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1 As teenagers tend to get a bad name for being moody , rude and irresponsible — to name but a few choice descriptions often used — I 'd like to tell your readers about my teenage son .
2 The bookies are quoting us at 40–1 and you can bet one or two of the lads have got a few bob on us at those odds .
3 They reckon Lancastrians have got a good pint of Boddys .
4 I was majorly unpleased as you can imagine at the time but I think what it does show is that the Indians have got a terrific sense of humour .
5 Right now , though , these fine sentiments have got a fat chance of being put into practice where I 'm standing , boiling the milk for yet more midnight cocoa : with a baby of six weeks in the family , the philosophy of parental detachment is a far cry from reality .
6 Black Rozario 's just limping now he 's virtually a passenger and er I would think Forest have got a difficult decision to make a moment or two .
7 Although all males try to get a second female , only about 15 per cent are successful .
8 Health visitors who specialise in the welfare of the homeless believe it 's one way of ensuring families do get a decent meal in the morning …
9 ‘ At the moment , Clive and Trevor have got a good pattern going and I do n't think playing three strikers figures in the manager 's plans . ’
10 So as far as you 're concerned , P E Ps have got a tremendous part to play at the moment , and I do recommend that you take advantage of them .
11 Twins with both DR3 and DR4 antigens appear to get a double dose of susceptibility to diabetes .
12 Fortunately most old people do get a satisfactory service from their general practitioner , finding that he will go to great trouble to see that they get all the medical and social help that is available to them .
13 And London Borough of Bromley have got a spare bowling green in I forget the name of the road but it 's in the Beckenham area which unless they 're doing work to any of the main bowling greens just lies fallow through the summer .
14 We see an awful lot of people have got a tremendous investment in traditional character cell terminals and by a character cell terminal I mean a dumb terminal of twenty four lines of eighty characters .
15 The dockers have got a national rate of pay now , and a forty-four-hour week — what more do you want ? ’
16 Cos only so many police forces have got a certain group of men on the you know , sorting all the cars out and you can take your car there
17 Men have got a bad press in recent years and I think it 's important that women should feel safe and secure with the new contacts they make .
18 Women tend to get a raw deal from the movies .
19 Viewers in this country do get a fair picture of the debates and other proceedings in our House .
20 Right , not very complicated , mum , dad , right mum and dad have got a normal gene and a P K U gene , right , normal gene and P K U gene which means that they are carriers , they carry the disease but they do n't actually have it
21 ‘ I think hairdressers have got a bad reputation as so many of them try to dominate the client .
22 But of your kitchen workers are working under conditions of such such great heat that that that they 're being burnt by it and and this can be avoided then employers have got a legal obligation to sa to make safe conditions .
23 John says the Germans have got a new Maastricht banner a deck chair with a towel over it .
24 The ‘ Mef have got a growing audience of hardcore stagedivers who have absolutely no doubts about the band 's credibility .
25 The number of people involved in the sort of work there was er something like twelve to twelve and fifteen people er added up er responsible for A B C. So it did n't make any sense to us to think well if Leeds have got a million pound practice there , why have we got nothing here .
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