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1 Detailed examination of the assessment forms used for all the bilingual children found that in 75 per cent to 90 per cent of cases , no special account was taken of the child 's bilingual and cultural background .
2 Examination of the assessment forms used for all the bilingual children found that in 75 per cent to 90 per cent of cases , no special account was taken of the child 's bilingual and cultural background .
3 The flow of funds from the personal sector to the financial institutions does not only represent workers providing for their retirement , but also represents the accumulation of wealth whereby socially privileged strata transmit their cultural patrimony ( e.g. saving through endowment policies to provide for private education ) .
4 In the first 20 years of the Survey 's activities in Scotland , practically all of the central and southern parts of the country had been surveyed on the 6-inch scale and manuscript copies of the field maps made for public reference .
5 Additional algorithms are used to model total building damage costs for each grid cell based on water-depth and speed-depth rating curves .
6 The first , which is , of course , also a point of particular although not exclusive concern to large numbers of less well-off people over pension age , is the further large increase in the special income support limits for those in residential care and nursing homes .
7 Software design and production activities are carried out externally to LIFESPAN and will normally be performed in a number of separate user accounts allocated for that purpose ; possibly on a separate computer .
8 The expertise of the staff encompasses most major plant groups , and field experience exists for most major geographical areas .
9 Nevertheless , the expertise of the RBG staff encompasses most major plant groups ( with the exception of some micro-organisms ) , at least to an ‘ Alpha ’ level , and field experience exists for most major geographical areas .
10 And the British Rail Board stalled for four years , before admitting there was no evidence .
11 The 1989 defence budget called for 1.7 per cent growth in spending to 11.75 billion lei ( approximately £500 million — Britain 's defence budget in the same period was £19.2 billion ) , but this is insufficient for the armed forces ' perceived needs .
12 This retardation effect continues for several growing seasons and produces an indented conical depression . ’
13 Similarly in the British regional heart study age , smoking , systolic blood pressure , and serum cholesterol concentration accounted for less than a sixth of the 1.5 fold social class differences in coronary heart disease morbidity and mortality .
14 Indeed the census total usually turns out to be very close to the estimate derived from the previous census figure corrected for intervening births , deaths and net migration .
15 Program the sensor pods to search for any sign of ancient habitations within a twelve thousand mile radius of the pole . ’
16 Drug couriers jailed for seven years each
17 However , believing this to be the agreement , Jones cancelled a previously scheduled talk in the Brigham Young University physics department set for 8 March , only two days hence .
18 Help can be obtained at any time by pressing the function key reserved for this purpose .
19 Help can be obtained at any point during an interactive session by pressing the function key reserved for this purpose .
20 There will be funds for the schooling of the Corporation Man 's children , special superannuation schemes and of course expense accounts for overseas travel , entertaining and other corporation ‘ responsibilities ’ .
21 Approval from the Bar Council has been received to guidance notes prepared for those members wishing direct access to barristers .
22 The compartments were referred to by the ordinal numbers from 1 ( apex ) to 5 ( base ) and the labelling index calculated for each compartment .
23 At the other end of the scale there are ambitious research projects undertaken for methodical demonstration purposes .
24 Messerschmitt is developing another bogie , with controlled slip and with wheel profiles designed for high speeds , which it hopes to test on a new inter-city experimental train at 350 km/h .
25 The patients with adenomatous polyps were assigned to one of four study groups using the random sampling quota technique allowing for 10 subjects in each study group .
26 Fixed in the normal way , the slate features a side lock designed for optimum strength , a thin leading edge for aesthetic appeal and it has a coverage rate of 17.5 slates per square metre .
27 Daily Mail journalists voted for industrial action over plans not to recognise the National Union of Journalists in a postal ballot .
28 On June 11 in Sofia , after the first round of elections , as many as 100,000 students and opposition supporters called for fresh elections to be held .
29 Opposition parties called for stricter curbs on pollution .
30 Other opposition parties preparing for multiparty politics included the Mozambique 's People 's Progressive Party ( PPPM ) , headed by Padimbe Kamati Andrea , which held its constituent congress in Maputo in mid-July .
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