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1 Under the direction of the resident PGA professionals Ian Dryden and Peter Harrison , ‘ pupils ’ will have their swings analysed and improved by video recordings and by using the restricted flight MacGregor MACTEC ball .
2 Even so , the 1981 Census still performs useful functions in showing how these recent trends relate to the pre-existing socio-economic gulf between inner and outer areas and in highlighting the strong association between different types of deprivation .
3 A background paper ( Appendix D ) describes some of the limitations of conventional floristic and monographic writing , and outlines some of the ways in which computing can assist in conducting scientific research in these areas and in making the scientific information thus obtained available to ourselves and to others .
4 We therefore choose , say , the first of these columns and without reducing the last element to unity , calculate the next two columns : unc We choose , say , the first and last elements of these and solve unc The common root 12.5 also satisfies the middle two quadratics ; hence we find 1 = 12.5 .
5 Referring to the June draft treaty in its aims to build upon the Single European Act by strengthening co-operation on foreign and security policy , he made the point that , as the Gulf conflict had shown , there was a considerable difference between the member states , but that there had been a considerable degree of united action in supporting the new democracies in central and eastern Europe in relation to the Baltic states and in promoting the Prime Minister 's safe havens initiative .
6 Partly exempt from these criticisms are Natural Rate Models which have drawn attention to the limitations of existing models , both by emphasising the constraints imposed by production inputs and by emphasising the crucial role of expectations .
7 The whole of the double-entry system is based upon this principle and it follows from this principle that at any time the total debits must equal the total credits and by adding the two a check can be made on the double entry ; this is one of the main advantages of the system .
8 Equally , an area on a graphics tablet can form an extremely flexible form of control ; for example , a diagram could be laid over such a tablet — the user could then see clearly all the control possibilities and by touching the correct part of the diagram he could control the program with ease .
9 There have been some good examples of team working , radical ideas and of getting the right people involved to make changes happen .
10 I have stressed the view that Dicey 's importance can be traced to his role both in codifying certain ideas and in adapting the analytical method to public law .
11 It is essential reading for all researchers interested in apes and in appreciating the mutual benefits of field and laboratory study .
12 RIGHT The use of Electronic Distance Measurement ( EDM ) is a very accurate method of undertaking surveys and of establishing the precise location of finds on an excavation .
13 In highlighting gender differences in deviance , there is the risk of overplaying such dimensions and of confirming the very stereotypes that one is attacking in curriculum materials .
14 In other Cabinet changes the former Interior Minister Chedi Neffati took over the Justice portfolio from Mustapha Bouaziz , who became Minister of State Domains , a new ministry with the responsibility of overseeing public properties and of monitoring the public sector .
15 Certainly , this was the way he needed to present it for domestic consumption , for this new alliance and the concession of territory for military use by a foreign power scarcely seemed consistent with the many hours and column inches he had devoted to demonizing the western democracies and to denouncing the British " occupation " of Gibraltar .
16 He said that if deputies took such a blinkered view of property relations and of lessening the economic power of the state over production , they would be unable to draw up a logical law reflecting the need for better social conditions .
17 erm and the North Koreans were going backwards at a vast rate of knots and in came the Chinese the Chinese army , it stood at that time I think at twenty five million men erm and , and Douglas started losing again , sad really is n't it ?
18 Political rivalry was intense in the south with Syngman Rhee making the running in censuring his rivals and in attacking the military government .
19 ‘ Others have made the mistake of asking for respect for their traditions and languages and of claiming the human rights that are due to them — including the right of access to the mass media ’ .
20 However , there is intense public opposition both to incinerators and to moving the old shells and bombs around .
21 Focussing attention on food is mistaken except in the requirement of the basic physical abstinence from sugar and white flour and specific binge foods and in acquiring the basic physical discipline of having three regular meals daily with nothing taken between meals .
22 Both men took heavy blows and by withstanding the best of the American 's punches Mason at least emphasised that he has a strong enough chin .
23 Backed by Albanian regiments he manoeuvred skilfully in the struggles between Turks and mamluks and after imprisoning the Turkish governor in 1805 , persuaded Istanbul to recognise him as Egypt 's sultan .
24 And so out go the old troupers and in come the fresh-faced kids .
25 However , a great deal of development work remains to be done in determining the causes of CL in minerals and in understanding the geochemical significance of changes in activator concentration in minerals precipitated during diagenesis .
26 They extended their functions to holding surgeries with dispensaries and to visiting the sick at home .
27 This Christian Socialist , dedicated to equal shares and to soaking the rich ( who included his own family ) , was accepted and frostily admired as an incorruptible thorn in the nation 's conscience , forever reminding them that there was no jam today and they could only expect some tomorrow if they had earned it .
28 ( In early 1989 it was revealed that the aristocrat was close to bankruptcy , the Purple Rain fortune dissipated in over-lavish stageshows and in supporting the stillborn careers of a seemingly endless series of protégés . )
29 He laid much of the blame on the growth of incomes outstripping that of consumer goods production , and attributed this primarily to mistakes in granting autonomy to state enterprises and in regulating the co-operative sector .
30 The giants are experts on working the crowd up into ‘ He 's behind you ! ’ pantomime scenarios and on making the physical manoeuvres look and sound bruising .
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