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licence
1. ‘There’s an off licence in the village
2. All the stuff has been packed up in boxes now – thank you, off licence! The pots in the garden will have to wait for the man with the van
3. The Haad Licence was brought up
4. ‘How about I raid the local off licence, they usually have boxes, and then bring them over
5. He must then pay for the licence to gather them, and must give up to the landlord a portion of what his labour either collects or produces
6. Thus, in 1436, it was enacted, that wheat might be exported without a licence when the price was so low as six shillings and eightpence: and in 1463, it was enacted, that no wheat should be imported if the price was not above six shillings and eightpence the quarter: The legislature had imagined, that when the price was so low, there could be no inconveniency in exportation, but that when it rose higher, it became prudent to allow of importation
7. I was lucky having driving licence with
8. The ancient policy of Europe was, over and above all this, unfavourable to the improvement and cultivation of land, whether carried on by the proprietor or by the farmer ; first, by the general prohibition of the exportation of corn, without a special licence, which seems to have been a very universal regulation ; and, secondly, by the restraints which were laid upon the inland commerce, not only of corn, but of almost every other part of the produce of the farm, by the absurd laws against engrossers, regraters, and forestallers, and by the privileges of fairs and markets
9. They even endeavoured to hinder, as much as possible, any middle man of any kind from coming in between the grower and the consumer; and this was the meaning of the many restraints which they imposed upon the trade of those whom they called kidders, or carriers of corn ; a trade which nobody was allowed to exercise without a licence, ascertaining his qualifications as a man of probity and fair dealing
10. necessary in order to grant this licence
11. Kate was proud when he got his pilot's licence but worried that in the medium term he had no prospect of career progression, certainly not until the colony had grown substantially
12. Of the former kind, are in England, the tax upon hawkers and pedlars, that upon hackney-coaches and chairs, and that which the keepers of ale-houses pay for a licence to retail ale and spiritous liquors
13. The tax of twenty shillings a-year for a licence to sell ale; of forty shillings for a licence to sell spiritous liquors ; and of forty shillings more for a licence to sell wine, being the same upon all retailers, must necessarily give some advantage to the great, and occasion some oppression to the small dealers
14. It was the well-known proposal of Sir Matthew Decker, that all commodities, even those of which the consumption is either immediate or speedy, should be taxed in this manner; the dealer advancing nothing, but the consumer paying a certain annual sum for the licence to consume certain goods
15. But if the tax were to be paid by purchasing a licence to drink those liquors, the sober would, in proportion to his consumption, be taxed much more heavily than the drunken consumer
16. Secondly, this mode of taxation, by paying for an annual, half-yearly, or quarterly licence to consume certain goods, would diminish very much one of the principal conveniences of taxes upon goods of speedy consumption; the piece-meal payment
17. When the licence was once purchased, whether the purchaser drunk much or drunk little, his tax would be the same
18. In Holland, people pay so much a-head for a licence to drink tea
19. The product approved by trading standards as safety tested; Toran had no substantial reason to refuse the licence
20. I’m so sorry, but I assumed you would have told her, being out on licence and all
21. He was out on licence and would have to report in regularly
22. The police had interviewed him three times since the crash and he wondered whether they were showing so much interest because he was out on licence for murder
23. In the New Year, his son would get back his driving licence
24. He had recently had a brain snap, resulting in him losing his licence for drink driving
25. ” Spotting the licence plate showing the Chev truck was from Johannesburg (“Sodom and Gomorrah,” in the opinion of the locals), he looked disgusted
26. Those images or illustrations which have not been credited are used according to the rules of Wikimedia Commons, are in the public domain, are used under the free licence agreement, purchased for commercial use or they are images I have taken myself
27. “My points were removed from my licence in an instant
28. have resulted in the loss of his licence
29. 13 Then certain of the people were so forward herein that they went to the king who gave them licence to do after the ordinances of the heathen: 14 Upon which they built a place of exercise at Jerusalem according to the customs of the heathen: 15 And made themselves uncircumcised and forsook the holy covenant and joined themselves to the heathen and were sold to do mischief
30. 7 But after the death of Seleucus when Antiochus called Epiphanes took the kingdom Jason the brother of Onias laboured underhand to be high priest 8 Promising to the king by intercession three hundred and threescore talents of silver and of another revenue eighty talents: 9 Beside this he promised to assign an hundred and fifty more if he might have licence to set him up a place for exercise and for the training up of youth in the fashions of the heathen and to write them of Jerusalem by the name of Antiochians
31. 14 For they have sent some to Jerusalem because they also that dwell there have done the like to bring them a licence from the senate
32. “Human Police aren’t going to bother pursuing gangs of miscreant stoats, or stop a passing sparrow to check he has a valid flying licence
33. Sixty pounds covered all food and travel, and as I'd arrived so late on the scene there would be nothing for me to do except be ready in three days time, on the first Saturday in June with my international driver’s licence, sleeping bag and clothes
34. From that day I could do no wrong, and when I was in the dock for riding my recently acquired Lambretta motor scooter without either licence or L Plates, the Headmaster spoke to his friend the Procurator Fiscal
35. When asked why I'd been riding without a licence, I replied, “I'd just bought the thing and couldn’t resist having a go
36. He had no money, no driver"s licence, no bank account, no tax-file number – no document to prove he existed
37. ‘They will read it as a licence to sin, and sin again, in the hope that at the last minute they will be redeemed! For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remains no more sacrifice for sins! The Bible answers you clearly and strongly!’ His voice had risen several tones and acquired a hard edge
38. I don’t think I’ll be game enough to drive it, but I have a nephew coming to stay during the holidays, he has a licence
39. I will send a copy of your renewed gun licence upstairs to personnel
40. product that you have written yourself, or a product that you have a licence to
41. That evening they bought some cans of larger from an off licence on the corner of the main road
42. He worked as a manager in a branch of an Off Licence company
43. Matthew’s next quest was to get that damn driving licence as he called it
44. They learned that the Off Licence, their place of work had been broken into
45. “Tell me about it” Ellen replied, neatly placing each item into cardboard boxes they had got from the manager of the local Off Licence
46. The bullion dealer, curious and excited, was sworn to silence by police officials who threatened the welfare of his operating licence should word of the gold leak out
47. Im not rude so I said “sorry hun” and then she replies “you will be” and pulls out a badge and asks me if I have my drivers licence with me
48. I was a bit taken back by the turn of events and even though I didn"t have a licence I said I did but I said that it was in the glove box of my car
49. You were doing over sixty in a school zone was his reply followed by show me your licence as his mate checked out my rego sticker
50. Try to read something -- a book, a newspaper, the licence plate on the car