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1 His running tore QPR to shreds and he took a Waddle ball after 30 minutes to go down the left and set up Bright for a virtual tap in , his eighth goal in 14 games .
2 In early September north European government officials meeting in Ronneby , Sweden , agreed to implement an emergency programme to clean up the Baltic and to halve the inflow of harmful substances by 1995 .
3 Flowered Up 's co-manager Terry stars in Rude Boy as a wayward yoof put on the straight and narrow by Joe .
4 Grief brings out the best and the worst in all of us , I 've discovered .
5 Stanley 's , moving the ball wide with crisp facility , stretched their lead to 18-0 when Rees broke down the left and crashed over with muscular help from Watkinson .
6 But their defence could do nothing as winger Sharpe burst down the left and opened them up with a devastating cross .
7 Ralph Bryant read out the hundred and seventh psalm the following Sunday at the morning service in St Saviour 's , and the congregation listened with rapt attention to those words which applied so directly to the men and boys who were to sail in the Russell that day :
8 Despite the media army , it is becoming more and more difficult for the Allies to cover up the ancient and ruthless strategy of global domination and exploitation underlying their actions .
9 Its two solar rings will give it power for fifteen years to send back the closest and clearest pictures of the universe ever seen .
10 Stephen pulled down the blind and sat at his father 's desk , opening one drawer after another .
11 Just as he had had the nerve to try to pick up the casting director at his first audition , so he had the taste and — in sociological terms — the cheek to seek out the stylish and lovely Nina Bawden , later the novelist .
12 Although it had been obscured by the emphasis put on the military and diplomatic struggles within the Arab world and in the international arena ever since 1967 , the centrality of the people under occupation in the national struggle could no longer be disregarded .
13 Tina Wilkinson 's striking vocals dart over the aggressive and exuberant title track with charismatic panache .
14 Tina Wilkinson 's striking vocals dart over the aggressive and exuberant title track with charismatic panache .
15 In fact , Mr Brown , who lectures in engineering at Longlands College , Middlesbrough , wore a crash helmet to keep out the cold and the noise of the 990cc Matchless motorbike engine while his companion wore a Biggles-type helmet with ear muffs .
16 Events in the race itself summon up less pious images , for this running of the world 's greatest Classic saw a brawling match up the straight and a sensational disqualification which to many smelled of more than one personal vendetta .
17 As it happened , in the first book , Mrs Curdle paid her final visit to the place , but her grandson Ben took over the fair and continued in the old lady 's footsteps for several years .
18 United 's other young star , Chrissie Allen raced down the left and set things up for goal number 4 .
19 Built circa 1880 , bits drop off the outside and have to be caught in a wire net hung over the door .
20 The winger broke down the left and pulled the ball back from the byline for Ripley to sidefoot the ball into the net .
21 You are also likely to get , double glazing to keep out the cold and noise , bathrooms and kitchens fitted to your own tastes and a garage built for today 's generation of motor cars .
22 Different wavelengths switch on the red-sensitive and the blue-sensitive photocells in our retinas .
23 ‘ This competition brings out the best and the worst in fashion students .
24 Contrary to popular belief , it was not merely by chance , or even more crudely , by a game of Russian Roulette , that our ancestors singled out the edible and medicinal plants from those that were poisonous .
25 Charles and Diana sent back the bland and unadventurous vegetarian dish , a taste of the lacklustre state of the royal marriage .
26 The additions bump up the mandatory and discretionary access controls , give each piece of data held a security level label and implement the sophisticated system auditing capabilities that the certification requires .
27 The additions bump up the mandatory and discretionary access controls , give each piece of data held a security level label and implement the sophisticated system auditing capabilities that the certification requires .
28 He was put on a ventilator under sedation , and was given drugs through a drip to take down the bleeding and swelling in his brain .
29 She clutched the warm , glowing vision to herself like a hot-water bottle to keep out the cold and loneliness of the night .
30 Whatever expectations his parents had of him , Valentin grew up the best-balanced and the least ambitious of their children .
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