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1 The draw means Wales ' bid to qualify for the USA finals is now partly out of their own hands .
2 The aristocratic landowners invited companies to tender for the development rights .
3 Trusts will operate in a framework in which health boards will be required to fulfil their statutory obligations to cater for the health needs of all those in their areas .
4 The night duty men are also called early from their beds to parade for the football matches , therefore with insufficient sleep , coupled with hours of standing in the cold within a short space of rising from a warm bed , it is not surprising to have a heavy sick list … can not matters be arranged more conveniently for the family man ?
5 Mrs Coles expressed great regret when she parted with Mary , continued to provide her clothes and had her back to stay for the Christmas holidays .
6 The decision made by the UK Cross-Country Commission to adopt the new date of March 9 sparked controversy among athletes and officials , since it would leave only two weeks for selected athletes to prepare for the World Championships in Antwerp .
7 Businesses will then put up prices to pay for the wage increases .
8 How do you get the money to pay for the bus fares ?
9 He 's looking forward to travelling to Israel and Australia early next year to train for the Barcelona Olympics in 1992 .
10 This last had the support of the man who had come to symbolise the Franco-American alliance , Marie Joseph de Motier , Marquis de Lafayette , who having gone to America to fight for the rebel colonists , in May 1779 returned to France a major-general in the US army .
11 Soon the Marines were pouring through , blazing at the enemy as they split into groups to head for the fuel tanks , the gas drums and other targets .
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