Liquorice, who is actually a young male grey seal, was weak and very thin when he was found by a member of the public.

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The great 19th-century philanthropists laid down their fortunes and set up their foundations in the days when profits were fat, taxes thin and labour weak.

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Corporate loan demand is weak and net interest margins are thin.

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