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  • The archbishop of Kisumu himself criticised those so called 'evangelical leaders' who for futherance of their own agenda characterised the memorandum as imposition of 'sharia' no doubt with the intention of garnering publicity and factless drivel in articles such as these.

    On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008

  • And haue requested his futherance for the safe deliuerie of them to your maiesties hands: which writings when you haue perused we desire that they may be returned vnto vs by this our seruant, as speedily as may bee: for these ships which we now haue here will be soone dispatched from hence, for that we haue not goods to lade aboue the halfe of them.

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

  • In futherance of this choice, it so happened that a ship lay in the harbour; one of those unquestionable cruisers, frequent at that day, which, without being absolutely outlaws of the deep, yet roamed over its surface with a remarkable irresponsibility of character.

    The Scarlet Letter 2002

  • Should the donor not have found this acceptable, Baqwa had recommended that the donation not be accepted "in futherance of openness and transparency which is the hall mark of the democratic government".

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1996

  • The futherance of this noble objective should be made the object of the anxious and sustained deliberations of your Assembly.

    Letters from the Guardian to Australia and New Zealand 1897-1957 Shoghi Effendi 1927

  • In "The Story of Grizel Cochrane", "In futherance of this plan" has been changed to "In furtherance of this plan".

    Fifty-Two Stories For Girls 1888

  • Though so profound a double-dealer, I was in no sense a hypocrite; both sides of me were in dead earnest; I was no more myself when I laid aside restraint and plunged in shame, than when I laboured, in the eye of day, at the futherance of knowledge or the relief of sorrow and suffering.

    The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde 1886

  • And haue requested his futherance for the safe deliuerie of them to your maiesties hands: which writings when you haue perused we desire that they may be returned vnto vs by this our seruant, as speedily as may bee: for these ships which we now haue here will be soone dispatched from hence, for that we haue not goods to lade aboue the halfe of them.

    The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 04 Richard Hakluyt 1584

  • "These transactions constituted a 'Ponzi' scheme in which new investor money was utilized to pay previous investors in futherance of the scheme."

    unknown title 2009

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