Voorbeelden van plied

• Each thread is in turn shown to comprise plied strands of sub-agendas and contradictions which are subtly explored.

• They plied a highly personalised and semi-authoritarian regime with substantial resources.

• These women plied a limited range of trades relative to their husbands: there were only 15 distinct occupations among these married women, compared to 26 occupations for their husbands.

• Before betting shops were legalised, that trade was plied on the streets and gave offence to passers-by.

• In the year before the war, the local authorities sup- plied two-thirds of the population's supply of electricity.

• I declare an interest as someone who plied his trade, or calling, in the magistrates courts for a number of years.

• The principle of the majority rule having brought us to a dead end, what other possible principles might be ap- plied?

• I believe 1,000 omnibuses plied on that route on that occasion and got the people there.

• Swanage pier was in its heyday about 70 or 80 years ago when a large number of paddle steamers plied up and down the coast.

• For hundreds of years its mariners and fishermen have plied the seas, risking life and limb.

• I have, sup plied, not one case, but several eases.

• He raised his family and plied his honourable trade till the day he died.

• If he really thinks that the only place where this trade is plied is on the streets, he has a great deal to learn.

• Rabbits are sup plied to the full value of the ration meat not drawn.

• The right to fish for a livelihood is almost a civic right in terms of the people who have plied the seas for centuries.