The conduct of those companies had probably given occasion to those two acts of parliament.

这些公司的行为可能为议会的这两项法案提供了机会。

The interest of the duke of Cornwall has given occasion to a regulation nearly of the same kind in that ancient dutchy.

康沃尔公爵的利益促使那个古老的公国制定了几乎相同类型的法规。

This limitation has given occasion to several distinctions, which, considered as rules of police, appear as foolish as can well be imagined.

这种限制导致了一些区别，这些区别被认为是警察的规则，看起来很愚蠢。

The protection of trade, in general, from pirates and freebooters, is said to have given occasion to the first institution of the duties of customs.

一般而言，保护贸易不受海盗和劫掠者的侵害， 据说促成了海关职责的首次制度化。

The impossibility of taxing the people, in proportion to their revenue, by any capitation, seems to have given occasion to the invention of taxes upon consumable commodities.

不可能按人头按收入的比例向人民征税，这似乎给了对消费品征税的机会。