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1. Rom: 5:20: Moreover the law entered, that the offence
2. she smiles, finds offence in jokes,
3. He was indicted for stalking, for abduction and for a host of other charges, which lead, with a nod and a wink and some party donations, to the minister responsible for such matters making stalking a capital offence
4. matters making stalking a capital offence
5. It was reported that Naria did not take offence but instead complimented him on his moral fortitude
6. Therefore as by the offence of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation; even
7. He tried mitigating his offence
8. offence had been given than was necessarily the case
9. However, she took offence in him insinuating it, as well
10. down below, the old Bailli did – no offence intended
11. for certain) I think it’s an actual offence not to have done
12. Turn your reasons for offence into worship for the king and he will heal you and turn your trials into gold
13. ‘He has committed an offence by entering a church
14. ‘It’s not an actual offence to travel with him, you
15. They seem to have intended to support the spirited undertakings, for as such they considered them, which were at that time carrying on in different parts of the country ; and, at the same time, by drawing the whole banking business to themselves, to supplant all the other Scotch banks, particularly those established at Edinburgh, whose backwardness in discounting bills of exchange had given some offence
16. The petty offence surely
17. Pong takes offence at this, reading into it an attack on his craft
18. It was upon this silly notion, however, that England could not subsist without the Portugal trade, that, towards the end of the late war, France and Spain, without pretending either offence or provocation, required the king of Portugal to exclude all British ships from his ports, and, for the security of this exclusion, to receive into them French or Spanish garrisons
19. offence, so he just simply bowed his head in
20. 3, the exporter of sheep, lambs, or rams, was for the first offence, to forfeit all his goods for ever, to suffer a year's imprisonment, and then to have his left hand cut off in a market town, upon a market day, to be there nailed up; and for the second offence, to be adjudged a felon, and to suffer death accordingly
21. made against the exportation of wool, among other things in the said act mentioned, doth enact the same to be deemed felony, by the severity of which penalty the prosecution of offenders hath not been so effectually put in execution ; be it therefore enacted, by the authority aforesaid, that so much of the said act, which relates to the making the said offence felony, be repealed and made void
22. Any merchant, or other person convicted of this offence, is disabled from requiring any debt or account belonging to him from any factor or other person
23. If the person convicted of this offence is not able to pay the penalties within three months after judgment, he is to be transported for seven years; and if he returns before the expiration of that term, he is liable to the pains of felony, without benefit of clergy
24. The owner of the ship, knowing this offence, forfeits all his interest in the ship and furniture
25. The master and mariners, knowing this offence, forfeit all their goods and chattels, and suffer three months imprisonment
26. But from the circumstances of the times, it could not be so without giving offence to a still greater sovereign, Charles V
27. But not as the offence, so also is the free gift
28. For if through the offence of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, which is by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many
29. For if by one man‘s offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ
30. “You better get off and report to Beer Company orderly room and let them know your here otherwise they will be posting you AWOL and that’s a shooting offence”, he laughed as he said this to show me he was joking still I though the is right I better get off
31. “No offence Sir just a joke between us and I have the greatest respect for the Colonel and his decisions
32. “No offence, Kiri, but that doesn’t mean much, does it? I haven’t killed you, have I?”
33. “I hope I do not cause offence
34. I wasn’t intending offence
35. By this means this wonderful fetish priest had consulted the Spirits, and the Gods had devoured the life from the wicked woman whose only offence, most probably, was that her husband was tired of her
36. These seemingly merciful provisos were not available for those who were to be executed for an offence, real or imaginary, against the King, and if he wanted a victim, he had not far to look for an excuse
37. * Some readers took offence with the above comment
38. Something which angered many but the fact is that it was a political offence and thus far he never committed a crime again
39. "Sorry, no offence meant," Dave soothed him
40. A phone call to their Sacramento headquarters confirmed the accuracy of the report, and the officer updated it, saying his only recent offence had been for passing a red light the previous month
41. I had read in Langdon"s notes that Eddie Ralston had already started to serve time for a drug dealing offence the week before Vickie disappeared
42. It was soon discovered that the car was registered to a Nicaraguan National who carried a diplomatic passport and whose worst offence recorded by the police was a singular incident of passing a red light
43. As soon as the money was in his hand, he borrowed an envelope and a stamp from the guy and paid his ticket with cash money, enclosing a little note with the ticket’s offence number and relevant information
44. With the ancient sound of a didgeridoo echoing through his mind, Brownie took offence at Cassa’s remarks
45. “It is an offence to attempt to harm yourself, or to threaten to harm yourself,” he told Blaine
46. 31 That this shall be no grief to you, nor offence of heart to my Lord, either that you have shed blood causeless, or that my Lord has
47. She was beginning to realize that her offence was a quite shameful one
48. So what? It's not a sack-able offence is it?”
49. The house sent no letter to Chloe letting her know that she had been charged with a terrible offence
50. 31 For it is not the power of them by whom they swear, but it is the just vengeance of sinners, that always punishes the offence of the