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Meaning assistance meaning
What does assistance mean?
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Topics assistance topics
What do people use assistance to talk about?
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Examples assistance examples
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Simple sentences
Tom promised us his assistance.
Thank you again for your kind assistance.
Unable to pay the rent, I asked him for assistance.
I cannot thank you enough for your assistance.
Your assistance is indispensable for us.
I owe my success to her assistance.
Call on me if you need my assistance.
They offered assistance.
She needs assistance.
Motherhood and childhood are entitled to special care and assistance. All children, whether born in or out of wedlock, shall enjoy the same social protection.
It was a mistake to refuse his assistance.
Do you still need my assistance?
The Japanese people appreciate very much the prompt assistance of many foreign countries.
Can we provide assistance?
Can I be of any assistance to you?
There is no use in asking him for assistance.
He promised us his assistance.
I'm waiting for your assistance.
I need medical assistance.
Movie subtitles
I need your assistance.
They are abandoned children whom the women of Las Hurdes bring back from Public Assistance in Cuidad Rodrigo a two-day walk away across the hills.
The chief of police appeals to the public for help and assistance.
I beg your pardon. Can I be of any assistance?
Seems to me you're doing excellently without any assistance.
Can I be of any assistance?
And-um - I also needed their assistance.
Thank you for your assistance.
That mob could have been stopped if assistance had been sent to officers in time.
It can pull itself out of its economic rut. without the assistance of Mr. Deeds or any other crackpot.
I want assistance.
What assistance?
I find it disagreeably necessary to apply to General Gage for the assistance of His Majesty's troops.
I let you talk me down. That mob could have been stopped if assistance had been sent to officers in time.
It can pull itself out of its economic rut without the assistance of Mr Deeds.
Can I be of any assistance to you?
Might I be of assistance?
If I can be of any assistance, I shall remain within call.
I'm sorry, If I can be of any assistance.
If I can be of any assistance Mr. Holmes.
We could offer her some assistance.
Oh well of course with the assistance of Mr. Sherlock Holmes.
The corn assistance scheme has also been suspended.
Give him all assistance its clear the matter up.
I'm Dr. Crane. Can I be of any assistance?
And for this illusion, I will require the assistance of some kind and gracious gentleman from the audience.
There is a special law which says assistance must be given to every mother who needs help, whether they are married or not.
I've come to ask your assistance in a case in which I'm working.
Say, I wonder if I couldn't be of some slight assistance.
I'd be happy if my experience might be of assistance to you.
News and current affairs
But the Bank does not yet have sufficient funds to meet these countries' urgent needs, and has had to ration assistance to a small fraction of the flows that could be effectively and reliably used.
At the same time, the international community should work to improve the availability and effectiveness of official development assistance.
This is particularly relevant as emerging development partners, especially the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa), offer new kinds of aid packages that incorporate investment and non-financial assistance.
The United Nations Security Council has authorized the International Security Assistance Force to take all necessary measures to fulfill its mandate.
To achieve this, Afghanistan needs more development assistance.
Likewise, the World Health Organization issued a major call to scale up development assistance for health.
Protectionist trade measures often hurt poor countries most, and foreign assistance is generally unpopular with the American public.
Or, as is true of many of America's diplomatic transactions, accepting advice could open the way to a better relationship and to additional assistance.
Of course, any assistance to North Korea would have to be monitored closely to prevent it from being diverted for military or other political purposes.
Last year, the Union concluded two Europol agreements, as well as an Extradition and Mutual Legal Assistance Agreement.
We are better targeting our external assistance and capacity building programs, and we are ready to use our trade and economic muscle, when necessary, by demanding counter-terrorism clauses in bilateral treaties.
The office brings together agencies that focus on international law enforcement, counter-terrorism, and reconstruction and stabilization with those charged with advancing democracy, human rights, and humanitarian assistance to refugees and migrants.
South Korean President Park Geun-hye's recent proposal to provide humanitarian assistance despite the recent spike in tension, is a start in the right direction.
Such assistance should be forthcoming, and in order to avoid bureaucratic overlap and turf conflicts, the responsibilities and priorities in dispensing it should be spelled out and agreed upon in advance by the government and these organizations.
Both have saved millions of lives during the past decade, and have paved the way to a new more efficient and scientifically sound method of development assistance.
What, then, will a future risk assessment look like if significantly less organized and developed countries begin - with the active assistance of the nuclear powers - to acquire civilian nuclear-energy capabilities?
Europe's leaders recognized that distressed countries' debts would become unmanageable unless their economies could grow, and that growth could not be achieved without assistance.
Countries such as Malawi, Zimbabwe, and Kenya, as well as Uganda, are requesting assistance for emergency drug supplies.
Even here, the MDGs contain no numerical target for financial aid or any other aspect of rich countries' assistance, in contrast to the highly specific poverty-related targets set for developing countries.
It is not just that the assistance of odious governments is sometimes essential; it is also that there is nothing more difficult than remaking the internal workings of other societies.
Palestinians can negotiate their future relationship with Israel and can count on American, Russian, European, and UN assistance.
In part, the UN team wanted to keep humanitarian assistance lines open.
Financing adaptation to climate will be a formidable challenge, particularly as it involves additional costs above traditional development assistance - at a time when foreign-aid budgets are under pressure.
Europe has the best environmental record of all the big powers, is the largest provider of development assistance to poor countries, and is politically stable.