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1 The individual sprinters were Wells , McFarlane and Reid for the 100 metres and Buster Watson and Ade Mafe , a new talent , for the 200 metres .
2 I ran two personal bests , 10.33 seconds for the 100 metres and 20.79 seconds for the 200 , which was further encouragement for me and compensation for the traumas I had suffered on the West London track throughout the long , cold , seemingly never-ending winter .
3 Certainly she presented me with my medal for the 100 metres and as I stood on the plinth she did not bat an eyelid .
4 In addition to seeking a long overdue first global hurdles title , Jackson wants to qualify for the 100 metres and compete alongside his great pal , Linford Christie .
5 In addition to seeking a long-overdue first global hurdles title , Jackson wants to qualify for the 100 metres and compete alongside his great pal , Linford Christie .
6 The trainer believes he still has time to get Rodrigo de Triano back to peak fitness for the 2,000 Guineas but stresses that the colt will not take his place in the Classic if the ground softens up : ‘ If there is even a touch of soft , he wo n't run ; he needs to have it like a road . ’
7 The colt has been in constant demand for the 2,000 Guineas and is a 12–1 chance .
8 I ran 21.6 seconds , again wind assisted , for the 200 metres and did n't make the team .
9 He even devised new German names for the twelve winds and the twelve months of the year , showing a depth of interest and love of order that far exceeds mere military might and cunning .
10 These were averaged for the six subjects and the SEM was calculated .
11 More than 120 people have signed up for the six courses and a regular programme of similar events is now likely to be organised at the Wivenhoe Park campus , near Colchester .
12 Erm there 's the P W P five year thing which , which we 've got to erm cover for which we 've covered as two F T E for the six months and then we 'll need to review that after that .
13 For the thirty seconds or so that the video lasted , John was alive , but I could n't hold on to it for any longer than that .
14 Another casualty of this bombing raid was the Royal West of England School for the Deaf at Exeter , which at that time had seemed a safe haven , not only for the children of the area the school served , but also for the 52 children and staff of the Anerley School for the Deaf , London , who had been evacuated there on 14th September 1939 .
15 This information , based on the official records of Returning Officers , will initially be compiled for the 1981 elections and then expanded to include the results of those contests due in May 1985 .
16 The twice-weekly Carers and Toddlers Club for 1½–2½-year-olds concentrates on the visual arts ( collage , clay , drawing ) There are stories , too , for the eight children and parents .
17 Draw a line graph for the five years and say which year had the highest sales .
18 Produce common size profit and loss accounts for the five years and analyse these statements with particular reference to the profitability of Belper .
19 Robert averaged 104.87 for the four laps and set the fastest lap of the race at 105.86mph .
20 Ian 's mother-in-law , Mrs Jan Waller , is in charge of catering for the four walkers and 17 back-up crew .
21 There is little difference in the custodial rates for the two offences or in the length of sentences . ’
22 Wilkinson had agreed a total fee of £1.1 million for the two defenders but was ‘ astonished ’ by the pair 's financial demands and admitted : ‘ We were miles apart . ’
23 The survey called for new powers and responsibilities for the two schemes and a new body to oversee the ombudsmen 's work .
24 Heffer wrote for the two Telegraphs and had not been himself since Mrs Thatcher had been sent packing .
25 Act One opens with three trios for the men , followed by a duet for the sisters , and goes on to include two quintets ( one of which is the heavenly ‘ Di scrivermi ogni giorno ’ , during which the lovers bid farewell while Don Alfonso comments cynically in the background , and the exquisitely beautiful trio for the two girls and Don Alfonso , ‘ Soave sia il vento ’ ( featured in the film Sunday , Bloody Sunday ) .
26 At the same time the government announced a package of new measures under which ( i ) the minimum wage was increased by 18 per cent from Nov. 18 ; ( ii ) a 40 per cent cut in income tax for those earning up to four times the minimum wage was to take effect in 1991 ; ( iii ) petrol prices were increased by 20 per cent and diesel oil , liquid gas and electricity prices by 30 per cent ; ( iv ) the peso 's rate of progressive devaluation against the US dollar was halved from 80 centavos to an " average " of 40 centavos a day , a depreciation rate of 5 per cent per year , as part of a anti-inflationary move aimed at fixing a future parity for the two currencies and stemming the flight of capital abroad .
27 King cobras curl around their pile of eggs , encircling it with their coils , and crocodiles stay alongside their nest of decaying vegetation for the two months or so that it takes the eggs within to hatch .
28 So we took the money for the two gigs and left them there .
29 In slot-blot experiments with total DNA , the ratios ( signal obtained with mitochondrial probe/signal obtained with nuclear probe ) were calculated for the two strains and compared .
30 It talks about one budget covering for the two centres and it also talks about two heads of centres which is more practicable and more rational than any other s situation that would have been if the merger decision would have stayed .
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