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1. d) Capital gains from the sale of shares
2. It then gains more detail as we progress through Genesis
3. During the day the young man went off to commit his musical crimes in shopping malls and bus stations, only to find that he had to hand over most of his meagre gains to blustering brokers and flustered financial advisers because Cyberia had scorched their whites
4. I can follow his argument about the precision he gains by averaging more samples
5. he had to hand over most of his meagre gains to blustering brokers
6. For what is a man advantaged, if he gains the whole world, and loses himself, or be cast
7. I don’t think there’ll be any capital gains involved, but I’ll check with one of our taxation experts
8. paycheck of hers and used the ill-gotten gains to buy drugs
9. His whole gains, however, are commonly called profit, and wages are, in this case, too, confounded with profit
10. His extraordinary gains arise from the high price which is paid for his private labour
11. They say nothing concerning the bad effects of high profits ; they are silent with regard to the pernicious effects of their own gains; they complain only of those of other people
12. will find that their annual gains bear but a very small proportion to their annual expense, even
13. The prophets are like the air force that gains air superiority
14. The landlord gains both ways; by the increase of the produce, and by the diminution of the labour which must be maintained out of it
15. As the capital of an individual can be increased only by what he saves from his annual revenue or his annual gains, so the capital of a society, which is the same with that of all the individuals who compose it, can be increased only in the same manner
16. The gains of both are mutual and reciprocal, and the division of labour is in this, as in all other cases, advantageous to all the different persons employed in the various occupations into which it is subdivided
17. To improve land with profit, like all other commercial projects, requires an exact attention to small savings and small gains, of which a man born to a great fortune, even though naturally frugal, is very seldom capable
18. When two places trade with one another, this doctrine supposes that, if the balance be even, neither of them either loses or gains; but if it leans in any degree to one side, that one of them loses, and the other gains, in proportion to its declension from the exact equilibrium
19. UFC gains a lot more popularity
20. That way Atmos gains the strength to protect us from the worst ravages of the desert
21. A prayer also gains strength when it is conducted in a union of more than an individual i
22. Ironically, most people today place so much emphasis in attaining material gains and disregard their true spiritual nature
23. A diligent judge gains a comfortable, though moderate revenue, by his office; an idle one gets little more than his salary
24. The person who finally pays this tax, therefore, gains by the application more than he loses by the payment of it
25. He gains their esteem and affection, by that plan of life which his own interest and situation would lead him to follow
26. The government neither gains nor loses by the additional tax, which is applied altogether to remedy the inequalities arising from the old assessment
27. Their wages are computed according to the common rate of the district in which they reside ; and, that they may be as little liable as possible to any overcharge, their yearly gains are estimated at no more than two hundred working days in the year
28. If he cannot, he contents himself with a pint; and, as a penny saved is a penny got, he thus gains a farthing by his temperance
29. During the barbarous times of feudal anarchy, merchants, like all the other inhabitants of burghs, were considered as little better than emancipated bondmen, whose persons were despised, and whose gains were envied
30. The price had, it seems, before the tax, been a monopoly price ; and the arguments adduced to show that sugar was an improper subject of taxation, demonstrated perhaps that it was a proper one ; the gains of monopolists, whenever they can be come at, being certainly of all subjects the most proper
31. “Our Division the 31st has been given the job of forming the defensive flank of the whole Fourth Army this will involve us driving east to capture the village of Serre and then turning north and consolidating our gains
32. “With a bit of luck the Germans will be finished and we should be able to walk over and secure their trenches as per the plan then the second and corresponding waves will follow the first wave and as they pass through us we will consolidate our gains
33. However, if their stance fails to serve as a deterrent to – primarily – the US, then any strategic gains are sure to be only short term
34. Thus: As of 2010, the richest one per cent of Americans paid forty per cent of all capital gains and income taxes
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36. You will go into subsequent phases stronger, larger and with a greater awareness of your individual muscles, all of which will contribute to even greater success and better gains as we move though the rest of the program
37. Where they used to see gains one pound at a time, from one week to the next, they’ll now see gains of 3, 5 or even 10 pounds in spurts
38. They know that small gains in these areas can make them appear to have 20-pounds more muscle overall
39. This is why you’ll see gains in size much more quickly
40. ance and your recovery rate so that you can realize better gains in size from your weight-lifting program
41. With this phase, you’ll not only lose fat, you’ll still see some gains in muscle
42. Like I said earlier, the primary goal of this phase is fat loss, but you will likely see gains in mass at the same time
43. muscle gains, but that
44. Whereas the Slave Owner or Imperialist sought to exploit human resources for personal economic gains, the social engineer, on the other hand, seeks to exploit the under-utilized capacity of individuals or groups for utopic reasons
45. These taxes include, however are not limited to, consumer taxes, school and property taxes, ―sin‖ taxes, egregious taxes on inheritance or the ―death tax‖ and capital gains taxes whose earnings are taxed twice, no less
46. “His dad goes there every year to count his ill gotten gains
47. Really; it’s just a question of how much altitude it gains or loses as it climbs and dives
48. We’re hoping to stir up enough public outrage to put a stop to it before it gains any momentum
49. This theory gains added corroboration in the discoveries made in places far removed from this scene of possibly deeply buried devastation
50. All the teams had made gains in lap times this season, to varying degrees
1. in that mood is not to be gainsaid
2. She might be a valued comrade in arms, but her father was lord of the land and not to be gainsaid
3. The sound was so piercing that Simon was forced to cover his ears with his arms, although the overwhelming noise was in his thoughts, also, and that could not be gainsaid
4. He was not afraid of being refused the girl he loved—no mere refusal could stand between him and a woman he desired—but the shining spectre of the treasure rose before him, claiming his allegiance in a silence that could not be gainsaid
5. contrast; and if they gainsaid the voice, anger was kindled in the hearts of
6. who tended her to bring her raiment, and she would not be gainsaid, but rose; and when they had clothed her and set her arm in a sling of linen, she went to the Warden of the Houses of Healing
7. Nor is it to be gainsaid, that in some of these instances it has been declared that the interval of time between the two assaults could not have exceeded very many days
8. A fact thus set down in substantial history cannot easily be gainsaid
9. Mark Ivanovitch, however, would not be gainsaid, and restraining his feelings, said something very honeyed to Semyon Ivanovitch again, knowing that that was how he ought to treat a sick man
10. Every man in Christendom has undoubtedly been taught by tradition, by revelation, and by the voice of conscience, which can never be gainsaid, that murder is one of the most heinous crimes men can commit; it is thus affirmed in the gospel, and they know that this sin of murder is not altered by conditions—that is to say, if it is sinful to kill one man, it is sinful to kill another
11. Only the discoveries of recent years have brought proof too positive to be gainsaid
1. of these things, or to gainsay his words, or to gather an assembly in the country without him, or to be clothed in purple, or wear a
2. He has made his pact with the dark and he will not gainsay it, even if the path back were to be opened to him ever again
3. 28 And now O Lord Why have you given this one people over to many? and on the one root have you prepared others and Why have you scattered your only one people among many? 29 And they which did gainsay your promises and believed not your covenants have trodden them down
4. It is as if Ralph’s hand has its own purpose and he cannot gainsay it
5. 40 For he had heard say that the Romans had called the Jews their friends and confederates and brothers; and that they had entertained the ambassadors of Simon honourably; 41 Also that the Jews and priests were well pleased that Simon should be their governor and high priest forever until there should arise a faithful prophet; 42 Moreover that he should be their captain and should take charge of the sanctuary to set them over their works and over the country and over the armour and over the fortresses that I say he should take charge of the sanctuary; 43 Beside this that he should be obeyed of every man and that all the writings in the country should be made in his name and that he should be clothed in purple and wear gold: 44 Also that it should be lawful for none of the people or priests to break any of these things or to gainsay his words or to gather an assembly in the country without him or to be clothed in purple or wear a buckle of gold; 45 And whoever should do otherwise or break any of these things he should be punished
6. 28 Then said Ozias to her all that you have spoken have you spoken with a good heart and there is none who may gainsay your words
7. He could not gainsay them
8. 14 Then said Judith to him Who am I now that I should gainsay my Lord? Surely whatever pleases him I will do speedily and it shall be my joy to the day of my death
9. There was so much injustice in that statement he could not find words enough to gainsay it
10. She did not know where it came from or what its purpose was but she could not gainsay it
11. Lay it to your heart not to be anxious before the time what you shah say and I shall give you understanding and wisdom which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay; And then shall they deliver you to constraint and shall kill you and you shall be hated of all nations because of my name; And then shall many go astray and they 52 shall hate one another and deliver one another to death; And your parents and your brothers and your kinsfolk and your friends shall deliver you up and shall 53 kill some of you; But a lock of hair from your heads shall not perish; And by your patience you shall gain your souls; And many men false prophets shall arise 56 and lead many astray; And because of the abounding of iniquity the love of many shall wax cold; But he who endures to the end the same shall be saved; And this the gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a testimony to all nations; and then shall come the end of all
12. They gainsay all what the Almighty generalized of the uses of the sun, the moon, the plants, the rains, and of all other creatures out of His favor
13. “Because no one would ever gainsay the words of Baldur the Brave
14. They gainsay the eschatology, such as the Day of Resurrection and Reckoning, Paradise, and Hell, and have created a false explanation for each of these, describing them only as symbols rather than real phenomena
15. We bless thee for all those who have been enabled to approve themselves to God in much patience in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses, who when they have been brought before governors and kings for Christ’s sake, it has turned to them for a testimony, and God has given them a mouth and wisdom, which all their adversaries were not able to gainsay or resist
16. We bless thee for all those who have been enabled to approve themselves to God in much patience in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses, who when they have been brought before governors and kings for Christ�s sake, it has turned to them for a testimony, and God has given them a mouth and wisdom, which all their adversaries were not able to gainsay or resist
17. "I don't gainsay it
18. To be brief, they added to these such other forcible arguments that Don Fernando's manly heart, being after all nourished by noble blood, was touched, and yielded to the truth which, even had he wished it, he could not gainsay; and he showed his submission, and acceptance of the good advice that had been offered to him, by stooping down and embracing Dorothea, saying to her, "Rise, dear lady, it is not right that what I hold in my heart should be kneeling at my feet; and if until now I have shown no sign of what I own, it may have been by Heaven's decree in order that, seeing the constancy with which you love me, I may learn to value you as you deserve
19. Lancelot set me down upon a rustick Bed, cover’d me at once with an Eider-Down Coverlet, whereupon he strode away, mumbling Promises of Tea, which Promises, I was, by that Time, too weaken’d either to applaud or gainsay
20. These considerations do not gainsay the principle that untrained investors should confine themselves to the best regarded enterprises
21. " I don't gainsay it now ; but what has happened betrays something in him so crudely mistaken that, if one looks at it criticall}', it checks one's compassion in spite of oneself,"
22. At the same time they continue to persuade themselves and others that they are all much concerned about the welfare of these working classes, whom they have always trampled under their feet, and on Sundays, richly dressed, they drive in sumptuous carriages to the houses of God built in very mockery of Christianity, and there listen to men, trained to this work of deception, who in white neckties or in brocaded vestments, according to their denomination, preach the love for their neighbor which they all gainsay in their lives
1. Nobody, indeed, gainsays that