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1 IT would have been pretty hard , given the Government 's troubles , for Labour to have had a bad Conference .
2 However , the TNC-dominated export industries tend to employ more women than men.The reasons for this have stimulated a great deal of argument and it is not always possible to generalize cross-culturally .
3 But in the longer perspective the events of 1963 had demonstrated a profound dialogue of the deaf between the strikers , who had chanted " Charlot , des sous ! "
4 This method of roasting has achieved a remarkable 6 per cent weight loss and , this varies dramatically from all previous low temperature cook and hold ovens , because other modes are available to achieve traditional roasting textures and crusts .
5 The interpretation of the events of 1868 has become a major topic of controversy among historians of Japan .
6 The economic embargo and blockade by the United States and the Contra war had left Nicaragua 's economy on its knees , and its population concentrating on day-to-day survival with terrifying levels of inflation , which by the beginning of 1988 had reached a staggering 30,000 per cent a year .
7 Britain 's National Audit Office last year concluded that book-building for BT-2 had yielded a better price than underwriting would have done .
8 The Roads and Transport Capital Budget for 1992/93 has included a new heading for Road Lighting : Road Safety .
9 Can we fly er Stansted or whatever bloody hell towns there are , Stansted I mean it 's Stansted Stansted every bloody place in that 's got a sodding airport
10 The company was formed by Alistair Ross , who in 1986 had sold a 3i-backed poultry business to Hillsdown Holdings .
11 VAT returns show that 9,581 individuals reclaimed the tax in 1991 having completed a genuine , hands-on self-build project .
12 In Spain the struggle over the succession in 1702–13 had seen a prolonged effort by Catalonia and much of Aragon to throw off Castilian rule , an effort which drove them to support the Habsburg Archduke Charles against the eventually victorious Bourbon claimant to the throne , Philip V , grandson of Louis XIV .
13 The revelation of the size of the deficit in 1987 had precipitated a serious financial crisis , the introduction of austerity measures and an appeal to congregations worldwide for donations .
14 Walahfrid 's " other one " who had enjoyed Alemannia before this , must be Louis the German whose marriage to Judith 's sister in 827 had created a strong axis of solidarity between this son and his father .
15 Defoe in 1730 had considered a poor man in constant work could earn from 4s to 5s ( 20-25p ) a week , " which will barely purchase bread and cheese and clothes for his family , so that if he falls sick or dies his wife and children infallibly come to the parish for relief , who allow them a small pittance or confine them in a workhouse " .
16 He used to have a go at driving his father 's Austin Seven around the farm at an early age , and later he became seriously interested in motor racing — not least because Mike Hawthorn winning the Leinster Trophy in 1951 had made a deep impression .
17 Of the players , Gooch in particular had had a good tour and was really beginning to fulfil his potential , but the difference between the two bowling attacks seemed just to be increasing .
18 Gatting in particular had had a good series , batting well and leading the team excellently ; with the first Test then drawn under his leadership , how different the rest of the summer might have been had he not invited the famous barmaid to his room .
19 Export in particular has had a good year and during 1991 we are forecast to deliver an all time record tonnage of malt to 40 customers in 33 countries .
20 Kenneth Waltz in particular has proposed a new , uncompromising ‘ systems ’ account .
21 Although no clear consensus has emerged from these discussions , one idea in particular has acquired a sizeable following .
22 Although this was still well below the OPEC target price of $21 , it represented a success for the decision to restrict production since February , Saudi Arabia in particular having accepted a lower quota ( of 7,887,000 bpd ) .
23 There have been , as we have said , a few most generous exceptions : the Canoe Camping Club in particular have promised a substantial part of their fund but individual canoeists have been slow to respond .
24 The Mill Hill priests who started Sasse in 1939 have made a great contribution to the national life of this young African country .
25 In Scotland , the formation of Scottish Homes in 1989 has created a powerful agency which is intended to change the face of public housing in the country and to encourage the growth of the private rented sector .
26 The many political changes in policy in 1988 has created a great deal of uncertainty about the future administration of classes .
27 Alternative medicine is also becoming increasingly popular — the latest figures show that one person in seven has seen a complementary practitioner within the past year .
28 The continuing fighting in 1990 had meant a further decline in the country 's food supply .
29 Although the station was non-operational for a few years following the disaster it was fully operational again by April 1979 and since 1985 has had a modern Tyne class lifeboat on station to cover the wide stretch of north-east facing coast around the port .
30 Since then the condition of housing in rural areas seems on average to have reached a higher standard than that in many urban areas , even where renovation or renewal policies have been conducted .
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