general assistance
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general
adjective
uk/ˈdʒen.ər.əl/us/ˈdʒen.ər.əl/
involving or relating to most or all people, things, or places, especially when these are considered as ...
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assistance
noun[U]
uk/əˈsɪs.təns/us/əˈsɪs.təns/
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(Definition ofgeneralandassistancefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Approximately 1.7 million people were receivinggeneralassistance.
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These are greatly improved aircraft and this has been achieved partly as a result of assistance—not direct defence assistance butgeneralassistance.
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Therefore, any further assistance has to be seen in the context of whatgeneralassistancecan be given.
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The form of thisgeneralassistancewill need the most careful consideration.
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There is an impression that this industry had not benefited from thegeneralassistance, but that is not so.
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The association providesgeneralassistanceand counselling for all victims of crime through a network of local support schemes.
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It provides forgeneralassistanceto whole industries, whether they are within or without assisted areas.
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Where the rent or mortgage interest is higher than the specified ceiling, a temporary housing cost supplement may be paid throughgeneralassistance.
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It is to rendergeneralassistanceat the beginning of this process.
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Let us not forget that that is on top of thegeneralassistancewhich is available to all farmers.
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Our record of giving aid to refugees from wherever they come is extremely creditable both in financial terms and ingeneralassistance.
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There is the shipbuilding intervention fund and thegeneralassistancegiven to shipbuilding.
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For example, the heavy subsidisation of our transport system is ofgeneralassistanceto the exporter.
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However, it must be borne in mind that, under the current arrangements, many asylum seekers receive little in the way of back-up andgeneralassistance.
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There are no current plans to providegeneralassistancefor this purpose.
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No grants are at present available towards the installation of solar heating, and there are no current plans to providegeneralassistancefor this purpose.
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In addition, a number of schemes ofgeneralassistanceto the service sector should not be forgotten.
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We should consider what sort of moregeneralassistanceshould be afforded.
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However, what is needed now isgeneralassistancefor housewives.
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