary sticking plaster". Legal aid: Lawyer strike to disrupt NI courts 2023-11-16T05:00:00Z This is in line with the Labour leader's oft-stated aversion to short-term fixes and "sticking plaster politics" - the Middle East's problems, he argued, have not received enough attention from the international community. Keir Starmer walks political tightrope on Gaza 2023-10-31T04:00:00Z "This is a long-term problem that requires a sustainable safety net for these people. Anything else will be a costly sticking plaster." Campaigners call for more energy support for vulnerable households 2023-09-28T04:00:00Z She said the payments were helpful, but were just a "sticking plaster" and she would rather see a permanent rise in universal credit to meet rising costs. Warning cost-of-living payments fail to last 2023-09-21T04:00:00Z "A big part of it is the approach to maintenance issues in schools is to put a sticking plaster on it. There's no real long-term thinking in relation to those issues." Gilnahirk Primary: No heat or hot meals for weeks at Belfast school 2023-09-15T04:00:00Z He said it was "too late for sticking plaster solutions and throwing money at existing structures." Eye care: Wales faces tidal wave of blindness - doctor 2023-07-31T04:00:00Z He said the industry needed a "long-term strategy" and "not just sticking plasters" from the government. Food industry leaders to meet PM as prices soar 2023-05-15T04:00:00Z "I thought it was a nice gesture, but I think it's a sticking plaster which doesn't really solve the issue," he says. Skipton: Will deposit-free mortgages help budding first-time buyers? 2023-05-12T04:00:00Z She said "more sticking plaster reforms" would "do nothing to hand control to the paying leaseholders". Leasehold system won't be abolished this year 2023-05-11T04:00:00Z Labour’s deputy leader Angela Rayner said the government was “behind the curve” and was offering a “sticking plaster” while holes remained in national security. 'Immediate' TikTok ban on government mobile phones 2023-03-16T04:00:00Z Labour Leader Sir Keir Starmer told the Commons that after 13 years of the Conservatives "our economy needed major surgery" but the government was providing "only a sticking plaster". Watch: How the Budget day unfolded in 63 seconds 2023-03-15T04:00:00Z Sir Keir told the Commons that after 13 years of the Conservatives "our economy needed major surgery" but the government was providing "only a sticking plaster". Budget dresses up stagnation as stability, Keir Starmer says 2023-03-15T04:00:00Z Tony Burnett, chief executive of anti-discrimination group Kick It Out, likened the voluntary Football Leadership Diversity Code to using "sticking plaster to seal a gaping wound" and called for government legislation in this area. Defoe wants to inspire more black coaches 2023-03-10T05:00:00Z "We don't need sticking plasters. We need a long-term solution to increasing the places and availability for children with additional needs." Overcrowded specialist schools: ‘We’re teaching in cupboards’ 2023-02-19T05:00:00Z The Labour opposition leader said the government loan would only serve as a "sticking plaster". Bankrupt Thurrock Council asks for £636m bailout and tax hike 2023-02-03T05:00:00Z He attacked the Conservatives over crises within the NHS, and accused the Tories of "sticking plaster politics" that threatened to "destroy" the health service. Ex-leadership let hate spread within Labour - Starmer 2023-01-28T05:00:00Z "Endless sticking plaster solutions from the Conservatives have left our UK steel sector on the brink," said Mr Reynolds. UK steel industry a whisker away from collapse - Unite 2023-01-21T05:00:00Z The Labour leader has claimed the government has "sticking plaster" answers to economic problems, rather than looking to the longer term. Starmer: Utterly frustrated at short-term fixes 2022-11-22T05:00:00Z "Fuel poverty is at record levels, levels of energy efficiency improvements are simply too low to provide respite and financial support is just a sticking plaster on the deepest of wounds." Energy bills: Householders urged to read meters before October price rise 2022-09-28T04:00:00Z Many in the care sector will view the £500m as little more than a sticking plaster. £500m funding to help hospitals discharge patients 2022-09-22T04:00:00Z Without further investment in insulation, energy efficiency, and renewable electricity generation, the government's plans risked being "an expensive sticking plaster," he added. Warning millions will still need extra help with energy bills 2022-09-08T04:00:00Z But the research firm Capital Economics described the package as an "effective but expensive sticking plaster". Bills help could soften soaring cost of living, say economists 2022-09-07T04:00:00Z Writing in the Sunday Telegraph, she promises "immediate action" on energy bills and energy supply, saying "sticking plasters" won't solve the fundamental problem. Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak to face questions over cost-of-living policies 2022-09-03T04:00:00Z She has already denounced the idea of further windfall taxes on energy companies as a "sticking plaster" solution that could discourage investment. Tory leadership: Why won't Liz Truss spell out energy bill help? 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z Receiving “400 pounds, or 1,200 pounds in government support is not going to help very much — these are just sticking plasters,” Speciale said. UK energy bills are skyrocketing. Why is it happening? 2022-08-25T04:00:00Z Rival Liz Truss called the idea a "sticking plaster," and argued tax cuts are a better route to help with costs. Tory leadership rivals dismiss Labour plan to freeze energy costs 2022-08-16T04:00:00Z The problem for people like Kevin, is that while naloxone may well save their lives, it can become a sticking plaster. Addict saved from overdoses nine times in one year 2022-07-28T04:00:00Z "There must be a common understanding that this crisis can no longer be solved by sticking plasters, but that the system must be changed," Frick said. G7 must act to help tackle global hunger crisis-German UN food agency 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z Rachel Reeves, Labour's shadow chancellor, said the country needed "more than sticking plasters to get us back on course - we need a stronger, and more secure economy". 'Queues down the street' in Stoke for free supermarket food 2022-06-22T04:00:00Z “I think it’s probably more of sticking plaster than the solution and we need to wait and see,” Russell said. F1 puts brakes on porpoising as it bounces back into Canada 2022-06-17T04:00:00Z "We need to be assured that this plan is more than just a sticking plaster to cover deep rooted issues." Welsh NHS Waiting times expected to remain over a year until 2025 2022-04-25T04:00:00Z It's a perfect storm, aid workers say, which shows once again that humanitarian aid is never a solution and usually only an inadequate sticking plaster on the gaping wound of war. Ukraine war could worsen crises in Yemen and Afghanistan 2022-04-11T04:00:00Z These critics say meditation or relaxation is a sticking plaster and that real solutions can only come about through fundamental changes to society. South Korea: Why so many struggle to sleep 2022-04-05T04:00:00Z Labour's shadow courts and sentencing minister Alex Cunningham also criticised the move, calling it "another sticking plaster" solution. Magistrates to get more powers to jail criminals for longer 2022-01-17T05:00:00Z The president added that he was under no illusion that the current state of emergency is no more than a sticking plaster. Ecuador president: More than batons needed to control jails 2021-11-04T04:00:00Z But Kate Green MP, Labour's shadow education secretary, said family hubs were "a sticking plaster for a fractured childcare and children services landscape". Budget 2021: Ministers pledge £500m to support young families 2021-10-22T04:00:00Z But opposition parties claimed the plans were a "sticking plaster" for a health service facing crisis. £300m fund to help Scots NHS through 'challenging' winter 2021-10-05T04:00:00Z Labour said the latest response to the fuel crisis was "an admission of failure" and that asking the Army to step up was "a sticking plaster". Petrol supply: Crisis starting to ease, Boris Johnson says 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z It's a short-term sticking plaster to help reduce the jump in energy prices for struggling households but removes an important financial incentive to help the switch to renewables. Gas crisis leaves Europe searching for solutions 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has said that the new tax would merely be a "sticking plaster" for health and social care services. SNP to oppose new health and social care tax 2021-09-08T04:00:00Z Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer described the plan is a "sticking plaster", while leaders in social care have warned the plan will not address current problems. MPs to vote on health and social care tax rise 2021-09-07T04:00:00Z “That’s just a sticking plaster over a gaping wound. That is not a solution to the problem,” he added. Britain's trucker shortage jams post-pandemic recovery 2021-09-03T04:00:00Z Previously, a temporary extension of lorry drivers' working hours was met with backlash from the industry who said the government is applying a "sticking plaster" to driver shortage problems. BP: Lorry driver shortages closing some sites temporarily 2021-07-21T04:00:00Z But the Road Haulage Association said the move was a "sticking plaster". Lorry drivers can work longer hours, says minister 2021-07-07T04:00:00Z Mayor of London Sadiq Khan called the deal "yet another sticking plaster". Coronavirus: Government agrees £1bn Transport for London bailout package 2021-06-01T04:00:00Z She feared a "sticking plaster approach" was being taken. Mustard gas among toxic waste in Wales' old landfill sites 2021-04-02T04:00:00Z One trade group called the fund "welcome" but a "sticking plaster". £23m support fund for struggling fishing firms 2021-01-19T05:00:00Z While the money has been welcomed, some health officials argue that it cannot be a sticking plaster and that real reform is needed. Coronavirus: Can NI 'learn to live' with Covid-19? 2020-10-31T04:00:00Z "Loading more hours on to drivers that are already exhausted is not the answer - the problem needs more than just a sticking plaster," he added. Lorry drivers can work longer hours, says minister 2021-07-07T04:00:00Z “We're doing A LOT to help the most vulnerable children, but ever- extending freebies are a sticking plaster not a solution,” he said. Man U's Rashford keeps pressure on government to feed kids 2020-10-23T04:00:00Z “We’re doing A LOT to help the most vulnerable children, but ever- extending freebies are a sticking plaster not a solution,” he said. Man U’s Rashford keeps pressure on government to feed kids 2020-10-22T04:00:00Z However, while the money was "a much-needed sticking plaster", she said it would not "completely staunch the wound". £23m support fund for struggling fishing firms 2021-01-19T05:00:00Z Michael Harrison, the director and producer of Pantoland at the Palladium, acknowledged the scheme was "a sticking plaster on a very big theatrical wound". National Lottery backing enables pantos to proceed 2020-10-09T04:00:00Z "It is the equivalent of a very poor quality sticking plaster being stretched across a wound that is far too deep to be healed by short-term interventions." Treble poor pupil cash to stem Covid learning gulf 2020-09-25T04:00:00Z "We can't keep putting sticking plasters on our network," he says. Tracking down three billion litres of lost water 2020-08-17T04:00:00Z “At best, redistribution organisations are sticking plasters with big notices on them saying, ‘We need to restructure the food system.’” Reality bites: how the pandemic changed the way we eat 2020-07-04T04:00:00Z However, money pledged is only what European officials call a sticking plaster to meet Syrians’ immediate needs. U.N. to call for more aid for Syrians at virtual donor meeting 2020-06-30T04:00:00Z He said while singing online is no substitute for the physical presence of communal singing, it was an effective “temporary sticking plaster”. ‘It has illuminated how much music can do’: virtual choirs thrive under lockdown 2020-06-12T04:00:00Z “All this is no more than a sticking plaster while people wait for help from the authorities,” she says. 'Now I can feed my children': parents step in to help vulnerable in Madrid 2020-05-14T04:00:00Z But they worry that the services will be hard for many affected women to access and could end up being little more than a sticking plaster. 'The situation is critical': coronavirus crisis agony of Spain's poor 2020-05-04T04:00:00Z And children's charity Barnardo's said the package was "little more than a sticking plaster". Funding 'not enough' to keep some charities afloat 2020-04-09T04:00:00Z “What tends to happen in a recession is policy-makers panic about what the low-lying fruits are; it’s all supply chains and sticking plasters,” he tells me. Why don’t we treat the climate crisis with the same urgency as coronavirus? | Owen Jones 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z Mr White said schools needed an extra £5bn to reverse funding cuts - and not "sticking plasters". Greening attacks school cash 'horse-trading' 2019-07-09T04:00:00Z Later, in a trench, he repaired it with the sticking plaster from his first aid kit. 'I survived D-Day - then had my first champagne' 2019-06-04T04:00:00Z Now they view any possible extension a little like tearing off a sticking plaster. EU's Tusk to propose long Brexit extension 2019-03-13T04:00:00Z “They’re sort of stuck together with sticking plasters, but now they represent critical national infrastructure.” Making digital government a better government 2018-11-27T05:00:00Z However, some of its members warned the funding boost is only a temporary "sticking plaster". Legal aid lawyers win pay rise after strike 2018-11-24T05:00:00Z One approach is to make the sensors disposable, like a sticking plaster. Moving skin beyond the biological 2018-11-20T05:00:00Z Chair of the London Assembly Transport Committee Caroline Pidgeon called the loan "only a sticking plaster to keep the project going". £350m loan for London Crossrail delay 2018-10-26T04:00:00Z Then she pulls out one sock, then an entirely different mismatched sock, and then a mangled sticking plaster. The Good Place actor Kristen Bell: ‘I couldn’t be Stepford if I tried’ 2018-09-26T04:00:00Z It is, after all, a sticking plaster, rather than a longer term solution. 'Limited' time for civil servant rule 2018-09-09T04:00:00Z Nansi Ellis, of the National Education Union, warned against "sticking plaster" responses and also rejected targeted pay incentives. Schools face 'severe' teacher shortage 2018-08-29T04:00:00Z “Beach nourishment is like a sticking plaster,” says Cooper. Riddle of the sands: the truth behind stolen beaches and dredged islands 2018-07-01T04:00:00Z But donors are hopeful that it now considers the safety-net a long-term policy rather than “than a sticking plaster that won’t be necessary once industrialisation takes off,” says Tom Lavers of Manchester University. How Ethiopia is building a social safety-net 2018-05-30T04:00:00Z The education services available are not enough – it’s like a sticking plaster. The teachers of Idlib on the impossible struggle to educate their students 2018-04-18T04:00:00Z Ironically, the Saudi-led coalition countries were the biggest contributors, effectively paying for humanitarian sticking plasters while causing an economic haemorrhage. Yemen’s unseen economic war is killing children by stealth | Kevin Watkins 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z They look like small white sticking plasters, but they send information wirelessly to her medical team. Wearable tech aids stroke patients 2018-02-24T05:00:00Z "It is only going to be a sticking plaster to help those who are viable to continue in business and recover in time," he told the BBC. Carillion plan dubbed 'sticking plaster' 2018-01-19T05:00:00Z A series of political sticking plasters were applied to the sore point of tuition fees, now frozen with a rather mysterious review underway. Greening replaced as education secretary 2018-01-08T05:00:00Z But these emergency payments are seen by many as a sticking plaster - the Local Government Association which represents councils describes them as "one-off funding and not a long-term solution". Why is social care still not on the agenda? 2017-11-23T05:00:00Z Labour's shadow health minister Justin Madders called the idea a "sticking plaster". NHS Airbnb-style scheme 'not ruled out' 2017-10-29T04:00:00Z Zero-hours contracts were a “sticking plaster” rather than a long-term solution, it added. Global economy at risk a decade on from financial crisis, says WEF 2017-09-26T04:00:00Z Help offered by the banks to firms left high and dry by Carillion's collapse is no more than a "sticking plaster" solution, industry representatives say. Carillion plan dubbed 'sticking plaster' 2018-01-19T05:00:00Z On social security, she said Scottish ministers worked to "mitigate" the consequences of UK policy, but that they should be given the decision-making powers to be more than a "sticking plaster". Sturgeon seeks unity on Holyrood powers 2017-09-11T04:00:00Z "If the government is serious about real action on mental health, there needs to be dedicated funding and thought-through solutions rather than sticking plasters in the symptoms of the problem," Mr Gill added. Half of pupils expelled from school 'mentally ill' - BBC News 2017-07-20T04:00:00Z A 'painless' sticking plaster flu jab that delivers vaccine into the skin has passed important safety tests in the first trial in people. Painless flu jab patch for people scared of injections - BBC News 2017-06-27T04:00:00Z Uganda is generous and open but this a sticking plaster - the real solution is an end to war in South Sudan. Why a Ugandan farmer gave land to a refugee - BBC News 2017-06-22T04:00:00Z But it all felt somehow marginal, a sticking plaster for what’s coming. Forget far-right populism – crypto-anarchists are the new masters 2017-06-04T04:00:00Z The wounds that were all too evident during the election season received a sticking plaster last November but never truly healed. Make-or-break day for Donald Trump's healthcare gamble 2017-03-24T04:00:00Z "This is yet another sticking plaster on a chronically ill patient - an unsustainable property tax higher here than anywhere in the developed world." UK business gives its Budget verdict - BBC News 2017-03-08T05:00:00Z There were rumors that the experienced, efficient principal, who for years had held the school together with sticking plaster and sheer will, was about to step down. Blue state or red state, educating a child in America will drive you nuts 2017-01-10T05:00:00Z His proposal to resolve the botched renewable heating scheme was denounced by Mr Ó Muilleoir as a "sticking plaster". RHI scandal: Sinn Féin outline investigation terms - BBC News 2017-01-06T05:00:00Z Joe Anderson, the mayor of Liverpool, describes the government’s measures as a mere sticking plaster. Taxes will rise to fund care for Britain’s elderly 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z Sally Gainsbury, of the Nuffield Trust think tank, agreed there need to be a rethink on finances, saying a "long-term solution" was needed rather than the "sticking plaster" of the current plans. Patients 'will suffer unless NHS budget rises' - BBC News 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z All of this is just a sticking plaster, of course. DRM products are defective by design. Time to tell users what they're buying 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z Head teachers' leader Russell Hobby confirmed that many buildings were in very poor condition, with schools "forced to dip into reserves to carry our emergency repairs that act as mere sticking plasters". Poor school buildings 'damaging pupils' health and education' - BBC News 2016-05-10T04:00:00Z Rather than a sticking plaster response every time the floods hit with vague promises and random numbers that are forgotten by spring, we need a long-term co-ordinated approach. Storms Desmond and Eva flooded 16,000 homes in England - BBC News 2016-01-05T05:00:00Z She finds a thin, nearly weightless patch made of carbon nanotubes that attaches to the wrist like a sticking plaster and monitors the wearer’s heart rate. 365 days: Nature’s 10 2015-12-16T05:00:00Z Not much bigger than a sticking plaster, and designed as a colourful swooshy zigzag, the rechargeable device simply sticks to your child’s torso and sends a continuous stream of temperature data to you via Bluetooth. Fever Scout: the wearable thermometer for kids that's like a digital Mary Poppins 2015-11-26T05:00:00Z He said Tuesday's deal between the DUP and Sinn Féin was a "sticking plaster solution" which other parties had not been privy to until late in the process. MLAs vote to allow Westminster to implement NI welfare reform - BBC News 2015-11-18T05:00:00Z He said the public was tired of "half baked deals" and "sticking plasters". NI talks: Enda Kenny 'hopeful' deal can be reached within days - BBC News 2015-11-08T05:00:00Z But Labour accused ministers of not spending enough on defences, calling measures a "sticking plaster response". Storms Desmond and Eva flooded 16,000 homes in England - BBC News 2016-01-05T05:00:00Z Nor would these sticking plasters solve a more fundamental problem with the proposal: its effect on incentives to work. Credit crunch 2015-10-29T04:00:00Z She said the effect of the cuts would be "devastating" and attempts to put them on hold or seek to alleviate their impact would merely be a "sticking plaster". Tax credits: Lords vote to delay controversial cuts - BBC News 2015-10-25T04:00:00Z "What I would say is that we need to stem this flow of blood, not with sticking plasters but now with life-saving surgery. The steel industry really is now in crisis." Tata Steel job cuts: Industry is 'in crisis' - BBC News 2015-10-17T04:00:00Z But even Michael Fallon admitted to me that this was like putting sticking plaster on a massive problem. HMS Bulwark faces 'tragic' migrant operations in Mediterranean - BBC News 2015-06-06T04:00:00Z But all of that looks a relative sticking plaster next to the predictions made by some environmental studies that the Colorado river’s flow is permanently diminished. Disappearing Lake Powell underlines drought crisis facing Colorado river 2015-05-17T04:00:00Z The Conservatives would tear the sticking plaster off the wound that never heals - their debate over Europe, the argument between nationalism and laissez-faire economics. Election 2015: What will happen after 8 May? - BBC News 2015-04-29T04:00:00Z During the euro crisis Mrs Merkel always found the political will to keep the currency together, even if her solutions often involved sticking plasters. In Germany’s shadow 2015-03-26T04:00:00Z The sticking plaster uses electrical currents to detect early tissue damage as pressure ulcers start to form. 'Smart bandage' to detect bedsores 2015-03-17T04:00:00Z Although there is general agreement that America's immigration system is broken, not everyone approves of the sticking plaster applied by the president. Reinvigorated Obama snaps into action 2015-02-02T05:00:00Z But the roots of the problem lie far away from this small French port town, and nothing done about it here can be more than a sticking plaster. The huddled masses besieging Fortress Calais 2015-01-30T05:00:00Z The Cancer Drugs Fund is a sticking plaster - it exists because the old system no longer works. How do we pay for innovative drugs? 2015-01-11T05:00:00Z He spoke against "sticking plaster gesture politics" and said he was not happy with how some previous aid money has been spent. UK aid saves a life 'every two minutes' 2014-12-04T05:00:00Z What is more, such centres spend a lot of time putting sticking plasters on cancers. Test-tube government 2014-12-04T05:00:00Z But British Medical Association chairman Dr Mark Porter said the extra money was simply a "sticking plaster". NHS winter fears 'prompt cash boost' 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z However, the arrangement has been criticised by other parties as an "expensive sticking plaster". Voluntary scheme to ease budget woes 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z Ultimately, however, it is only a sticking plaster. South Sudan food crisis: children bear brunt of man-made disaster 2014-10-05T04:00:00Z Britain’s messy constitution is a product of decades, even centuries, of muddling through, slapping sticking plasters on problems and hoping the whole thing holds together. Let England shake 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z Such a procedure would leave a patient with a sticking plaster over a pinhole wound and able to leave the same day, instead of long hospital stays and recovery time. Health technology puts patients first 2014-09-22T04:00:00Z This triggers what is called "termination risk": the sticking plaster removed, the warming gets much worse, quickly. The scientific A-Team saving the world from killer viruses, rogue AI and the paperclip apocalypse 2014-08-30T04:00:00Z But such cosmetic solutions were sticking plasters and lacked the scientific understanding that has now revolutionised the field. Modern Chemistry Techniques Save Ancient Art 2014-06-28T04:00:00Z Here are three ideas: Solving the housing shortage is possible, but sticking plaster solutions like Help to Buy or tweaks to planning rules just won't cut it” Is the UK housing market broken? 2014-06-25T04:00:00Z Royal College of General Practitioners chairman Maureen Baker said Mr Miliband's announcement was "extremely welcome", adding that "it must not be another 'sticking plaster' solution but part of a broader, long-term, shift in investment". Labour: GP visit 'within 48 hours' 2014-05-12T04:00:00Z The SNP believe that sticking plaster solutions are enough. Thousands waiting longer in A&E 2014-05-07T23:03:56Z Its sister paper, the i, uses a large image of a baby with a sticking plaster to illustrate the vaccine story. Budget 'fudge' and Corden/Cameron - front pages 2014-03-20T23:37:00Z It's like pulling a sticking plaster off, but 100 times worse than that. How to become a penguin keeper 2014-03-05T01:01:09Z Solving the housing shortage is possible, but sticking plaster solutions like Help to Buy or tweaks to planning rules just won't cut it, and risk making the problem even worse. Is the UK housing market broken? 2014-06-25T04:00:00Z Will this just be a sticking plaster or is the answer now to move the line inland? How do you fix the Dawlish problem? 2014-02-07T14:51:12Z He said that whatever proposals are brought forward in the weeks ahead they must not be "a sticking plaster" but must provide "a route map to implementation". Government complacent on NI: Lewis 2013-10-19T08:47:29Z Labour's polices for the economy were dismissed as "sticking plasters and quick fixes cobbled together for the TV cameras" by the prime minister in his speech to the Conservative conference. VIDEO: PM: Red Ed and his Blue Peter economy 2013-10-02T11:19:37Z "A sticking plaster solution for London is not going to work." London's A&Es face 'very bad winter' 2013-09-26T13:58:14Z "Privately operated drunk tanks are neither a viable nor long-term solution to binge drinking and merely represent a sticking plaster for the problem." Private 'drunk cells' plan proposed 2013-09-18T00:29:35Z Plenty of athletes have arrived in the Russian capital seemingly held together with sticking plaster. Moscow missing Olympic battered, bruised and broken 2013-08-14T17:18:00Z More than half an hour later, we emerged with napkins, hairclips, men's pants, a notebook, swimming goggles, a children's board game, cartoon sticking plasters, licorice and a delicious striped hammock. The Tiger who came to town 2013-07-19T09:23:44Z They won't admit as much, of course, but sticking plasters don't work: bolt-on counsellors and one-off training are a drop in the ocean. Viewpoint: Do suicidal adolescents receive enough support? 2013-06-12T01:22:57Z We were promised a full review of how drugs are approved, but this is merely a sticking plaster on the problem. Scots 'orphan drugs' fund launched 2013-01-14T18:25:47Z Hopefully it is that simple: sticking plaster removed, no scars beneath. Hagler shows Hatton the way 2012-11-22T07:33:38Z It is simply sticking plaster after sticking plaster. Is Greece facing a eurozone exit? 2012-11-07T00:22:14Z "Given the seriousness of the funding cuts facing England and the strength of the competition, the tripled student tuition fees introduced this year look increasingly like a sticking plaster for an amputation." UK universities fall in rankings 2012-10-03T22:08:24Z As so often with housing, this is sticking plaster politics – dealing with symptoms rather than cause. The housing crisis: a nightmare caused by our sanctified suburban dreams 2012-08-20T20:00:02Z And instead of more "sticking plaster solutions", an independent inquiry similar to the Leveson one into media standards, was needed. Banking scandal: Ed Miliband to push for Leveson-style inquiry 2012-07-02T09:41:46Z "They want people held to account, they do not want sticking plaster solutions and I'm afraid at the moment that is all the government is offering." Bank shareholders 'must get grip' 2012-07-01T03:10:33Z The deal looks much less clever today; more of an inadequate piece of sticking plaster than a lasting cure for Spain's problems. Spanish crisis needs some shock and awe to calm the markets 2012-06-14T09:58:40Z The Howard League, which campaigns for reform of the prison system, describes the measure as "like trying to put sticking plaster on a gaping wound". Tackling UK's most violent teenagers 2012-06-12T10:52:34Z The is merely a sticking plaster and fails to address Spain's underlying problems. Papers analyse Spain bailout deal 2012-06-12T04:52:15Z The bankers are going to be saying: 'Don't over-regulate', and of course we have to be careful, but I think we have had enough now of sticking plaster solutions. Banking scandal: Ed Miliband to push for Leveson-style inquiry 2012-07-02T09:41:46Z The self-confessed mass killer was eventually given a sticking plaster and a drink. Drama of Breivik arrest described 2012-05-25T17:00:56Z Focachon, a chemist at Charmes, applied postage stamps to the left shoulder of a hypnotised subject, and kept them in place with ordinary sticking plaster and a bandage. Essays In Pastoral Medicine 2012-03-05T03:00:09.993Z "Yes," he said, "if you're anxious to get boiled, blistered, oiled and blinded twenty times a day, be kicked from platform to pit, and paid just about enough to buy arnica and sticking plaster!" Ralph of the Roundhouse 2012-03-02T03:00:11.217Z Put a piece of that sticking plaster on that cut across your cheekbone. Ralph, the Train Dispatcher The Mystery of the Pay Car 2012-02-29T03:00:25.457Z "In the mean-time I think it is a case of sticking a sticking plaster on." Water leaked in room during birth 2012-02-27T18:19:57Z "The most expensive sticking plaster in the world" is the . Papers pan latest Greek bailout 2012-02-22T05:35:05Z We used to dread going in for sticking plaster, because he disliked to see that we had cut ourselves, both for our sakes and on account of his acute sensitiveness to the sight of blood. Charles Darwin: His Life in an Autobiographical Chapter, and in a Selected Series of His Published Letters 2012-01-22T03:00:19.733Z But all your power, and all your patient fidelity, and all the mucilage and sticking plaster you can put on it, will never get that birdling back into that little egg again. Abraham Lincoln: Was He A Christian? 2011-12-24T03:07:56.830Z Surely it's simple: both the US and the eurozone seem able to apply only sticking plasters to their problems. Our plan A is better than America having no plan at all 2011-07-27T19:54:00Z “The Brussels agreement is a ‘sticking plaster,’” Thomson said in a telephone interview. European Bank Stocks Avoid ‘Abyss’ as Investors Remain Wary 2011-07-25T09:47:01Z One leading investment strategist described the new deal as "less sticking plaster and more of a proper bandage", but warned the underlying problems in the Greek economy had not been addressed. Bailout rescue: euphoria wanes as doubts emerge 2011-07-22T19:23:18Z However, there is also a growing consensus that this will merely act a sticking plaster, and that the fundamental problem of Greece's indebtedness needs to be addressed. Euro leaders set for debt summit 2011-07-20T21:30:57Z But, Phil, it’s rather lucky you didn’t swoop down in such hurricane method upon a more nervous man than yours truly, or it’s wildly hunting for sticking plaster he’d be at this moment. Fordham's Feud 2011-07-05T02:00:31.267Z He continued: "The Simpson report is putting a sticking plaster on the structure as it currently is." Questions over number of councils 2011-06-19T07:47:12Z He is convinced Europe will find the necessary financial sticking plaster to keep Greece alive in the next few weeks. Greek tragedy 2011-06-15T14:21:00Z This programme is less sticking plaster and more of a proper bandage but that still doesn't deal with the underlying issues. Bailout rescue: euphoria wanes as doubts emerge 2011-07-22T19:23:18Z We need to treat the causes of crime, rather than put sticking plasters on the symptoms. Police powers 'may harm children' 2011-05-09T05:00:30Z Dieter Helm, an economist specialising in energy regulation and a former government adviser, criticised the Ofgem demands as little more than a "sticking plaster". Ofgem tells energy firms: 'one last chance' 2011-03-21T20:40:26Z The principle of common economic governance and Europe-wide rescue funds entails its own political logic even if the current packages are sticking plasters rather than treatments. New Europe: Mapping a continent 2011-03-14T00:10:01Z The third packet, a small book containing sticking plaster, was then introduced. The Library Magazine of Select Foreign Literature All volumes 2011-03-02T03:00:25.433Z That £8.5m should be going into investing in tough and effective community sentences rather than a sticking plaster to keep overcrowded prisons going. Overcrowded prisons 'cost ?8.5m' 2011-02-20T00:14:40Z Such a sticking plaster solution may be all that is required, not the annual crisis presently built into the game's constitution. January madness is making football sleazier 2011-02-05T22:00:00Z So Billy Bunny got out the sticking plaster and fixed the tires and then he made the elephant blow them up with his trunk, but he wouldn’t let him get in again. Billy Bunny and Daddy Fox 2011-01-29T03:00:21.820Z Mouldering in the back of the changing-room lockers with the peroxide bottles and those strips of sticking plaster players used to wear across their hooters apparently to increase oxygen intake. What next for football's Lord Snoody ? a Carlos Tevez jumpsuit? 2010-12-03T00:06:00Z Just as likely, however, the market would have viewed the manoeuvre as a temporary sticking plaster. Dick Fuld blames the Fed: we should have expected that 2010-09-01T19:17:00Z Cricketers in white flannels usually seem smart but those idiosyncratic wicketkeepers Alan Knott and Jack Russell, who favoured comfort above everything and replaced their buttons with sticking plasters, always managed to look like dogs' dinners. Rob Bagchi: McIlroy strikes a blow for scruffbags 2010-07-20T23:06:00Z They have, after much haggling and cajoling, come up with a temporary sticking plaster solution which will only further convince Rogers and his fellow sceptics about the grim prospects for the currency. A Short and Winding Road for the Euro 2010-05-03T21:14:00Z County cricket held its traditional curtain-raiser in Dubai, no doubt much to the delight of the kingdom's legions of crankish retired schoolteachers in yellowing wind-cheaters carrying transistor radios held together with sticking plaster. Barney Ronay: The metaphor of Shane Warne's face 2010-04-02T23:11:00Z Two sticking plasters on his left cheek are the most visible scars of that day. Throwing arm 2010-03-09T04:44:00Z "They were having to.. apply a sticking plaster approach to equipment and resources for our brave servicemen and servicewomen," he told BBC News. Brown denies Iraq war cash curbs 2010-03-05T18:19:00Z But the more user-friendly appearance couldn't pacify a growing hostility in some quarters towards Jobcentres and the belief they were a sticking plaster on the open wound of growing unemployment. 2010-01-27T12:31:00Z "But these one-off payments haven't kept pace with the steep increase to energy bills over the last few years and are only a sticking plaster to the entrenched problem of fuel poverty." 2010-01-09T04:37:00Z You will know him by his being dressed in blue, with very dull silver buttons, and by the top of his hat being made of sticking plaster. Springtime and Other Essays The sticking plaster fell off, and the roller skate wheels dropped into the pond with a splash. Jacko and Jumpo Kinkytail The Funny Monkey Boys She dealt with it as she had done the other, then she drew the edges of the cut together, binding them in place with strips of sticking plaster. My Brave and Gallant Gentleman A Romance of British Columbia It was as if something were stuck to his skin—like a sticking plaster.... Double Take I placed the sticking plaster over my eyes after it had been taken from Yoga Rama's eyes and, to my surprise, I found I could perfectly well see through it. Telepathy Genuine and Fraudulent The edges of the wound are then to be gently pressed together, and retained by straps of sticking plaster. The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families Gold-beater's skin, as it is called, forms the most innocent sticking plaster for small cuts on the hands or fingers. Delineations of the Ox Tribe The Natural History of Bulls, Bisons, and Buffaloes. Exhibiting all the Known Species and the More Remarkable Varieties of the Genus Bos. M. M. Cover the affected parts with a sticking plaster or a blister. Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life Go into your room, and a little water and sticking plaster will soon set it all to rights.” Norman Vallery or, How to Overcome Evil with Good Just think what fun it would be if we all got thrown out, and Nannie had to put sticking plaster on our noses.' Chatterbox, 1906 Even ragged or torn wounds may be drawn together and healed by sticking plaster, without any other salves or medicines. The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families He's in need of some sticking plaster for a cut on his leg. Kiddie the Scout Pass a fine needle and thread through a part of the skin over the muscle, which moves, and attach the other end of the thread by a sticking plaster to a distant part. Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life If the cut be large, and so situated that rags will not bind it together, use sticking plaster, cut in strips and laid obliquely across the cut. A Treatise on Domestic Economy For the Use of Young Ladies at Home and at School When standing is absolutely necessary, strips of strong sticking plaster passed down from above the ankle bones, and round under the instep, help greatly. Papers on Health Can’t you put some ointment or sticking plaster over the broken place and make it heal or mend up more quickly?” King o' the Beach A Tropic Tale Her hair was still black, and neither paint nor sticking plaster marred the whiteness of her skin. The Black Wolf's Breed A Story of France in the Old World and the New, happening in the Reign of Louis XIV Shibo volunteered to go downstairs and get him some sticking plaster. Tangled Trails A Western Detective Story In one of the lower city courts on the East Side, a young attorney came in one morning with a scar across his cheek, a scratch on his nose, and sticking plaster on his chin. The Man in Court If needle cases can not be had, sticking plaster, aluminum thimbles, pencils, shoestrings and other such articles are given to the road kids to peddle. The Trail of the Tramp HE put some sticking plaster on his fingers, and his friends both came to dinner. A Collection of Beatrix Potter Stories I laid down the razor, turning as I did so half round to look for some sticking plaster. Dracula He took a piece of sticking plaster from his pocket, and applied it to the part. The Spy Holman glanced inquiringly at the piece of sticking plaster above my right eye when he met me on the deck the morning after the knife incident, and I grinned sheepishly. The White Waterfall Putting up his hand Andy discovered strips of sticking plaster there. Andy the Acrobat He had two strips of sticking plaster over his nose. Aunt Jane's Nieces and Uncle John The other leaned out from the rails and Lister, studying him with the glasses, saw a small patch, like sticking plaster, on his forehead. Lister's Great Adventure "Well, it isn't cut much—you can see where it is," and, taking off his hat, the old man showed the boys a piece of sticking plaster which had been put over the cut. The Bobbsey Twins in the Great West What affair was it of theirs if, at times, the brain got into the stomach; while the skull was stuffed with the liver and rudely joined with the help of sticking plaster to the head? Yama: the pit Sundry bandages and strips of sticking plaster still adorn the Poet, but his clothes have been tidied up by Mrs. Morran, and he has recovered something of his old precision of garb. Huntingtower An hour later, Festing drove out of the settlement, with a strip of sticking plaster on his forehead and his jacket clumsily mended. The Girl from Keller's With a few pieces of sticking plaster he drew its edges together. The Blazed Trail Finally, Bezuquet the chemist made up a medicine chest full of sticking plaster, pills and lotions. Tartarin De Tarascon |
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