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1 More recently , at a Roman Catholic retreat , where we were asked to use no book other than the Bible , the personal daily direction given became a memorable means of the Holy Spirit 's teaching , healing , and guiding .
2 Schmidt ( 1991 ) reviews a wide variety of von Restorff-like effects and argues that many of them can be explained using a single theory of distinctiveness .
3 An end to end anastomosis was formed using a single layer of interrupted 6/0 silk .
4 It is intended to interview a representative sample of 3,000 married women under the age of 60 together with a sample of 500 of their husbands .
5 Here , an allergy to chloroform was successfully treated using a homoeopathic preparation of chloroform .
6 The BBC 's International Role : The charter should be amended to carry a specific guarantee of editorial independence from Government .
7 The core questions of why policy developed in the way it did and which factors initiated and influenced change are intended to inform a critical assessment of the outcome of policy in the shape of service provision for alcohol problems in the 1990's .
8 In parts of England people still worship Pomona , the Roman goddess of fruit trees , through the custom of wassailing which is intended to encourage a good crop of apples .
9 This leaflet is intended to provide a concise overview of the 1992 process , focusing on what it might mean for local authorities .
10 Guide is intended to provide a broad review of the current work of colleges and institutes of higher education .
11 It was intended to provide a comprehensive view of public expenditure planning and control .
12 Utilising at a local level the dynamic model of the building process developed at macro level by the Building and Civil Engineering Economic Development Council ( see ‘ How Flexible is Construction : a Study of Resources and Participants in the Construction Process ’ NEDC HMSO 1978 ) the research is intended to provide a detailed profile of the construction industry into the counties of West Glamorgan and Dyfed .
13 The study is intended to provide a historical background of use to those currently concerned with the problem , and as a source of reference to policy-makers .
14 The booklet is intended to provide a common interpretation of these standards for use by the European chemical industry and certification bodies .
15 As their name implies , National Vocational Qualifications are intended to provide a national framework of qualifications which are easily understood by trainees and employers .
16 It was intended to provide a large number of alternative words and expressions for subjects , so that advice workers could look for information under terms which were familiar to them and still find the right information .
17 This guide is intended to provide a brief outline of resources and services .
18 This exhibition is intended to provide a brief survey of the political events and historical forces that shaped the 1916 Rising .
19 Level 1 is intended to encompass a wide range of attainment , from those pupils who have barely begun to learn , to those who are very close to achieving level 2 .
20 A wider survey of other authorities will also be undertaken to provide a comprehensive analysis of the pattern of changes within UK authorities as a whole .
21 The new fund is intended to establish a regional network of protected areas in seven countries .
22 In other words the remedial performance is designed to restore a favourable image of the offender as opposed to offering substantial compensation to the offended .
23 Sometimes this happens over a long period , as a person finds himself constrained to attend a Christian place of worship , or drawn to read the Christian scriptures .
24 The theology of liberation first developed in the 1960s as a Christian Socialist philosophy which holds that it is the duty of the Catholic Church to work for social and economic reforms , particularly in the Third World , and to adopt the cause of the oppressed , These positions were approved at a meeting of Latin American bishops in Medellin , Columbia , in 1968 and represented a watershed for the church in Latin America , The Medellin documents openly denounced the poverty and brutality of the relations of production in Latin America : withdrawing support from the classes in power the bishops called , most significantly , for agrarian reforms , The documents proposed programmes , based on the method of Paulo Freire 's " education for liberation " , which were designed to promote a new sense of community action for change among the poor .
25 Such defences are clearly of urban-core type , designed to enclose a large part of the occupied area south of the river , including the official buildings .
26 All the clients on the network are programmed using a single dialect of S Q L so our programmers no longer have to know the nuances and differences between each of the proprietary extensions of the SQL of each database they 're programming against .
27 In no way can library suppliers be expected to promote a full range of material — not just commercially attractive titles , but also small , low-cost titles from obscure publishers which offer the supplier low profit margins .
28 Individual risk is defined by The Institution of Chemical Engineers as ‘ the frequency at which an individual may be expected to sustain a given level of harm from the realisation of specified hazards ’ .
29 The Dixons chairman , Mr Stanley Kalms , is expected to issue a formal rejection of the Kingfisher offer this morning .
30 Not exactly the opposite end of the scale , but rather a complementary event designed to include a wider range of objects with an emphasis on attractive decorative objects at reasonable prices , the Fine Art and Antiques Fair at Olympia celebrates its twentieth year of existence with the largest event to date from 3 to 13 June .
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