To remit the punishment of such crimes was, he said, to encourage them. From LearnThat.org. [Henry Fielding. (1707 - 1754). The History of Tom Jones.]
Our remit is to catch crook and by and large we are left to get on with it. From Wordnik.com. [I’ll Do Anything Me. For Now That Is. « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG] Reference
Re TUPCs list of woes - another example of the response officers remit is everything. From Wordnik.com. [You Do It To Yourself (You Do) « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG] Reference
The publishing remit is to publish the best creative writing by UK university students. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-08-05] Reference
The Commission's remit is to assess what should be the goals of America's Human Space flight program. From Wordnik.com. [What To Do About Ares 1 - NASA Watch] Reference
His remit is the promotion of the life sciences as potential big earners for Britain. From Wordnik.com. [The Guardian World News] Reference
The only way is for the MPC to ignore its remit, which is what the Chancellor seemed to be condoning. From Wordnik.com. [This is Money | Home] Reference
Their remit is the popularisation of science from preschool all the way up to The Chinese Academy of Science. From Wordnik.com. Reference
And – stating the obvious, I know, but – by its own definition, the entire project’s remit is US-centric. From Wordnik.com. [The Dallas Principles] Reference
His attention to detail and ability time and again to exceed the boundaries of creativity on his remit was amazing. From Wordnik.com. [The Legendary Stan Winston Has Died! « FirstShowing.net] Reference
Their remit is Crime Detection. From Wordnik.com. [No News Is Bad News « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG] Reference
This is a blatant try on by the IWF, who also have a 'remit' from nobody to censor sites that also incite racial hatred. From Wordnik.com. ['Independent' EU funded Quango 'blocks' Wiki] Reference
We even checked to see if "remit" addresses were correct. From Wordnik.com. [CounterPunch] Reference
It wasn't in our 'remit', but common sense said we had to do something about it. From Wordnik.com. [The Policeman's Blog] Reference
More important than this, I had a 'remit' and it appeared that everyone else did as well. From Wordnik.com. [The Policeman's Blog] Reference
When ordering, please remit 50¢ per book postage & handling. From Wordnik.com. [A Practical Guide to Self-Hypnosis] Reference
And we will remit to you many charges, and will give you gifts. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 45: 1 Machabees The Challoner Revision] Reference
The sovereign was undoubtedly competent to remit penalties without limit. From Wordnik.com. ["Stops", Or How to Punctuate A Practical Handbook for Writers and Students] Reference
This course appears to us unjust, and we command you to remit the punishment. From Wordnik.com. [The Swedish Revolution Under Gustavus Vasa] Reference
The blugs also intend to leave a stained remit of their must be navel in the landfall. From Wordnik.com. [Parajanov Contra Zizek (oder selbst proclaimed Brechtian Beast Z vs aSublime moving picture for magnitude of efficacy.)] Reference
Unfamiliar patterns often get ignored since they do not fall within our receptor remit. From Wordnik.com. [Kingsley Dennis, Ph.D.: Quantum Consciousness: Empathy and Entanglement] Reference
In the Commission's remit, nothing is off the table, including Social Security and Medicare. From Wordnik.com. [Marshall Auerback: Which Party Poses the Real Risk to Social Security's Future?] Reference
We balance inconveniences; we give and take; we remit some rights that we may enjoy others. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 385. November, 1847.] Reference
Could you induce Mrs. Mounteagle to remit me a portion, at least, of her long-outstanding account?. From Wordnik.com. [When the Birds Begin to Sing] Reference
When it was repeated the judge threw back his head and laughed, and added, "You may remit the fine.". From Wordnik.com. [The Life of Abraham Lincoln] Reference
I had borrowed money to commence my journey, promising to remit soon; failing to do so, I could not ask again. From Wordnik.com. [Ten American Girls From History] Reference
Alan inwardly resolved to do so, and remit no exertion which would cause him to forge to the front at Whipford. From Wordnik.com. [Golden Days for Boys and Girls Volume XIII, No. 51: November 12, 1892] Reference
So a new Tower Commission should be given a broader remit to examine those wider failures throughout government. From Wordnik.com. [The Politics Of Vengeance] Reference
Ofgem is likley to be stripped of this latter role if it is deemed to be in conflict with the rest of its remit. From Wordnik.com. [Ofgem investigates doorstep gas and electricity sales agents] Reference
Frontier, which brought hundreds of thousands of Serbs into the remit of an increasingly and virulently nationalistic Croatia. From Wordnik.com. [Terrorists and Freedom Fighters] Reference
No agent can collect and remit money south without subjecting himself to arrest and trial for aiding and abetting the public enemy. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
Ye will not lose your pains; for the king, my lord, will remit for you all his wrath and indignation, so gentle and debonair is he. From Wordnik.com. [Cligés. English] Reference
So it came as no surprise to Atkinson that the coalition government has called for a review of her role and her organisation's remit. From Wordnik.com. [Children's commissioner for England under review] Reference
Steve McGarrett is now a former naval intelligence officer and SEAL with a remit to catch terrorists and generally clean up the place. From Wordnik.com. [Leave the Lights On, Please] Reference
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