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  • Ut enim ad minima veniam, quis nostrum exercitationem ullam corporis suscipit laboriosam, nisi ut aliquid ex ea commodi consequatur?

    Short Child etc. galenred 2008

  • Etsi omnes putredini sunt obnoxii, ubi secundis mensis, incepto jam priore, devorentur, commodi succi prosunt, qui dulcedine sunt praediti.

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • The two affections are fundamental inclinations in the will: the affectio commodi, or affection for the advantageous, and the affectio iustitiae, or affection for justice.

    John Duns Scotus Williams, Thomas 2007

  • The observers of this law may be called sociable, (the Latins call them commodi); the contrary, stubborn, insociable, forward, intractable.

    Leviathan 2007

  • Scilicet hoc commodi nobis peperit Historicorum ad res nouas diuulgandas auiditas.

    The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003

  • Scilicet hoc commodi nobis peperit Historicorum ad res nouas diuulgandas auiditas.

    A briefe commentarie of Island, by Arngrimus Ionas 2003

  • But it took more than that to stay alive over the front, It took ckill, courage, ex - perience, and a whole basketful of that most precious of commodi - ties, luck.

    Ilse Witch Brooks, Terry 2000

  • Stats SA said the 8.6% increase in the PPI for all commodi - ties for South African consumption was due to annual increases in the price indices for locally produced commodities (+4.9 percent - age points) and imported commodities (+3.7 percentage points).

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2000

  • Growth would be export and commodi - ty driven growth and growth in export of manufactured goods to

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1999

  • And if John possessed initially twenty-four eggs instead of six bushels of potatoes, he should end up with the same distribution of commodi - ties, four bushels of potatoes and eight eggs.

    Dictionary of the History of Ideas NICHOLAS GEORGESCU-ROEGEN 1968

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