Sentence examples for duties levied from inspiring English sources

"People civil, no duties levied or fines demanded," he remarked.

High prices have helped fill the government's coffers from the duties levied on the sale of land and property.

China, meanwhile, lodged a trade dispute of its own on the same day, alleging duties levied by America on Chinese steel, paper and other products are unfairly high.

Slightly more tricky is the division of the C$5 billion ($4.5 billion) in American duties levied on the Canadian imports.

In a number of cases, however, duties levied on exports from colonies were designed to protect the industries of the mother country and not those of the colony.

Most of the new government's revenue, aside from foreign aid, comes from duties levied on goods ferried by truck from neighboring countries.

In 2015 the country will replace stamp duty (levied on property sales) with a charge of its own.

Beat the budget All-inclusive packages protect penny-watching families from costly surprises and help offset the high Air Passenger Duty levied on travel to the region.

Alistair Darling told MPs that the duty levied on takings at a licensed bingo club will drop from 22%to20%0%, from next year's budget.

Originally intended as a medicine, gin became suddenly affordable in Britain due to changes in the duty levied following the accession of William of Orange to the throne.

It contained plenty to make the middle classes happy, including cuts in the overly-high levels of duty levied on imported liquor and cars, as well as, more usefully, on information-technology products.