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1 All we in fact observe is that h is regularly followed by B. This consistent association leads us to connect the two in our own minds , to expect A always to be followed by B , and this we then express by saying that A is the cause of B and B the effect of A. This is all perfectly in order , and indeed it is through such links and associations that we build up an ordered and coherent conception of the world around us and make sense of our experience of it .
2 the pack uses the KST ‘ size tolerant ’ system — although shoulder straps are actually sewn in place , their low take-off point on the back of the sack allows you to adjust the fit precisely , fine tuning with the top tension straps .
3 Marcia Pointon 's fascinating essay on the contemporary portrait leads us to question the central relationship between artist , sitter and spectator .
4 This column enables you to specify the unique names selected for the modules you wish to reserve .
5 And what other sport enables you to do the miraculous , to walk on water ?
6 Her sexual frustration and jealousy leads her to destroy the hedonistic , deceitful Sapphire who otherwise would have become her sister-in-law .
7 Narrowing your focus helps you to achieve the best results .
8 And yet , so mechanical is this learning routine that if we interrupt such a bee while she is feeding she must take off and land again of her own accord , that landing permits her to choose the correct feeder colour on her next visit .
9 Photography via the microscope enables everyone to see the same view , and minute movements , e.g. phagocytosis of a bacterium by a white blood cell can be seen in motion and therefore be more easily remembered .
10 ‘ My wife wants me to take the early retirement , move away from Murmansk .
11 Acknowledging this interdependence allows us to make the courageous leap of ‘ letting in ’ the fetus , of rejecting the idea that it is simply a clump of cells , of taking it into our moral accounting and allowing it to make some claim on our attentions .
12 Undoing the three screws at the back allows you to remove the sturdy metal lid and expose the innards .
13 Yet religious belief has something to teach the rational secular world ; some principles should be defended without recourse to a blurry halfway house .
14 The scrolled area allows you to input the new module names and their corresponding type .
15 Our cover story this month invites you to meet the one hundred funniest people in Britain .
16 Shifting the dramatic frame enables us to use the dramatic fictions that are shown on children 's television as starting points for drama .
17 Given a particular failure , the method enables us to identify the various combinations and sequences of other failures that could lead to that failure .
18 PRICE : Our excellent reputation and years of experience coupled with our overall size allows us to negotiate the best possible rates which of course , we pass on to our customers resulting in outstanding value without sacrificing any quality .
19 Music stimulates us to realize the Dionysiac metaphysical world in Apolline symbolism , which then , under the influence of music , acquires its highest significance .
20 Applying the marginal productivity theory of the demand for labour in perfect competition permits us to interpret the same angle as a measure of the real wage rate .
21 The long corporate ownership by the abbey enables us to see the early arrangement ; the charter details survive and the ‘ focal place ’ of each period can be defined .
22 A morning sightseeing tour enables you to explore the interesting old town of Brussels before continuing after lunch to the Rhineland where the included boat trip along the Rhine is a must .
23 This Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay adventure book allows you to explore the grim fortress of the Great Enchanter from Jack Yeovil 's Warhammer novel Drachenfels , and even to meet Constant Drachenfels himself .
24 This model allows us to calculate the average trends in the binding energies of nuclei , but it predicts incorrectly that all nuclei should have a spherical shape , which varies as the cube root of the atomic weight , just as the radius of a liquid drop varies as the cube root of its mass .
25 The application does nothing to retain the existing trees on the site , it was a , it is , a mature garden with some mature trees , and all those trees are to be removed , it certainly does n't do anything to retain the rural character of the na of the village , and certainly does n't enhance the character of the adjoining small er rural cottages , i in fact it would be , it could be argued that it damages the rural environment , because the development is such that it is more suited for an urban development , almost a city centre , because the comment has been made that there is only about a metre between the dwellings and indeed there is only a metre between the dwellings and the adjoining boundaries , surely there is a need for screening , it is in a in a very very prominent position , it can be seen clearly as you enter the village from the Farnsfield area , the present proposal does n't provide sufficient room for screening , and and like the screen which is adjacent to this building , which are set well back from the road , and provide an opportunity for screening the single access to the site and the fact that the frontage to these two properties is completely taken up with garaging and with vehicle access does n't even provide an opportunity to screen .
26 If Congress brings itself to adopt the economic freedoms which have made so much of Asia rich — but which India 's intellectual and social elites have smugly rejected — the yearned-for 21st century is within its grasp .
27 Each must decide as he pleases , according to whether his temperament urges him to prefer the prolific , radiant , almost jovial abundance of Rubens ; the mild dignity and eurhythmic order of Raphael ; the paradisal — one might almost say the afternoon colour of Veronese ; the austere and strained severity of David ; or the dramatic and almost literary rhetoric of Lebrun .
28 Although total parenteral nutrition does nothing to treat the primary disease directly , it helps the patient receive enough nutrition until bowel functions return to normal again .
29 Another simple but ingenious technique enables one to separate the individual proteins and measure the amount of radioactivity in each .
30 Mourning enables us to see the millions who die of starvation in our world not as impersonal statistics , but as unique human beings .
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