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1 From the beginning of Chapter 1 onwards the majority of this book is taken up with assertions described as theorems ( or lemmas or corollaries ) followed by explanations purporting to be " proofs " .
2 This new approach was heralded by the decision in Photo Production Ltd. v. Securicor Transport Ltd. ( 1980 ) in which the House of Lords swept away the doctrine that a fundamental breach of contract could prevent an exemption clause from providing a defence .
3 Although superficial and oversimplified , this piece touches upon important background to the reforms of Nicholas II e.g. the absence of a classless educational system , the failure of Alexander II 's modernisation of the agricultural base and liberal programme .
4 And sometimes it landed in a gay sorry mess and it really would n't there just a couple of feet a couple of stones high just the height of the jetty .
5 These included : ( i ) extension of coverage to octopus , cuttlefish , primary cocoa products and essential oils ; ( ii ) lowering of dependency thresholds ( that is , the importance of an ACP country 's exports of a relevant product as a proportion of its total exports ) from 6 per cent to 5 per cent and from 1.5 per cent to 1 per cent in the case of the least developed countries ( LDCs ) ; ( iii ) abolition of the principle of repayment of interest-free loans granted under Stabex when export earnings permitted ( under Lome III only the LDCs had been exempted ) ; ( iv ) abolition of the Lome III mechanism for correcting exchange-rate fluctuations ( often called the " tunnel " ) in favour of a system of calculations based on the ECU .
6 If it is required to determine the field of view under Option 2 then the answer Y will have been selected .
7 At a fateful meeting in March 1982 even the manager of the wave energy programme , Clive Grove-Palmer , was deliberately excluded .
8 From chapter 8 onwards the theme of suffering is the major preoccupation of the book .
9 When convocation met in December 1373 even the prelates were alienated from the crown , or at least from Gaunt and those who carried on the government in the king 's name : the attempt to levy an unprecedented tax of £50,000 in 1371 had aroused great resentment , aggravated in the next year when , in an effort to speed its collection , all the bishops of the southern province had their temporalities seized .
10 In addition , from December 1993 onwards the Budget and the public spending statements are to occur together , reinforcing the linkage between revenue raising and expenditure .
11 During the hours she slept Allen had extracted little by little from Tom All Alone the story of what had taken place there during the night .
12 But from age 25 onwards the earnings gap between the groups widens in favour of those in the non-manual sector .
13 In Numbers 11 certainly the people do not appear to be faced with starvation .
14 In April 1861 even the head of the Third Department thought that the regime would be forced to grant a constitution , but he added that " not only would the emperor not make up his mind to assent to the gradual introduction of constitutional forms , but he had even spoken out firmly against it very recently and had evidently not changed his mind on the question " .
15 You , you know how I feel , I mean er Rob does a lot of good work but he keeps it all to himself and we 've got ta be bigger than keeping it to ourselves , it 's everybody 's responsibility vocational education from right down from year seven right the way across the board , they 've got ta
16 A little care is needed with the directions in section 7 otherwise the route is easy to follow .
17 If a clock travels from P 1 to P 2 then the time interval it measures between these events is called the proper time Δτ , with .
18 On Aug. 9 both the German and the Soviet governments condemned Turkey 's " violation of international law " in entering Iraqi territory .
19 The band , who have just finished a tour supporting Soul II Soul are currently playing PAs around the county at Bradford Phase II on November 12 then the Blackpool Soul Weekender 23–25 .
20 The band , who have just finished a tour supporting Soul II Soul are currently playing PAs around the county at Bradford Phase II on November 12 then the Blackpool Soul Weekender 23–25 .
21 However , on Oct. 26 both the BJP and the Congress ( I ) announced that they would be prepared to table no confidence motions in the government at the Nov. 7 session .
22 On Feb. 3 both the UN High Commissioner for Refugees and the US section of Amnesty International called on the US government to reconsider its policy .
23 In a similar fashion , had the interest rate fallen on day 50 then the price would have fallen from price C to price D. On day 70 it would have fallen from price E to F. Conversely , had the interest rate fallen , then prices would have risen .
24 Kemp unveiled on Oct. 3 a series of reform proposals which included control of the use of consultants as well as proposals for tax relief for first-time buyers and for expanded rental assistance , and on Nov. 22 both the House and the Senate approved by voice vote legislation embodying the proposals ; the legislation was signed into law on Dec. 15 .
25 On the same day he told the defendants that he was interested in making an offer for Caliban and asked the first defendant to sound out what would be the plaintiff 's response to an offer in the range of $2m. to $2.5m. gross i.e. the plaintiff to bear the agent 's commission .
26 The negative charge on cylinder 2 will attract the positive charge on cylinder 1 therefore the part of cylinder 1 facing cylinder 2 will have a higher surface-charge density than the opposite side .
27 Had the Rumbelows Cup final replay been able to be staged on April 22 then the FA would not have been able to prevent Wembley from hosting the match .
28 Also on June 21 both the Bundestag and the Volkskammer approved a resolution recognizing the inviolability of Poland 's borders as established after the Second World War and guaranteeing the Oder-Neisse border with Poland as the eastern border of a future united Germany .
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