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1 Nutritionists and doctors agree that the food we eat has an enormous amount to do with the way we look and feel .
2 They agreed to establish a working group to formulate an accord of " neighbourliness , friendship and co-operation " .
3 Women 's Design Service has received a small grant to carry out research into housing design for older women .
4 Certain Articles ( or articles to like effect ) need to be included to enable an incorporated practice to comply with and remain in compliance with the Rules .
5 Certain Articles ( or articles to like effect ) need to be included to enable an incorporated practice to comply with and remain in compliance with the Rules .
6 Each member state has designated a particular body to take responsibility for the comparability work .
7 Hun Sen , the prime minister of Cambodia , has withdrawn an earlier promise to allow the Khmers Rouges ' leaders to stand in any election .
8 When the Home Secretary announced the additional numbers for police forces throughout England and Wales , I was shocked to find that Gwent merited only one extra officer and was astounded to find that the South Wales police force was not to have a single extra officer , especially as the chief constable has undertaken a major review to ensure the best use of available manpower , a process which must continue .
9 A Pensioners Link initiative in Barnet ( Meade , 1986 ) has undertaken a local campaign to promote health activity for and with older people , with promising results .
10 And he wants to see a careful scrutiny to make sure that the existing money is used to greatest effect .
11 If , on a sale of unregistered land , there is any personal obligation on the part of a seller-client to observe restrictions ( as , for example , where the seller is the original covenantor or has given a personal covenant to observe these ) , it is desirable to provide in the contract for a similar covenant indemnifying the seller against any future breach .
12 The issue in this case is whether an original lessee , or an intermediate assignee of a lease , who has given a direct covenant to pay the rent and observe the covenants , is released from liability following an agreement between the lessor and the occupying assignee of the lease under which the lessor takes a surrender of the lease and some of the assignee 's goods in return for releasing the assignee from all claims under the lease ?
13 Electronic cash till maker Riva Group of Bolton , Lancs , has completed a refinancing programme to reduce borrowings by £5.8m to £6.9m and save some £800,000 in annual interest payments , it announced yesterday .
14 The US car industry has formed a new alliance to challenge a bill which would compel car makers to increase fuel efficiency by 40 per cent over the next decade .
15 Mike Woodley , owner of the aviation film services and warbirds import/export operation Aces High at North Weald Airfield , has formed a new company to market the Ilyushin Il-103 light aircraft throughout Europe .
16 The National Council of Churches in Korea has formed a special committee to work on the ‘ democratisation of the Korean media ’ .
17 Nicholas Kenyon 's appointment as Controller of Radio 3 , in succession to John Drummond , means that the BBC has picked an unlikely man to try to turn around the fortunes of its embattled network .
18 Government needs to provide an immediate impetus to get the economy moving .
19 At Ashness Bridge , one of the most frequented sites in the Lakes , he helped to launch a major programme to combat the erosion caused by the pounding of millions of visitors ' feet over the years .
20 THE Nicaraguan Government is expected to launch an all-out attempt to secure the demobilisation of the contra rebels when the Central American presidents gather at San Jose in Costa Rica tomorrow for a summit meeting crucial to the future of the peace process .
21 Fourteen year old Catherine Pearse has organised a sponsored sleep-out to help the increasing number of young people with nowhere to live .
22 Since then , it has enjoyed a much-needed facelift to become the hip and swinging indie ( generic overlay ) festival of the year .
23 When you 've seen a job advertisement that appeals to you , you will need to write a covering letter to send with your CV ( see ‘ Compiling Your CV ’ , pp. 68–73 ) .
24 The United Nations has installed a peacekeeping force to maintain order until the elections in May 1993 .
25 A milkman who set up a round in competition with his old dairy firm has won a legal battle to continue his business for the time being .
26 A DUBLIN-BASED policeman has won a legal battle to prevent the Garda Commissioner from dismissing him from the force for allegedly offering a prostitute IR£30 for sex .
27 A TORY MP 's wife has won a three-year battle to inherit the Pounds 10 million mansion that inspired Evelyn Waugh 's Brideshead Revisited .
28 A woman who found £40 on a bank floor has won a three-year battle to have it donated to a baby unit — and the bank has stumped up an extra £10 .
29 A postal worker has won a two-and-a-half-year battle to bring his Filipino bride to England .
30 Scotland has won a bitter battle to house a new multi-million pound military centre creating 700 jobs , it was disclosed tonight .
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