| I'm doing this so that our companies can compete on an equal footing with U.S. companies. |
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| Earlier, she did not raise any issues before the GP, but now she finds that she can participate on an equal footing with men. |
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| All we ever wanted was a fair deal and to compete on an equal footing with our European competitors. |
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| The centuries old struggle of women to take part in society building on an equal footing with men will once again be focused upon. |
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| Now the right to down a pint has been placed on an equal footing with human rights such as freedom of expression by a Scottish council. |
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| He has made it clear that the staff are on an equal footing with shareholders and customers. |
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| They argued it was necessary to put it on an equal footing with major European languages, to reflect Irish identity and culture. |
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| Nor is it multi-polar, because it does not include any great power that stands on an equal footing with the United States. |
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| Foreigners will be able to compete in Chinese industries, from banking to delivery services to retail, on an equal footing with domestic companies. |
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| Think about it, with a new multi-storey car park about to begin and the street being covered it would be on an equal footing with other parts of the town. |
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| By then, all customer and geographic restrictions for foreign banks in China will be removed, putting them on an equal footing with Chinese banks. |
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| The society is therefore urging the government to place animal welfare on an equal footing with public safety by sanctioning their recommendations. |
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| It was emphasised that only in those circumstances could the buyer be said to be on an equal footing with his seller in terms of bargaining strength. |
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| However, I would be interested to hear suggestions as to how the state might put the non-orthodox majority on an equal footing with the orthodox minority. |
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| However, we must be resolute and we must demonstrate that Europe is on an equal footing with the United States of America. |
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| No government Cameron leads will put democracy on an equal footing with terrorism. |
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| The Care Act puts carers on an equal footing with those who have care needs. |
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| Without an incumbent, we're on an equal footing with them going into November. |
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| He would then be on an equal footing with any other candidate, Mr. Thompson said. |
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| Your child can now be on an equal footing with America's great thinkers, artists and writers. |
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| At that point, the municipalities are not on an equal footing with the school boards. |
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| We also have to close the competitive gap and put ourselves on an equal footing with our rivals. |
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| We fully recognize the rights of indigenous peoples under international law to be on an equal footing with those of others. |
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| Do you think this art form has succeeded in getting on an equal footing with painting, drawing and sculpture in the contemporary art world? |
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| When an international treaty is ratified by Switzerland it is directly applicable under Swiss law, on an equal footing with domestic laws. |
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| I would like to see Afghan women participate fully in the development and the reconstruction of our country, on an equal footing with men. |
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| It would also put unproven staff members on an equal footing with those who had proved their performance abilities. |
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| The leisure program needs to be on an equal footing with all the other programs. |
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| They have to compete on an equal footing with the best in the world and the productivity challenge looms large. |
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| The ministry's procurement bureau, which was on an equal footing with the military armament bureau, will be downgraded and become the bureau's procurement center. |
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| With the advent of the Renaissance, the Polish language was finally accepted on an equal footing with Latin. |
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| Wherever I have seen that total integration has taken place, I have realised that this was the only way for them to live happy, serene lives on an equal footing with their fellow citizens. |
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| At the time of Denis' death in 1325, he had placed Portugal on an equal footing with the other Iberian Kingdoms. |
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| The most important one, without a doubt, is the ability to make decisions, on an equal footing with other member countries, about a wide array of European issues. |
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| In this context, under discussion is whether the institutions of the ETH Domain are to be placed on an equal footing with the cantonal universities regarding funding mechanisms. |
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| The ETH Board demands that basic research be explicitly mentioned in the law and that its promotion be put on an equal footing with that of applied research. |
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| The participation of civil society on an equal footing with local governments, sharing tasks, resources, and decision-making power, is indispensible if we truly intend to get somewhere. |
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| Two years later, on May 17, 1925, she was canonized by Pope Pius XI, who named her the principal patron saint of the missions worldwide, on an equal footing with St. Francis Xavier. |
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| We have nonetheless voted in favour of quite a few of the European Parliament's ameliorative amendments which, for example, put registered partners on an equal footing with married couples. |
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| Each state admitted to the Union by Congress since 1789 has entered it on an equal footing with the original States in all respects. |
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| Each new state has been admitted on an equal footing with the existing states. |
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| But I wanted to put them on an equal footing with others. |
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| The draft also gave shape to the desire to place mutual societies on an equal footing with the joint-stock companies, the difference between the two being found in the managerial spirit and not in the technical arrangements. |
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| We must recognise that the smaller States are on an equal footing with the larger ones in this Union of States, and that we must find other ways to redress the balance for the larger States. |
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| Article 42 of the Labour Act emphasizes that women are on an equal footing with men in regard to their terms of employment, their job-related rights and obligations and their working conditions, without any discrimination. |
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| Reducing the cost of electricity for households and service sector companies in the north of Sweden places those consumers on an equal footing with their counterparts in the southern parts of the country. |
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| It appreciated the Council's focus on vulnerable groups, and its increasing attention to economic, social and cultural rights on an equal footing with civil and political rights. |
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| Two of the drafts presented by the Commission were intended to provide the employees concerned with a whole series of rights putting them on an equal footing with permanent full-time workers. |
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| For the same reason, it may not invoke a general principle of equal treatment in order to be treated on an equal footing with the beneficiaries of an approved aid. |
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| The overall consensus of the meeting was that religions are entitled to participate in public policy formation on an equal footing with civil society organisations, bur not in a privileged, nor a marginalized role. |
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| The court stood on an equal footing with the Exchequer of Pleas, Court of Chancery and King's Bench in relation to transferring cases between them. |
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