Such profit is not originally related to production; it is a phenomenon which is connected with the latter not by technical and natural conditions but by an extraneous social form.
— from The Accumulation of Capital by Rosa Luxemburg

Thus the saint’s personality is nullified; or rather, it is actualised and realised in this self-annulment, which is the theoretical and practical characteristic of mysticism and the specific act of religion.
— from The Reform of Education by Giovanni Gentile

The "grammatical inconvenience" of dropping the st or est of a preterit, even in the solemn style, cannot be great, and may be altogether imaginary; that of imposing it, except in solemn prose, is not only real, but is often insuperable.
— from The Grammar of English Grammars by Goold Brown

After a short pause, if no one rises to report, he states, "There being no reports from the standing committees, the next business in order is hearing the reports of select committees," when he will act the same as in the case of the standing committees.
— from Robert's Rules of Order Pocket Manual of Rules of Order for Deliberative Assemblies by Henry M. (Henry Martyn) Robert