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1 While non-verbal communication of the kinds described above have a powerful role in underlining , reinforcing or betraying our feelings and aspirations , the moment we try to communicate on a wider scale than inter-personal , we must look at other sign systems to convey meaning .
2 At first you seemed to concentrate on the later works , the Fourth Symphony onwards .
3 Therefore , some of the larger single roses become giant-sized once they are pressed , and can really only be used for big arrangements on walls , such as murals , so try to concentrate on the smaller varieties of rose , as you will still be astonished at their relative size once they are pressed .
4 Most respondents interpreted the question as an invitation to comment on the wider issues surrounding the nature and scope of the Compensation Fund , and these are discussed below .
5 Engels says that Cognos is now in the early stages of negotiation with ICL and Bull and the company is engineering a Unix System V.4-compliant product that will make it economically more reasonable to appear on a wider variety of Unix environments .
6 A few neon signs are beginning to appear on the larger buildings advertising the usual Western wares such as Levi jeans .
7 He now works in a group set up by the Bishop of Ely to work on a better understanding of market forces than that shown in Faith in the City , he says .
8 She set him to work on a further area of deep neglect .
9 He did not have time to dwell on the finer points of policy detail , and despite Kirk 's Ron-concurrence " he would have to send his telegram .
10 But Airbus now no longer needs McDonnell Douglas to help build a bigger version of the A320 ; nor does the American company need Airbus wings to fit on a bigger version of its MD-Il .
11 The same inactivity seemed to apply on the wider front , with the two armies static , no assault on the fords , where opposing guardians stared at each other across two hundred yards of water .
12 But Murphy knows he can run a successful business — PRCS has been voted consultancy of the year by its peers — and the odds must be on him wanting to play on a bigger stage once he is free to do so .
13 When we were little we were only allowed to play on the lower bit , in case we fell over this top wall , and it was like a dirt track down there , with bikes and trucks and lord knows what .
14 Only if their teacher were with them were they allowed to cross the dusty lane to play on the greater green , for Miss Watson was a woman who had no doubt at all that each and every pupil would be run over and either maimed or killed outright if she were not there to keep an eye on their movements .
15 Now when retirement comes I shall have built a new life for myself and also be able to manage on a lower income .
16 This book , therefore , is not only about how men and women in the nineteenth century faced the hour of death ; it is also about what they expected to encounter on the further shore .
17 In addition to the two partners , the project is to draw on an earlier agreement between Northern Telecom and Cincinnati Bell Information Systems Inc for developing Service Management Systems .
18 In short , it does on a small scale what America wants the World Bank to do on a bigger scale .
19 They had wanted to begin with a bushplane tailor-made to the unique requirements of their own rugged country , but advised to start on a simpler trainer , their first design was the DHC–1 Chipmunk .
20 It 's a very clean , so side effects are very very rare , that 's right , Now we , I 'm going to give you two sizes , cos you need to start on the lower dose first .
21 In practice it pays to start on the bigger warren systems rather than on the smaller isolated burrows with their limited number of entrances and bolt-holes .
22 So , on that basis , it makes good sense to start on the bigger warrens .
23 It is a matter of common observation that shingle tends to accumulate on the higher parts of the beach while the lower parts are essentially sandy .
24 In 1962 the International Situationists began to impinge on the wilder fringes of Gallic politics , with the publication of Raoul Vaneigem 's Totality For Kids .
25 Negotiations were to continue on a further facility to replace the existing one when it expired in October .
26 As of the end of March the Security Council had yet to agree on a further resolution to establish definitive ceasefire conditions .
27 So as less salty water comes into contact with more salty water , the two water masses shift ( the fresher mass tending to float on the saltier mass ) .
28 Having sold Balderton Hall , he went to live on the smaller farm at Broomhurst .
29 Ronan 's portrayal of a faintly mad Irish family is just barbed enough to stay on the tougher side of sentimental , his narrative of a friendship 's slow demise uncomfortably convincing .
30 It was probably intended to rebuild on a grander scale with an additional floor , but the work was curtailed , and the extra floor not added .
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