6 sentences with 'exempt'
Example sentences and phrases with the word exempt and other words derived from it.
• « On the other hand, the poorest free citizens were completely exempt from taxation, making it easier for them to stay out of debt and contribute to Athenian society (and the military). »
• « There were many benefits, including exemption from local laws that non-citizens were obliged to follow, and wealthy citizens were exempt from the most horrible forms of punishment and execution as well (such as crucifixion). »
• « Likewise, the Church itself was an enormously wealthy and powerful landowner, and Church property was almost always exempt from taxation; bishops were often feudal lords of their own lands, and each king worked closely with the Church leadership in his realm. »
• « In turn, the problem for the French monarchy was that there was no way to raise more money: taxes were tied to land and agriculture, rather than trade, and the nobles and the church were exempt from taxation. »
• « Since the nobility and the church were almost exempt from taxation, and the monarchy had no systematic way of taxing trade, there was much wealth in France that the crown simply could not access through taxation. »
• « Today there is a certain obsession with being in shape, without this having to do with a spiritual or warrior issue, since it is intimately related to an aesthetic desire not exempt from a certain amount of narcissism. »