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1 If you want to know the correct way to squat , then just watch a child of two or three because they are doing it all the time .
2 THE parents of murdered schoolteacher Fiona Jones want to meet the French Ambassador to tell him about their dissatisfaction with the result of the recent trial .
3 It seeks to make clear that the task is bound to be an impossibility , because the unbeliever lacks the God-given capacity to understand .
4 No wonder male chauvinists want to reclaim the sole right to do so .
5 Para 5.1.2 We suggest altering the final line to read ‘ … postholder 's subject specialisms which include botanical literature , botanical history , information management , database and other software . ’
6 Diplomatic sources say the ANC and the government plan to call a national referendum on the power-sharing deal if the smaller political groups decline to attend the multi-party conference to refine and ratify the plan drawn up by the two major political players .
7 Then the two , who hope to become the first men to walk 2,200 miles unsupported across Antarctica , battled on to set up a camp and radio their base .
8 When , three years later , a licence was sought by the Getty Museum for its export , SAVE pressed the local authority to serve an enforcement notice requiring the return of the statue to its plinth in the grade I listed building from which it had been removed .
9 Will my hon. Friend consider approaching the new Secretary-General to ask him to appoint a special representative to go to Myanmar ?
10 Narcotic drugs were introduced into Colombia by foreigners , and its illegal trafficking is sustained by an ever-increasing demand in developed countries that seem to lack the political will to combat abuse .
11 When you know a program you tend to press the correct keys to give commands cleanly and neatly .
12 Indeed , the centralised updating of the microfilm system is considered a mixed blessing by those who like to use the updating process to familiarise themselves with the monthly information changes .
13 The hon. Gentleman may not have noted the fact that we continue to encourage the Malawian Government to apply the principles of accountable government that they endorsed at the Harare Heads of Government meeting .
14 When planning the time to knit a garment , always try to choose the best day to knit each piece .
15 Using the techniques of forum theatre , the class try to persuade the old man to sell his house and land .
16 I mean we , we keep telling the old man to book the weekend holiday so we can have outrageous parties and things like that .
17 The church leaders ' letters aim to encourage the British Government to return to its former policy of supporting the nuclear non-proliferation treaty by calling a moratorium on weapons testing , as the French , US and Russian governments have done .
18 The church leaders ' letters aim to encourage the British government to return to its former policy of supporting the nuclear non-proliferation treaty , as the French , US and Russian governments have done .
19 But you do need the different personalities to come within a group to make a group successful .
20 In Levison v Farin [ 1978 ] 2 All ER 1149 it was held that it would not normally be enough " to make known the means of knowledge which may or do enable the other party to work out certain facts and conclusions " .
21 The large size of the Cabinet ; the increased activity of the state ; and the limited time for " efficient " Cabinet debate , all serve to encourage the Prime Minister to by-pass the Cabinet in favour of informal talks with individual ministers and a keen reliance upon an inner Cabinet of particularly trusted and sympathetic colleagues .
22 The number of women elected to the Church 's Parliament is double that of last time , and those in favour of women priests , are confident that they 've secured the required majority to have their way by nineteen ninety five .
23 Now they 've got the bloody nerve to charge us half when we live there I do n't think she 'd dare say anything to me about it .
24 Oh you 've got the other side to do .
25 So if that if that 's a right angle only if it 's a right angle cos Pythagoras 's theorem does n't work if it 's not then we 've got the easy way to remember Pythagoras is long equals medium plus short .
26 Now again it 's very difficult to say because jogging will not be any good to you unless you 're in the right condition to do jogging and unless you 've got the right conditions to jog .
27 And they 've got the whole world to disappear into .
28 Still watching the retreating figure , she let her fingers drag papers from the six pigeon holes , pull open the small drawers to find more .
29 They 've had the good sense to include the little-aired ‘ Think About The Future ’ mix of the Mondays ' ‘ WFL ’ , but should be questioned about the inclusion of the terminally tacky Soup Dragons ' ‘ I 'm Free ’ , the success of which marked the point at which cynical goons jumped the wagon and things went sour .
30 They 've had the good sense to include the little-aired ‘ Think About The Future ’ mix of the Mondays ' ‘ WFL ’ , but should be questioned about the inclusion of the terminally tacky Soup Dragons ' ‘ I 'm Free ’ , the success of which marked the point at which cynical goons jumped the wagon and things went sour .
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