California’s requirement that companies listed on the stock market have at least one woman on their board was fought hard by business lobby groups. Well, now the law has passed they are not happy and warn it could be difficult to implement.
Almost 100 big firms which have got their headquarters in California have no women at all in their boardroom and they’ve now got three years to make the appointments or face fines of up to $300,000.
Key words and phrases
ponders
considers; thinks about (something) carefully
• He often ponders his future.
• I have been pondering over which colour to paint my house.
it’s high time
it’s overdue; it should have happened already
• It’s high time we had a smoking ban!
• When are you two going to get married? It’s high time you did!
raise their hands
volunteer; express a desire to become involved in something
• Several people raised their hands when the boss emailed to ask for a volunteer.
• Thank you for raising your hand and taking control of the project.
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I think meaning of ponder is pretty much near to reflecting but pondering is about the make decision and reflecting is thinking about past isnt ıt?
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All the corporation need do is have one of the board members proclaim that he's transgender. Problem solved.
Yet another nail in the coffin of the 14th Amendment. Not only does this law prevent equal protection; it actually forces UNequal protection for men!
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It's high time to ponder over learning English seriously. There are myriad of learning resources and I raised my hands for choosing BBC!
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Board member's as a equal in gender.
feels like "ponder" is similar to "think through" or "contemplate".
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Is it called human right? No women in the boardroom
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She sat back for a minute to PONDER her next move in the game
(From https://dictionary.cambridge.org/es/diccionario/ingles/ponder)
It was a difficult decision and I PONDERED ON it for a long time before making up my mind.
(From http://www.wordreference.com/es/translation.asp?tranword=ponder)
After the election, we PONDERED WHETHER the parties should change their leaders, their policies, OR both.
(From https://dictionary.cambridge.org/es/gramatica/gramatica-britanica/if-or-whether)
*We use WHETHER and not if… after prepositions
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You perhaps put something wrong in examples of ponders.
Slight and very helpful show but, I am pondering while reading the description because the word is "ponders" and examples for "step down".
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