The piper children are expert pickpockets and thieves, they have amassed countless treasures yet rarely sell them or spend any money. |
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I slowly amassed quite an impressive portfolio of rejection letters, each impeccably typed on embossed letterheads and signed with a flourish. |
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I can't help but to think about how the great museums of Europe amassed their collections of cultural artefacts. |
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Torres who has reportedly amassed 53 career wins with 16 losses is said to be arriving for the clash next Saturday. |
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Through relentless flattery and sycophancy, he amassed a circle of influential friends and a considerable fortune. |
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The new monastic orders amassed considerable power in Christendom, particularly the Cluniacs, the first order to centralize monastic authority. |
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If a debt has already been amassed and your repayments are impossible to meet, talk to your bank manager about taking out a personal loan. |
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After spending the last three years scouting for clubs in the Football League, Roscrow has amassed a vast knowledge of the non-league scene. |
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Here's what I've amassed so far, and I'll cheerfully add to this list as our readers make suggestions. |
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At only 17, he has amassed a private fortune with his business savvy, founded, like Uma's success, on his linguistic flexibility. |
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Small manillas would often be amassed and then taken to the blacksmith to be melted and re-formed into a larger size. |
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Even so, he wrote no books and produced only a few papers and lectures, though he amassed an enormous hoard of notes. |
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Finally, a man sits down, bringing more books from his reader's shelf, and begins paging through all of the volumes he's amassed. |
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Despite the occasional champion who amassed riches, most fighters came from extremely poor families, and they remained poor. |
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They had a strong wind to their advantage and Kildare amassed a lot of confidence just before the break. |
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Senior management at head office would be able to specialize in strategic management, about which they will have amassed considerable expertise. |
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In their 87-year history, Cruz Azul have amassed nine league titles and been crowned North American champions six times. |
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I am sick of the amassed forces of TV punditry extolling the virtues of the Brazilian style of football. |
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Carter, a journalist, has amassed an impressive array of scientific detail, mainly describing the neuroanatomical basis of conscious awareness. |
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However, he was not unsusceptible to those dark powers which amassed now against his soul. |
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The pile of unread books, unwatched DVDs and unplayed computer games that I amassed during my London shopping sprees attest to that. |
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Evidence that the Democrats amassed a mobilization advantage between 1996 and 2000 is largely uncontroverted. |
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He amassed similar collections of American advertising of the 1920s, plus grangerized Shakespeare, Burns, etc. |
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He amassed important examples that hint at diverse tastes for classic genres. |
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If the person amassed too many of these moving violations, they could have their driver's licenses revoked. |
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That is how she amassed a following demanding the radiation shields be decommissioned. |
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It was to be concerned with analyses of all kinds of materials sent in by the Survey's field officers, and it amassed a wealth of sample data. |
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Green Buffaloes judokas amassed 17 points to win the senior quadrangular tournament held in Ndola last weekend after beating five clubs. |
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The knights had amassed a large trove of wealth over the years which led them to be accredited with the invention of modern banking. |
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Soon I had amassed a large record collection while, simultaneously, building up a vaseline-walled quiff which defied gravity. |
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Between them they have amassed hundreds of years in sentences and committed numerous killings. |
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But whatever karmic credit you've amassed in the akashic bank account pays dividends this week and friends stand you in good stead. |
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By this date, the Reverend had already amassed an impressive bibliography of publications, namely two books and thirty-two articles. |
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She had already amassed four dustbins before the recent delivery of her wheeled bin. |
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Amazingly, this rookie has amassed more favourable and even rave reviews than I can stretch my mind to believe. |
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They released a string of brilliantly weird hits with phantasmagorical Tim Pope videos and amassed huge success in America. |
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By the time the opposition amassed its figures of discrepancy, most of the groups had filed their reports and left. |
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They amassed a number of chances to put victory beyond doubt before half-time. |
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But he failed to answer questions that the Treasury had amassed four billion pounds extra in tax through the increases. |
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I am pleased to report that the chest of drawers is indeed still white on the top and that I seem to have amassed a hefty quantity of necklaces. |
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Since 1997 he has amassed a vast store of knowledge as a maverick manufacturer of beautifully crafted racing motorcycles. |
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The police have amassed a huge amount of evidence which they will now go through. |
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Peirce spent five years studying the case and amassed an astonishing quantity of information. |
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His firm has amassed its billions mainly from large institutional clients and pension funds. |
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She was herself a stock broker for a number of years, and through her company amassed a fortune. |
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Aristotle was an industrious collector who amassed a prodigious quantity of information on a vast variety of topics. |
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He found the most beautiful ring, and amassed a huge amount of knowledge on the subject. |
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Many gasps were heard from a small crowd that had amassed above him, as he brought the sword to his side and faced his enemy. |
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Marie amassed the most important collection of Napoleon memorabilia in the world. |
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Despite humble origins, her father amassed a small fortune buying, cultivating and reselling land. |
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We therefore amassed about 20 matchboxes and stuffed them with caterpillars, hiding them in nooks and crannies of our homes. |
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Sunday after Sunday saw Paddy head off for some of the regional shows or gymkhanas where he was a regular performer and from which he amassed an impressive array of rosettes. |
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By halftime a crowd of what appeared to be a few hundred people had amassed in the bitter cold. |
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Scans of many of these have been amassed by Vieira on his Facebook page, Stone Builders, Mound Builders and the Giants of Ancient. |
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And she has amassed a world-class 10,000-volume library devoted to botany through the ages. |
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Centuries to Justin Langer, Ricky Ponting and Damien Martyn kept Leicestershire on the hop as Australia amassed 7 for 582, scoring 413 runs in the day. |
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You would be right in saying that just as he has numerous people who seem to hang on his every word, he has also amassed a significant number of critics. |
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But Iran has just the same amassed a stockpile of enriched uranium, which could be used to make five or more atomic bombs. |
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Largely amassed since the reign of Charles I, the Royal Collection is housed at The Queen's official and private residences and the historic royal palaces. |
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The lab has amassed over 60,000 DNA samples and pioneered some groundbreaking scientific advances. |
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In the course of his travels, Carroll has amassed some hilarious, touching, and serendipitous tales from the road. |
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Nicholson dives into the project with gusto, marshaling the administrative savoir faire that he and his men have amassed through years of maintaining the British Empire. |
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Meanwhile, ISIS amassed resources, money, and heavy weapons brought back as spoils from their military victories in Iraq. |
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His 12 league goals have earned a huge chunk of the 25 survival points they have already amassed and they are banking on him securing a fair few more before the season is out. |
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The origin of the museum was the East India Marine Society, founded in 1799 by shipmasters and supercargoes who had collectively amassed 4300 objects made in the Orient. |
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The company has amassed more than 70 worldwide resellers, middlemen like GoDaddy, who have pumped up sales volume. |
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Although ornithologists have amassed vast recorded archives of glides, twitters, and warbles, little is known of the origin and function of avian musicianship. |
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As Wilkinson highlights, the rather strange Facebook group has amassed more than 12,000 followers. |
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The white supremacist, who amassed a terrifying stockpile of arms and explosives including home-made napalm and shotguns, has been jailed for 11 years. |
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The original upload has currently amassed some 312.6 million views. |
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Music has been a passion of mine since my early teens and over the past twenty-five years I've amassed a sizeable collection of vinyl, tape, CDs and digital media. |
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They amassed a further 47 points without reply and were still hammering away at what remained of the shreds of Italy's defence even as the clock ticked into injury time. |
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In the film, the humans have amassed a giant armory of weapons, which makes the apes very on-edge, and leads to them revolting. |
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Like Louis XVI, he was a keen horologist, and was able to reassemble even the most complicated watches, and he amassed an impressive set of clocks for Buckingham House. |
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Again, many of these objects were inspired by the peerless collection of Chinese porcelain amassed by the Sultans and housed in the Topkapi, the best outside China. |
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He amassed the largest collection in Britain of Scott manuscripts and early editions, and constantly reread the novels. |
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Wilkinson then amassed 27 points in England's next two wins against Italy and France. |
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David Friedrich Wiser amassed a collection of 8000 crystals that he studied and documented. |
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While the top scoring tier 1 international player is New Zealand's Dan Carter, who has amassed 1442 points during his career. |
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He knew that Samuel Pepys and John Evelyn had amassed a substantial fortune from the Levant and Indian trades. |
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Despite its unsound condition, he used it to transport the treasure amassed in the conquest, given its large capacity. |
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As free trade thrives on exports of commodities, monopoly capitalism thrived on the export of capital amassed by profits from banks and industry. |
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The club amassed a total of 92 points over the course of the season, the highest ever by a Welsh club in the Football League. |
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Isabella and Mortimer both amassed, and spent, great wealth, and criticism of them mounted. |
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In 1257, Hulagu Khan amassed an unusually large army, a significant portion of the Mongol Empire's forces, for the purpose of conquering Baghdad. |
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However, data were amassed in systematics and biogeography that have formed the foundation for later, evolutionary work. |
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The coin was part of the Cardinal Collection, amassed by the collector Martin Logies. |
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There are more than 100 Lakotas lying with National Guard and Army units today, and they have amassed more than 30,000 light hours. |
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Since founding The Well-Heeled Society blog six years ago, Bennett has amassed an international readership and subscriber base. |
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They were also commonly donated to mosques, which often amassed large collections of them. |
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In preparation for their attack, the Germans had amassed a concentration of aircraft near the fortress. |
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Ali hit 21 boundaries and 14 sixes in his 79-ball knock as Geepas amassed 295 for five in their 25 overs. |
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Wiseman spent 12 weeks filming, and amassed 170 hours of tape. |
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About the year 1615, his amassed property acquisitions attracted the attention of the government. |
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Eastlake also amassed a private art collection during this period, consisting of paintings that he knew did not interest the trustees. |
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These policies, which were adopted by later dynasties, brought enormous population growth, and amassed excessive wealth to the state. |
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A BLOODIED man was arrested at a guest house following an incident lasting several hours in which around 10 police vans and cars amassed on a busy Teesside road. |
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As the computer amassed the information, it was able to discover relationships that were of great significance to almost all faces, but very few nonfaces. |
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He was a keen collector of fine books and amassed an excellent library. |
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Having amassed pounds 30million from her modelling career, books, TV appearances, beauty products and fragrancies, Katie believes herself to be a great role model for women. |
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Karl's team the Driftway Drivers amassed an impressive 376 points to win by 34 from Peter Shugrue of Sittingbourne who wins a superb Nike Sasquatch Sumo driver. |
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Under the ensuing economic recovery, many aristocratic Genoese families, such as the Balbi, Doria, Grimaldi, Pallavicini, and Serra, amassed tremendous fortunes. |
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The vast amounts of food, especially bread, wheat, barley and rye that were amassed in the city after the outbreak of war were prevented from being exported. |
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A UNIVERSITY lecturer who has saved the teabag from every cuppa she has enjoyed over the past 11 years has now amassed an astonishing collection of 32,000 bags. |
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Through her work both as a performer and ethnomusicologist she's amassed a collection of traditional tunes and trawls the archives for fresh material. |
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We have now amassed a body of evidence which points to one conclusion. |
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According to Tacitus, he amassed a force including his own Legio XIV Gemina, parts of the XX Valeria Victrix, and any available auxiliaries, a total of 10,000 men. |
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Spain had amassed large quantities of gold and silver from the New World. |
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But money stands in the way The fossil fuel companies have amassed far more fossil fuel reserves than we can burn without reaching the tipping point. |
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The special agent joined the FBI in 1984 and worked on a series of high-profile cases, which amassed more than pounds 34 million in forfeiters, fines and restitutions. |
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