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It has been said that they will not go cap in hand to the Commission looking for money.

No, tomorrow she would just have to go cap in hand to him and ask for his help, much as she resented the idea.

So how many times can the banks go cap in hand to the public whilst sipping champagne?

But this can't be happening, a capitalist government going cap in hand to a communist government.

He was going to have to go cap in hand to the pharmaceutical industry one day, and right now he was riding high.

Hence my going cap in hand to my Mum and Dad.

One meal a week with you and I won't even have to go cap in hand to Johnson's store.'

'It sounds terrible, but we have to go cap in hand begging for funds to keep solvent.

The banks need perhaps €100bn (£87bn), and if they can't raise it themselves they will have to go cap in hand to the taxpayer.

Hungary is going cap in hand to the IMF for a fresh bailout to prevent the country going bankrupt.

A soverign nation has to go cap in hand to loan sharks in order to borrow money to service its interest payments on other debts.

'But then I think back: going cap in hand to the IMF, raging inflation 20 to 25 per cent; the awesome power of the unions.

I have been around since 1951 and seen Labour governments mismanage the country's finances and have to go cap in hand to the IMF.

The President of the European Parliament was forced, with a knife at his throat, to go cap in hand to the governments of the Member States.

'If our pensions were higher and brought up to standard there would be no need for people to go cap in hand and ask for concessions,' said Elsie.

"This mismanagement forced the MoD to go cap in hand to the Treasury so it could buy mine-resistant vehicles for Iraq and Afghanistan."

Instead of going cap in hand to the big banks for credit, why not use our 83% stake in RBS to develop a local banking system?

He said recently that Italy, the achilles heel of Europe, can sort out its own problems without going cap in hand to Beijing, Brussels or anyone else.

So Captain Markee had gone cap in hand to the Blood Runners out in the Obeah systems and begged a favor.

Does the Prime Minister agree that the elderly, sick and disabled should automatically receive a heating allowance every winter instead of having to go cap in hand to the Government?

There is nothing wrong with any job as long as you get some satisfaction from it and get well enough paid not to have to go cap in hand for top-up benefits.

Why would the City be thrilled Labour want to cut some government spending instead of going cap in hand to the City to finance spending through more and more debt.

If I was claiming benefits, I'd rather go round to a taxpayer's house and do some work for him/her directly, than go cap in hand to the staff at the Jobcentre.

Crowds plummeted to 7,762 and the club had to go cap in hand to The Football League to apply for re-election after finishing 10 points adrift of the safety of 22nd place.