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31 The chairman of the Northern Ireland Association of British Travel Agents , Ailbe McMurray , defended the record of local firms after Holiday Which magazine attacked some British agents ' performance .
32 The chairman of the Northern Ireland Association of British Travel Agents , Ailbe McMurray , defended the record of local firms after Holiday Which magazine attacked some British agents ' performance .
33 William Douglas gave me some old women 's clothes .
34 To those ladies who were responsible for dealing with this charitable effort , she would offer as much as five shillings for a bundle of what appeared to them as less attractive articles , especially if they were food-stained , as some old gentlemen 's coats often were .
35 Henley has always been popular with visitors and societies , and in 1935 the British Racing Drivers ' Club came , arranged by Henley Member J.A .
36 NIGEL MANSELL walked off with four awards at a lunch held by the British Racing Drivers ' Club yesterday .
37 The circuit 's owners , the exclusive British Racing Drivers ' Club , whose members include Nigel Mansell , Stirling Moss , James Hunt and Jackie Stewart , admit that they need to spend £15-20 million on the track if it is to continue as home of the British Grand Prix .
38 APRIL 24 : Members of the British Racing Drivers ' Club ( BRDC ) , the parent company of SCL , are told about the deal for the first time at their AGM .
39 TOM WALKINSHAW set Silverstone on the starting grid towards potential disaster with a chance remark to fellow directors of the British Racing Drivers ' Club .
40 This old wives ' tale is amazingly persistent , despite the fact that no cat could possibly relax and sleep on top of a squirming , suffocating baby .
41 When this old men 's ideology starts to be transmitted into literature , and from literature into popular writings , and then into the press especially the gutter press and the mass media then it begins slowly to form the people .
42 The young people who have caught the madness of war are , in fact , prisoners of this old men 's mentality which has charmed them .
43 For example , a cartoon ‘ juke box ’ in one of the discs allows children to edit some popular children 's songs together with their accompanying animated cartoon stories .
44 The papers , covering the period 1834-68 , include copies of some 300 apprentices ' indentures for the years 1856-68 .
45 From Scardroy , where the public motor road ends , there is another old drovers ' route through to Loch Gowan and Achnasheen , so even without a car some interesting trips could be made taking in the Conon Corbetts by using post bus and train services .
46 At this stage SGB Group already had some 12 years ' experience in processing by computer its main business systems .
47 Outside on the veranda , where the eaves are supported by pillars crowned with carved wooden rams ' heads and the real skulls and horns of sacrificed rams and he-goats , two men are kneading the dough for puris , pummelling the flour of every household in the village .
48 The world beyond Europe began to be opened up with voyages to India , China and America , and this transformed men 's horizons in a way fully as dramatic as space travel in our own time .
49 There has been a great deal of national publicity about the plans of the Labour-controlled Nottinghamshire authority to close 12 old peoples ' homes .
50 With magnificent sea views , this one-time mariners ' inn combines the charm and hospitality of a bygone age with present-day comfort , and is happily run by a couple who genuinely like other people .
51 He then merged his organisation with the British Seafarers to form the Amalgamated Marine Workers ' Union , enjoying a brief relationship with its leaders Lewis and Shinwell until 1925 when he abandoned them and threw in his lot with Wilson as an official of the NSFU .
52 2 ripe avocados , peeled and sliced lemon juice 2 × 200g/7oz Mozzarella cheese , sliced 4 large flavoursome tomatoes , sliced 1 × 15ml/tbsp freshly chopped mixed herbs 12 smoked quails ' eggs 4 × 15ml/tbsp set natural yogurt salt and freshly ground black pepper 4 × 15ml/tbsp virgin olive oil crusty bread for serving
53 The Ethiopian People 's Democratic Revolutionary Front ( EPDRF ) , an alliance between the TPLF and the Ethiopian People 's Democratic Movement , a smaller group operating in Wollo and Gondar provinces , became the main direct threat to the government in 1990 ; other groups under the EPDRF umbrella include the Ethiopian Democratic Officers ' Movement , the Oromo People 's Democratic Organization and the Afar Democratic Union .
54 US capital undoubtedly benefited from its ability to borrow via foreign central banks ' holdings of dollar securities .
55 Simultaneously , foreign central banks ' dollar holdings fell .
56 After a further six years ' wait ( during which my original proposer and seconder had died and their nominations had been taken up by two ex-captains ) , my name came up for election again , and this time , I was told , the opposition from members , particularly those in the legal profession who were friends of Lord Robertson , was fiercer .
57 Thirdly , there are many historical and current variations in different developed countries ' shares of employment in Primary , Secondary and Tertiary sectors ( Urry , 1987b ) .
58 Perhaps John 's best game for us was the FA Cup 3rd round replay at Nottingham Forest in last January 1991 , when he provided the cross from the right wing from which Ian Wright volleyed our opener , and then scored our last-gasp equaliser , which showed considerable vision and no little technique , to catch the Forest goalkeeper off his line with a dipping , curling shot from some 45 yards ' range .
59 In more homogenous countries than Italy and Belgium , proportional representation does not prevent absolute majorities being won as the record of Fianna Fail in Ireland , of Norwegian and Swedish socialists , of both Labour and Nationalists in Malta and of the British Liberal Democrats ' sister party in Portugal prove .
60 An architrave , of the exact proportion to become this perfect dolls ' house , was over the door .
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