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1 What the strategy does do , is to formalize and focus the analysis in a way that gives everybody concerned the essential basis for developing and judging good advertising — the two aspects that take up the next two chapters .
2 Good examples of this are the genes that give rise to the histones ( proteins that make up the chromosomal superstructure ) , the ribosomal RNA , the immunoglobulins and many others .
3 Rick Bateysifts through the veritable medley of classic influences that make up the latest sepia-tinted offering from Chandler in San Francisco …
4 The need in the case of the Oedipus myth to resolve the contradiction between two pieces of knowledge that are in conflict can be comfortably taken as the signified that lies behind the significations that make up the various versions of the myth .
5 Maggie looked at him ironically and the dark eyes were turned fully on her , inspecting her face until she had the mad urge to shut her eyes and block out the intent gaze .
6 Her aim was simple ; to head up the coast under cover of the bushes and seek out the first help she could .
7 Today , five hundred million years after those jawless armour-laden creatures began to wag their tails and blunder over the muddy bottoms of the ancient seas , the fish have evolved into some 30,000 different species .
8 Parenting education might begin in schools and continue over the first few years of married life ( Pound et al. , 1985 ) .
9 I retrace my steps and walk up the righthand arm of the T , where the roadway is closed by a second set of iron gates .
10 To a large extent the prison numbers crisis , and many of the problems that are associated with it , are the unintended outcome of a series of uncoordinated decisions taken , independently , by the various institutions that make up the criminal justice system in England and Wales .
11 You will also gain the skills that back up the actual cooking , such as catering accountancy , stock control , planning your menus and the care of food in storage .
12 I always thought the dropping of litter showed a lack of environmental relationship awareness , but could it also be linked with the " defacing " thing in that cities , streets with paving-slabs etc. are sensed by the human as too perfect and devoid of the texturous imperfections that make up the multi-levelled human life experience ?
13 Mr Kinnock 's preference for his successor to be in place by the end of June proved impossible to meet , as the party 's rules decree that there must be at least 12 weeks in which to consult the three groups that make up the electoral college — MPs , constituency activists and the unions .
14 At 0300 hours on 30 June 1989 , 1st Battalion the Royal Scots found itself deployed into hides , along with the attached tanks , artillery and engineers that make up the Royal Scots battle group .
15 The traditional elements that make up the perfect day are all here and it 's equally delicious — but careful use of low-fat spreads , skimmed milk and steamed vegetables mean big savings in calories .
16 The symmetry of any property of a molecule may be determined by seeing how it behaves when operated on by the various symmetry elements that make up the overall symmetry point group of the molecule ( see Appendix ) .
17 Most mammals use their sense of smell to find food , and all rely on smell to supplement their taste buds and bring out the full flavour of food , as anyone with a heavy cold will know .
18 When you have finished — it might take five minutes or five hours — look through your notes and pick out the central themes .
19 The major difference is that whereas in Popper the decisions concern the acceptance of singular statements only , in Lakatos the device is extended so as to be applicable to the universal statements that make up the hard core .
20 Women must either follow the male career route and spend little time with their children , or drop out for the vital middle years that filter out the top managers .
21 Chairman Reacher , who admitted last weekend that he had already started contemplating life without Brian , added : ‘ We are going to get this club back on the rails and climb up the Premier League .
22 Auxiliary shipping was not unlikely , to carry reinforcements and food and extra weapons and take off the wounded .
23 There are numerous theories for the type , number and distribution of the holes that make up the free volume but we shall discuss solely the use of the free volume concept in the derivation of the Williams-Landel-Ferry ( WLF ) equation , Equation ( 3.11 ) .
24 This key theme crops up repeatedly throughout the book in all the contributions because it is through language that the hidden assumptions that make up the common sense of both theoretical and empirical discussions are revealed .
25 And particularly over the last session we talked about the symbolic actions that make up the actual point of confirmation , the confirming of the sacrament , of the sacrament of confirmation .
26 To be in with a chance , all you have to do is settle down with a great big book of pop facts and figures and fill in the empty squares .
27 To be in with a chance , all you have to do is settle down with a great big book of pop facts and figures and fill in the empty squares .
28 between the flats and come out the other end .
29 Covering all the 15 regions that make up the Russian Federation , the network is to be used by the Russia Interior Ministry for criminal investigations and resources management .
30 Legislating for seemly relationships between the government and the Congress may be the most urgent need ; creating the circumstances in which the patchwork of titularly and hopefully autonomous regions that make up the Russian Federation have an incentive to hang together is , in the long run , more important .
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