5 sentences with 'collectors'
Example sentences and phrases with the word collectors and other words derived from it.
• « The tax collectors of the Roman state were so feared that many peasants voluntarily gave their land to wealthy landowners who promised to protect them from the tax agents. »
• « The most important of these was Jean Baptiste Colbert (1619 - 1683), who doubled royal revenues by reducing the tax collectors' cut (only a quarter of revenues reached the royal coffers; in some cases he achieved as much as 80%), increasing tariffs on foreign trade going to France, and greatly increasing France's commercial interests abroad. »
• « Emblematic examples of this phenomenon were the Brothers Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm, both expert philologists and avid collectors of German folk tales. »
• « For example, according to Fourier, murderers were just people who should have been butchers, and children should be rubbish collectors, because they loved to play in the dirt. These planned communities would be called "Phalanxes", after the warlike formations of ancient Greece. »
• « In addition, the Sons (also called "True Sons" or "True Born Sons" to make clear their commitment to liberty and distinguish them from others like Hutchinson) continued to lead violent protests aimed at getting all appointed stamp collectors to resign. »