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More than a quarter of U.K. households are already struggling to pay their energy bils, "and it will be difficult for consumers if they have to carry the cost of these policies before seeing the benefit," he said.
U.K. Report Gives Clean-Energy Costs James Herron 2011
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But for now, start thinking about borrowing your wife some money to pay off her campaign bils.
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Inspection procedures, inspection schedules, bils of laiding security, etc all touch the normal operations of a port.
Lean Left » Blog Archive » Port Debacle Outgrowth of Conservative Thought 2006
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If one Englishman more had bene here with me, to whom I might haue deliueied our bils of debts and other things, whatsoeuer should haue chanced of me, I would then haue become seruant to mine Interpreter, and so haue gone to Ormus and Aleppo, which both ioyne on the borders of this countrey, being the chiefe
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Iohnson left with me, had neither the parties name nor summe of money in two of them, and in other bils but his owne name.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Aluaro Flores had alone for his owne part aboue 50000 Duckats in pearles which he shewed vnto vs, and sought to sell them or barter them with vs for spices or bils of exchange.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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If I had not used discretion in causing to be written in our priuiledge, that such debtes as are owing, should be paied any of vs in the absence of the other, some men would not haue paied one penie, but onely to Richard Iohnson, who hath written but his owne name onely in the bils.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Many of them are blacke and haue clawes of brasse with long nayles, and some ride vpon peacocks and other foules which be euill fauoured, with long haukes bils, and some like one thing and some another, but none with a good face.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Whervpon diuers offices & fees were claimed, as well by bils as otherwise by spéech of mouth, in forme as here insueth.
Chronicles (3 of 6): Historie of England (1 of 9) Henrie IV Raphael Holinshed
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"Any Reb-bils out yonder?" asked a grim, snappish Colonel.
Campaigns of a Non-Combatant, and His Romaunt Abroad During the War George Alfred Townsend 1877
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