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1 Bruce Armitage , Grampian Enterprise 's director of training , stressed that the £100,000 grant had been designed to set up a framework in which other agencies could work .
2 ‘ Wow , I 'm glad you called , man , ’ said Hopper who thought his friend had telephoned to patch up a quarrel they 'd had before Fonda left for Canada .
3 A plant 's leaves are ideally placed to detect day length , for they are designed to pick up the sun 's light for photosynthesis .
4 The first thing the researchers discovered was that special infrared cameras , designed to pick up the heat given off by warm-blooded animals , failed to detect polar bears — the insulation provided by their coats is too efficient .
5 About the opportunity , Greg was less than happy : if the fire , designed to cover up the murder ( which it so successfully had ) , was started in the attic , could Viola have done it ?
6 No other party has officially confirmed they will be contesting the election but the SDLP are expected to put up a candidate .
7 In cooler areas where ripening is a problem — such as Germany or Burgundy in France — a little extra sugar may be added to bump up the alcohol .
8 On the German side a few bombs were dropped to keep up the pretence , but they were left strictly alone by fighter aircraft , of course .
9 If laboratory scale experiments indicate , however , that the indigenous microfauna are unable to degrade the contaminants , enrichment cultures of microorganisms may be added to speed up the process .
10 The Supreme Court on July 17 ruled " unreasonable and illegal " the emergency regulations initiated by Housing and Construction Minister Ariel Sharon , which had been designed to speed up the building of accommodation for tens of thousands of Jewish immigrants from the Soviet Union .
11 The favourite explanation , however , was ‘ speculative hoarding ’ , and it was this which became the target for government action ( in addition to a series of measures designed to speed up the release and development of land ) .
12 COACHING CONTROLLER CARDS : These cards are designed to speed up the pace at which you can get information from your hard disk .
13 Designed to speed up the purchasing process , a ‘ logbook ’ would set out the condition of a home and any work done to it , as well as listing surveys .
14 Indeed , in a move designed to speed up the process Lloyd has made a ‘ little publicised ’ offer to the Lawn Tennis Associations ITI set up , which would see him build centres — ITI centres — and run them as such , in addition to running them as private clubs .
15 To recoup , the government is expected to speed up the passage of a law that would make insider-trading a crime .
16 The banks are expected to take up an investment stance which is not their true role .
17 Between now and Easter , thousands are expected to take up the invitation .
18 At least two , the Statesman and the Indian Express , were expected to take up the story in their issues today .
19 Ministers are expected to take up the fight in the next few days and urge the banks that , at a time of national economic crisis , they must do their bit .
20 St James 's University Hospital in Leeds , where the TV series is filmed , is expected to take up the proposal for self-governing trusts in NHS hospitals which was given the go-ahead in the Queen 's Speech .
21 Many parties were expected to take up the offer , although Fernando Belaúnde Terry , a former President and leader of the Popular Action ( AP ) party , stated that unless the holding municipal elections was restored to the current year [ see below ] , the AP would not participate in any talks .
22 A Computing Support Officer has been appointed , and is expected to take up the post on 1st July .
23 Consumers would see food prices fall overnight because the CAP is claimed to push up the food bill for the average family by over £15 a week .
24 Despite an increasing amount of intermarriage , few Koreans have wished to take up the option of naturalization , difficult enough to achieve in itself .
25 The letter 's bound to add to press , er add to press for a settlement with a number of Tory M P's expected to bring up the matter at the Party 's Conference at Bournemouth .
26 Seeing no need why it alone should be expected to make up the deficit , it requested its allies to increase their defence expenditure .
27 Relatives of people living in care homes can be expected to make up the difference between the amount of benefit and the charges actually levied by by the home .
28 Commentators suggested that the shipment was designed to shore up the confidence of the international community in the face of India 's precarious foreign exchange position .
29 Our conference , which Delamothe said was attended by ‘ political activists and pensioners , ’ was intended to open up the debate to the public and to inform people using the service .
30 Haymarket had intended to set up a computer business with over 20 staff to build its own PCs under the brand Eyecon and sell them through a dealer network .
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