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Guides and since this is no ground
He orders the 101st Royal Bengal Fusiliers to the front, and more companies of the Guides; and since this is no ground for cavalry work, let the troopers dismounted share in the assault.
— from Barclay of the Guides by Herbert Strang

gravity and since there is no gravity
"The Airmobile operates on the principle of gravity, and since there is no gravity here, the craft is useless."
— from The Shaggy Man of Oz by Jack Snow

gathering and spending there is no gain
Eating and hunger, labor and rest, gathering and spending, there is no gain.
— from The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 76, February, 1864 A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics by Various

good and something that is not good
The man who looks through the unstained glasses of impartiality, sees much that is good, and something that is not good, in all.
— from Modern Skepticism: A Journey Through the Land of Doubt and Back Again A Life Story by Joseph Barker

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