In December 2000 it floated on the Stock Exchange after its shareholders voted in favour of demutualization. |
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So the club floated on the Stock Exchange and took all the financial rewards on offer. |
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Some of these building societies have since become banks and floated on the stock market. |
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The ball is floated in and Mexico clear their lines courtesy of an overhead kick from Mercado. |
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When they reached the decorated room, streamers and bubbles floated down onto the newly weds. |
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Kim was wearing a daring one-piece black dress and Angela floated in puffy white organdy to her ankles. |
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Avis reported seeing a local resident standing in waist-deep water, helpless as her furniture floated down the road. |
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He leaned over towards her, and Lizzy started coughing ostentatiously when the cigar smoke floated in her direction. |
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It floated directly over the center line of the Pillar, with incredibly amounts of energy flowing through its jagged shining form. |
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I buzzed, I forgot about my feet, I gibbered ecstatically to strangers on chairlifts, I laughed and whooped, soared and floated. |
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A low-pitched whine began to fill the air and Meridia's hair and clothes floated as if she was submersed in water. |
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A pair of tame shots by Ben Thornley that floated up and over the bar were as much as they could muster in the first half. |
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The ball was floated the other way, where it caught the underside of the crossbar and dropped over the line. |
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As Tory opened the front door, the sweet sound of Greta's piano floated through the house. |
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He jammed his fist into his baggy khaki pants, aware of the strange chemistry that floated in the air. |
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The grounds featured temple-shaped doghouses and pools on which Ward floated models of Roman ships. |
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A pale light like moonlight on water floated over them, inviting them in from the wind and rain. |
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Ever-mindful of the swans, the ducks flapped as they fought for pieces of crust that floated, and dived for bits of bread that sunk. |
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The thin sections were floated in water on a glass slide and melted onto the slide surface using a hotplate. |
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It was such a sweeping statement that one wonders just why the president floated it at this time. |
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The short sleeves floated softly around Josie's shoulders and the gorgeous sweetheart neckline was accented with pearls. |
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Suzhou Creek became a hot topic among local residents late last month as vast expanses of green duckweed floated on the water. |
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He tentatively floated the idea with one of the senior fitters a few months ago but met with fierce resistance and parked the idea. |
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The blue matter floated in the air for a moment, then it dissipated and vanished. |
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The film was an instant cult classic, and rumours of a sequel have floated around the Internet for years. |
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His eyes floated then to Lee's, and instead of hurt or disheartenment, Sash was troubled to see that her eyes looked cold and steely. |
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Two years ago the Scoliosis Association approached him to become a patron of the charity, and floated the idea for this exhibition. |
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She immediately began panicking, hyperventilating into her breath mask as she floated in the water tank, pushing against the glass walls. |
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Dempsey floated a peach of a left-footed kick between the posts from 45 metres after ten minutes to put his side a goal up. |
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The loudspeakers played the gamut from opera to light jazz and disembodied laughter floated forward from the back of the bookstore. |
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Imagine the confected, ill-considered outrage from pundits, radio shockjocks and bloggers alike if any such proposal was ever seriously floated. |
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The cork floated on the surface, its quill upright like the periscope of a submarine. |
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Last night on the evening air a faint whiff of garbage floated down the street making the heat even more unbearable. |
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Those bonds issued by building societies that subsequently floated on the stock market are referred to as perpetual subordinated bonds. |
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Far in the distance floated the sonorous and mournful cry of the imam calling the midday prayers. |
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Without a word, she floated past me and tiptoed to the door that communicated with her room, opened it a crack, listened. |
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Some of the more radical ideas floated include a new pier full of restaurants and bars, and the removal of all car parking from the dock area. |
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Thus fortified we floated off around the town, discovering on the way that I could leapfrog an enormous pillar box! |
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In their work, domestic objects floated through the apertures of a make believe house, and continued their journey into intergalactic space. |
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Mr. Rajeev says the idea to form the club had been welcomed by his friends when he first floated it. |
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Dark, direful clouds floated overhead, threatening to release a downpour of rain at any moment, so the park was void of visitors. |
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Indeed, if the currency were floated, it might well decline as Chinese convert their domestic currency holdings into dollars. |
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He also floated the idea of convoking a Grand National Assembly in order to change the constitution. |
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The metal's surface tension is great enough to permit a steel needle to be floated on its surface. |
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Finally, though, he drifted off, lulled by the noises that floated through his newly open window. |
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My mother's voice floated up the stairs, informing us that desert was on the table. |
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The first of the massive pipes were floated on the high tide on Thursday morning last and put into place. |
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Above it all floated a huge sparkling mirror ball, glistening as it rotated in the sun, spewing rainbow streaks across the implausible scene. |
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She watched as the white clouds slowly floated by in the sky and gave a sigh. |
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The argument being floated by those in favour of the move is that the PRD is just a directorate and not a department of the Government. |
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Clouds floated slowly across the sky, and the occasional bird skimmed across above her. |
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I floated down the stairs with the soft fabric of the dress swishing around my legs. |
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His voice drifted off as he floated over to the kitchen and opened the refrigerator, cabinets, and the pantry. |
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When she was finally ready, she walked gracefully down the stairs and floated toward the door. |
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She threw a pleased smile in my direction and floated up the stairs with him right behind her. |
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The cosmonaut ejected 4,000 meters above the ground and floated to Earth on a parachute. |
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She floated down the stairs of the main hall into a welcoming mass of guests. |
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For when Stanley were awarded a corner on eight minutes, following another Prendergast drive, the winger floated the corner to the near post. |
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He stared, wide eyed, as the flames floated down to the planet below the aerial battle. |
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And Shane Warne, bowling into the strong breeze, broke with his norm and floated the ball up tantalisingly slow. |
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The first coal shipped from the valley was loaded into boats made of logs and whipsawed lumber and floated down the river. |
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She was bent over the bridge videoing a gondola as it floated down the canal. |
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Captain Michelle Harrison took the kick and floated the ball high across the six-yard box. |
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Many ideas were floated and agreed upon and the challenge is now to work out the finer details of implementing the ideas. |
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I've never been to Tuscany, haven't floated down a canal in a Venetian gondola, nor thrown a coin into the Trevi Fountain. |
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A wooden house faced onto the courtyard and the sounds of a Corbett street floated over the house. |
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Further write-downs are expected as further bad news from recently floated companies take place. |
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I regarded my toes as they peeped out of the water while I floated on my back. |
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But then the laughter floated to him, drowned out the crying, and he remembered himself. |
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He has floated the idea that parents should be fined or jailed for failing to stop their children's criminal behaviour. |
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This is a hot bath in which several whole fruit of yuzu, usually wrapped in cheesecloth, are floated. |
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The cows were lassoed by passers-by as they floated under the bridge at Fitzroy. |
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My mother's face floated to mind, a pale reproachful moon, at her last and first visit to the asylum since my twentieth birthday. |
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You have to go a long way down the list to find a company that hasn't been floated in a privatisation or demutualisation. |
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I layered my hair, I wore clogs, I floated around in gauzy peasant shirts and played my folk guitar. |
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Faint voices floated to him and he caught the general gist of the conversation. |
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Finally, there is a limit for the dead weight of the structure if the structure is going to be floated out. |
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Kate, Madeline's ladysmaid, floated around not really doing anything and occasionally darting angry looks in my direction. |
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But as a bell's eerie toll floated from within the castle a shiver ran down my spine. |
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They made these loads weightless and floated them through the air by means of levitation. |
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As I sat there, damning and condemning myself, the same two words floated through my mind over and over again. |
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After three rings there was a click and a couple of seconds later Laura's easily recognizable voice floated to my end of the line. |
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Once safely over the French coastline, he simply pulled his parachute ripcord and floated gently to the ground on a clifftop near Calais. |
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The fishing interests were sold, and the shipping line split into a separate company that may be floated in two years. |
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Since 1986, the dalasi was unpegged to pound sterling where it has then free floated. |
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Aidis floated backwards as he descended to the stage, his robe billowing dramatically. |
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The tubes were floated in 57 L plastic aquaria receiving flow-through sea water pumped directly from the ocean. |
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I floated the black plaque on the same gold matboard and positioned the litho using a conservation package. |
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Gilbert carried out many other experiments, including the study of spherical lodestones that were floated on water in small wooden boats. |
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Behind these were many ranks of pixies, gnomes and nymphs, and in the rear a thousand beautiful fairies floated along in gorgeous array. |
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Uruguay floated its currency late last month following a run on banks and a plunge in foreign reserves. |
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On the night of the full moon we took flares down to the lake and floated them on the water, paddling after them on rafts. |
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In attaching the units, each one was floated to its proper position and two lugs were inserted in their sockets in the hull. |
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Old assumptions are being questioned, sacred cows slaughtered, new ideas floated. |
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One of the sakura petals from the garden floated down and rested itself on the sleeve of my kimono. |
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Controversial plans to allow voters to veto inflation-busting council tax rises were floated yesterday by an ex-Labour Cabinet Minister. |
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He was a frequent pundit on TV news, where he twice floated his availability to return as police chief. |
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And an idea floated by the Housing Authority to build housing across the border in southern China was pulled back soon after it was made. |
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The clouds floated majestically overhead, reflecting the sun's colorful rays into the eyes of the earth. |
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She floated through the maze of alleys and backstreets, craning her neck, her eyes searching. |
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He floated inside the cold titanium surroundings, making notice of the large scorch marks on the walls. |
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And he floated on the water for just one second, as it crested anew, and then the wave broke and threw him down, down, down. |
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The Geraldton Yacht Club has floated plans to move its premises to the Batavia Coast Marina. |
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As he read the printed words in the balloons that floated above Dagwood and Blondie he drummed his fingers on the table. |
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High water levels, again, floated many boats off their lift cradles or up through roofs of covered docks. |
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Stalks of straw covered the floor and random stalks floated about in the breeze. |
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The actual grains of barley floated level with the brim, and reeds of various lengths but without nodes were in the bowls. |
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I floated this argument on the national security list-serv that I subscribe to, and was met with a barrage of criticism for it. |
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I felt a thrill of excitement as I floated weightless, suspended over the void. |
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The pain was nothing more than a tickle as he floated along the black stream. |
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The sad melancholy drifted through the speakers, and the two of them sat in silence as the song floated through the room. |
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And over the magnificent, inspiring crowd there floated the green flag, waving its folds in the gentle breeze of the new-born day. |
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I floated the art and mat on acid-free foam board to create some interesting shadows. |
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As my week dragged on the end slowly floated into sight, like a passing ocean liner appearing to a shipwrecked beachcomber. |
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The large quantities of timber grown in inland Aberdeenshire were floated down river to ports for shipment. |
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The stake to be floated will be divided into four equal portions and will be put for sale in different sessions. |
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The days when any old pig-in-the-poke could be dressed up as a prize porker and floated on the stock market are long gone. |
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Hooded mergansers scuttled away as the Mackenzie type drift boat floated downstream. |
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The sound of merriment and happiness floated to Andriel on the cool night breeze. |
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Spain has floated the idea of increasing the vote required for ministers taking decisions in councils. |
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Onsite separators extracted 40,000 gal of petroleum products from fuel tanks that floated and spun over. |
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Typically, these ores have been milled and floated to produce a concentrate of higher metal grades. |
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One idea being floated by traffic police involves placing silhouettes at the roadside, marking locations where people have died. |
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Pick items that are sedate rather than fleet-footed prestos and floated pieces at mezza voce rather than full-throttle. |
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When our boat floated into Xianren Lake, some red-mouthed birds suddenly appeared and looked us over. |
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The company was floated on the stock market in 1985, though the family retained a significant shareholding. |
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Thin clouds floated in the sky, and I could see a flock of birds passing by the clouds on a formation. |
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Part of their shell company's offering was floated on the Geneva stock exchange using fake balance sheets. |
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Miraculously, they floated ashore, were nursed by a she-wolf, and then reared by a shepherd. |
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Since then most countries have floated their currencies, which have no intrinsic commodity value. |
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We have already floated tenders inviting bid proposals and the bids will be opened in November. |
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When the gold standard was abandoned around 1971, currencies had been floated against each other to measure their worth in the global scenario. |
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The chaos since Argentina floated its currency was due not to floating but to the conditions that had been created before the floating began. |
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Afterward the dollar floated against other currencies, its value determined by the demand and supply of foreign exchange. |
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She bit her tongue in a large effort not to say what had floated across her mind. |
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Out of the blankness that floated thickly through my mind, one thing bluntly shone its way through. |
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Alternatively, investors can hold on to the warrant until the company is floated or sold. |
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Then, the paper is floated on a mixture containing silver nitrate and gallic acid. |
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As the sinewy red mass ascended through clear fluid, a bizarre blob formed at the tip, broke loose, and floated upward. |
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I floated an idea past my year 11 class today, that if they do their homework they will get an A, no matter what else happens. |
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The caissons were huge hollow reinforced concrete blocks that were floated across the channel and then sunk when in position. |
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He floated the idea of raising the amount of money taxpayers must earn before they're subjected to the top marginal tax rate. |
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She explained how her parents' house almost floated out to sea in the recent rainstorms and mudslides. |
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It floated really well, and was making what looked to be good progress by padding with all eight legs. |
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The skimmers floated, fraternized, and, best of all, skimmed, much to our delight. |
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A similar idea was floated in March this year by Southampton Test MP Alan Whitehead following an energy summit held in the city last year. |
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He can expect to make a killing when the Life Energy Corporation is floated on the Nasdaq in September. |
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The hum of chattering voices floated through the still air, accompanied by the faint strains of music. |
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From behind the building, a Mind-Melder floated around the corner, slaloming through invisible gates. |
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Cherry blossoms floated by on the breeze and looking up into the sky was like plunging towards an undisturbed pool of tropical water. |
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It floated a short distance before becoming completely submerged in the river, thought to be between six and eight feet deep. |
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The liquid was yellow, and unground, tiny white flowers floated like water lilies. |
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She gasped as another memory floated to the surface, her drink slopping over the railing, cup falling to the ground. |
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She is floated on a sea of sentimental sloppiness, a continuous gush about her frankness and freshness. |
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The budget airline was floated on the stock market in 1997 and since 1998 some 10 million share options have been awarded to workers. |
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Robert Foley won possession on the stand side and floated a high ball towards goal. |
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The vessel was floated by the flooding of the dry dock, rather than from a slipway. |
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The striker floated a great ball into the box which was met by Keith Kelly whose glancing header levelled the game. |
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Halfway to the Northern palace, two days into the journey, night fell as fresh snow floated to the ground. |
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In 1999, the company was floated on the stock exchange and her wealth was briefly estimated at over a billion dollars. |
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Cougars were trailing 22-16 when Adam Mitchell floated a high ball across to the right wing. |
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The images from her dream floated about her mind and she knew she wouldn't sleep for a long while. |
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She was hurrying to saddle her horse when a familiar nicker from a stall father in the stable floated to her ears. |
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The sun was shining brightly, illuminating the soft, downy clouds that floated aimlessly about in the clear blue skies. |
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Frankly it's the only product out of the four we floated last week that you think has much merit. |
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The money is being raised through schemes specially floated for this purpose. |
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The second consequence was that many fortunes were made by university academics when their embryonic companies were floated on the stock market. |
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The archon floated over to a shiny sphere filled with orbiting balls of light. |
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The Home Office Minister has floated the idea of setting up a part-time police force in North Yorkshire to fight crime in rural areas. |
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In this issue, Anirvan Banerji criticizes the notion floated a few years ago that the business cycle was dead. |
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Fast-food cartons sparkled in the autumn sunshine as they floated down the River Foss. |
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In one move last week, he was cornered close to the byeline by two Bolton defenders as a high pass was floated towards him. |
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A gentle northern breeze pushed a noble's boat down the Nile, while a small fishing boat floated with the current. |
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Their smells floated into his nostrils, each one distinct, unique, intoxicating. |
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All that means is that he is susceptible to every reactionary nostrum floated by right-wing thinktanks. |
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Where they strove manfully for their effects, he wrote poems whose cadence leads one to believe that they had just floated out. |
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He not only floated the ball out onto the green, but sent his chip closer and closer until the ball unbelievably dropped into the hole. |
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He floated the ball over for young substitute Danny Forrest to head back across goal to Simon Parke at the far post. |
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A lifeboat attended, but because of the falling tide, decided to stand by until the boat floated clear. |
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Large sea fish were caught in nets which floated below the surface of the sea and others were caught with hooks and lines. |
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A few blocks away, Cash Smith floated his two children on laundry hampers and plunged into chest-high waters. |
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Then the snow and rain turned to steam on the heated road surfaces, this steam floated off like fog, which caused several car accidents. |
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Gayle floated one outside the off stump and Afridi couldn't resist having a dip. |
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Lifting up a box of screwed up newspaper and oily painting rags, a letter floated out to the ground. |
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The pale white light floated evenly, sterilely, from a spot on the western horizon. |
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The suprabatham from the temple loud speaker floated in the still air of the morning. |
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Lee Clark floated the ball into the area, but Marlet could not get any power on his header. |
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The company floated almost two years ago at e1.99, but is now listed in the bottom half of the Stock Exchange. |
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The festival brought the complex alive as bright ribbons floated and children twirled and danced in colourful costumes to the sounds of Latin and soca music. |
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Some more of Nasha and the night floated on the high tide of music. |
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The offices are on a barge that has floated in the river since 1976, but which is on dry land today. |
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Judge Heidi Klum floated across stage as if carried by a fleet of butterflies. |
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But since those rosy scenarios were first floated, the California political scene has grown more crowded. |
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By that logic however, carol is also being floated as a possible casualty of the episode. |
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A compact version of a space ship floated right outside the doorway. |
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If you floated you were guilty of the crime you were accused of. |
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The air over Antarctica has warmed dramatically over the past 30 years, according to a new study of archived data collected by weather balloons floated over the icy continent. |
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The two jogged for the next few minutes before Rilke floated over. |
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I merely floated where I was because of the weightlessness of space. |
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When the tide came in the raft floated and was then attached to a boat. |
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A foamy mess of soggy bread floated on top of a thick orange liquid. |
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Gentle whiffs of his cologne floated up to her from the coat. |
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Because the unopened fruit won't sink when submerged in water, many believe the fruit of the kapok tree floated its way from Latin America to Africa. |
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The wontons were placed in a huge pot of boiling water and after only a few moments they floated to the top, we scooped them out and here they are. |
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A group representing the company's 300 pensioners has been refused a request for a meeting with management and told that they will not get any shares in the floated company. |
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Oil and gas was formed around 100 million years ago when tiny marine plants and animals called phytoplankton and zooplankton floated on the sea's surface. |
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Seamus Farrell and Pa Kavanagh tied the teams before Brian Walker floated over a left-footed shot from an acute angle on the left for a dramatic win. |
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Zimbabwe, equatorial Guinea, Venezuela, and Nicaragua have been floated as possibilities. |
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A ring of ships floated around it, waiting for docking clearance. |
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Not surprisingly, the per diem proposal has been a flop since Moran floated it a few weeks ago. |
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The other boats of Kilthan's convoy floated ahead and astern of his own, nuzzling the docks, hatches battened down, and a peaceful sense of expectancy hovered about them. |
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When break-up came at the end of May, he floated out the 1500 miles to the Pacific on a scow, and worked his way home stoking coal on a steamship. |
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The Spanish captain was largely anonymous, and produced only one moment of magic when the defence stood off him and he floated a shot just over the bar. |
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The theory was first floated in the 1950s by Professor Homer Dubs of Oxford University. |
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A large, shiny-headed bee hovered over a tangled rose bush and then floated off into the air, the extinguished sound leaving an even deeper silence. |
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In the pond where Otis, a Brazilian otter, once thrilled visitors with his spectacular antics, his orange beach ball floated, waiting patiently for Otis to take it for a spin. |
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For the remaining four years, the yields will be floated at 2.5 percentage points above the average interest rate of three-month time deposits at four local banks, he said. |
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Our destination was a semi-submersible oil rig, by which I mean that most of it, two enormous hollow vessels, each the size of a warship, floated beneath the surface. |
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While several names have been floated for her replacement, on Capitol Hill, lute and Allen have the most senior level support. |
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The savior's novice guard cape floated in the same direction as his hair and pants, and he unconsciously removed the new shield from its back straps. |
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Throughout the performance, flaming balls of ash floated down to the stage, narrowly missing dancers who shimmied out of the way just in time to avoid being burnt. |
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The proposals were first floated in a report produced by a council-led scrutiny inquiry into gypsies and travellers and were revealed in the Daily Echo in October. |
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Some administration and congressional advisors said they believed the idea had been floated as a trial balloon to see how much support or opposition it attracted. |
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Raised on two-by-fours laid on their sides, the room's plasterboard floor floated above the gallery's to create a fragile platform that could not be walked upon. |
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He just floated around headquarters in mufti, spinning his web. |
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Now, the sun floated high above them in a clear, cloudless blue sky. |
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Nor do they consider other well-respected candidates whose names have been floated, such as Ash Carter. |
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Another idea being floated is that domestic competitions would act as feeder leagues in the new set-up, with annual relegation and promotion play-offs. |
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In one area, children created giant, iridescent soap bubbles, which jiggled and glittered brightly in the spotlights as they floated upward, before finally bursting. |
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Now, once a trial balloon is floated like that, your days are numbered. |
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Loggers downed trees with broadaxes during the winter, honed them by hand to the right dimension, and floated them down the Wind River in huge tie drives. |
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Papers were scattered everywhere, and he muttered the words to a small spell and they quickly floated into a neat stack in the center or the desktop. |
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Even those without a specific vice floated about spiritlessly. |
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When he floated his quadrennial idea three months ago, I assumed it was more of the same. |
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A hundred prisoners turned at once to the cell block's single barred window, where a blur of color floated through the front gate, heading for the compound. |
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Unable to swim or summon help, he soon lost consciousness and floated face down just a few metres off the beach at the resort of Los Christianos in May. |
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Muted sunlight filtered through the trees into a small glade on the other side of the stream, and dust particles caught in the soft sunbeams sparkled as they floated downward. |
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After filling the cauldron up about halfway, he looked in, swishing the water about, then picking out a few pieces of debris that floated into it. |
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A few cirrus clouds floated by, turning dark and blue around the edges. |
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He adopted a new basis for hydrostatics, using two principles from his mechanics, and explained for the first time how a heavy beam can be floated in very little water. |
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She activated something in her high heels and with a sudden ignition of fire from her actual heels, gently floated to the lonely and flooded street. |
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In the distance a cloud of sand and dust floated skyward and the repeated backfiring of an internal-combustion engine echoed over the rolling dunes. |
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Plans for actions are floated, emotional states begin and both of these feed back into my sensory cortex through the proprioceptive and interoceptive systems respectively. |
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Dad's voice floated up the stairs, disturbing our secret rendezvous. |
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The train hooted and a cloud of sooty dust floated past the window. |
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Michael's voice floated up the stairs before she could lie down again. |
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She moved her wand toward the stairs, and Ron floated that way. |
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This time Joe Hurley floated the ball across from the far side and Maurice O Rahilly thundered a header that the keeper, Dan Burke, managed to get a hand to. |
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With half-time approaching, Ovenden were awarded a free kick well outside the penalty area and Megson floated the ball over everyone into the net. |
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Cosgrave floated the ball across, it bobbled around the six yard box before Sullivan cheekily back heeled it to the bottom corner for his twelfth goal of the season. |
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After a bright start the home side took a third minute lead when Matthew Rhead floated the ball over goalkeeper Mark Thornley and saw his effort drop just under the crossbar. |
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As would be expected, irreverent ideas were constantly floated. |
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The internet banking service will be floated on the stock exchange. |
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As the first mushroom floated off into the blue, it changed its shape into a flower-like form, its giant petal curving downward creamy white outside, rose-colored inside. |
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With the fourth official showing four minutes of additional time, Danny Murphy floated in a free-kick from the left which found Fenn on the far side of the box. |
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Their soft mains floated carelessly as they frolicked in the sun. |
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Papers in the air floated gently earthwards like giant stiff feathers. |
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Ghosts, ghouls, and spirits floated about and chatted with old friends, vampires lurked frighteningly close, and werewolves paced from along the walls. |
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Should we really believe that David floated this story without further confirmation because he was concerned that John might beat him to the punch? |
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He lit the tobacco in the pipe and blew a soft grey circle of smoke, which eddied and floated away on the currents of the wind like a bird taken to flight. |
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Although modern marbling techniques employ acrylic paints thinned with specialized dispersants and floated on specially prepared water, the technique is relatively simple. |
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The door rattled a bit and small particles of dust floated to the ground. |
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T Cowie plc was floated in December 1964, and in 1965 it bought out the first of many car dealerships. |
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During the American war of independence and Napoleonic wars, Bank of England notes were legal tender and their value floated relative to gold. |
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Two trumpeter swans floated on the steaming river, snowflakes swirling around their ghostly white forms. |
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One day, one of the thunderboxes was pushed into the river and floated off. |
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Engineer Member, BDA, P N Nayak said, The tender was floated a month ago for the construction of skywalk at Manyata Tech Park. |
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I floated on heated water beds, was massaged in the hydro-therapy pool and relaxed in the herbal steam caldarium. |
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While one of the men was brought in with a life ring, the other had lost consciousness as he floated out with the tide, the Daily Star reported. |
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But that particular sword of Damocles has floated off into the ether. |
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An Irishman, he is said to have floated across to Cornwall after being thrown into the sea tied to a millstone. |
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I floated the idea of free ice-cream on Fridays, but no one was interested. |
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Here the galley paused not at all, but floated easily in the blue of the sky among fleecy clouds tinted with rose. |
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It is thought the 1970s stun grenade floated down the Wye from the former SAS HQ at Stirling Lines. |
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After jumping, it took him 3 minutes, 48 seconds of free fall before he opened his parachute and floated to the ground. |
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The eggs were floated in salty water and then infracted for measuring thick albumen. |
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In December 1992 National Express Group plc was floated on the London Stock Exchange. |
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A long metal rod with a small disc or ball on the end was provided as a stirrer and prodder for the small piece of lemon that floated in the tea. |
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With the breakdown of the Bretton Woods system, the pound floated from August 1971 onwards. |
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As the models floated down the catwalk, princesslike in their diaphanous, glittering white gowns and tiaras, the gasps were audible. |
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The boat came loose from its moorings and floated out into the harbor. |
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The aircraft accelerated as the propeller feathered and floated in ground effect for 2,000 feet. |
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The bag, which contained scrapers, wipes and a pair of grease guns, immediately floated out of reach. |
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The Edinburgh-based insurance giant was demutualised and floated last July. |
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We wore green denim uniforms which when wet could be inflated into waterwings and we floated our equipment over to the riverbank. |
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A raft of twigs stayed upon a stone, suddenly detached itself, and floated towards the culvert. |
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For example, long projections emerged from the cells and floated before they retracted, creating a starlike pattern. |
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Last Monday we were nearly surrounded by ice, which closed in the ship on all sides, scarcely leaving her the sea-room in which she floated. |
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In the spring, the logs floated down the rivers to the saw mills by the sea. |
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The slag separated, and floated on the molten iron, and was removed by lowering a dam at the end of the trough. |
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After the ice on Lena had cracked and floated down the river, Pyanda followed it and for several days sailed through rocky banks. |
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If the walls are rough or uneven, they should be first pricked up, and then floated. |
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This chain, which floated on logs, was strong enough to prevent any Turkish ship from entering the harbour. |
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The Hawke Government floated the Australian dollar in 1983 and partially deregulated the financial system. |
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Flotsam are goods that floated off the ship while it was in danger or when it sank. |
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Then the earth in the boats was gradually taken away so that the boats floated much higher and the oxen were lifted off the river bottom. |
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The retreat was accelerated as sea levels rose and floated glacial termini. |
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Barrages of shallow nets floated by long buoys can be used to ward off algea drifts, depending on wave height and current. |
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Grounds are usually put up first and the plastering floated flush with them. |
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The bow guard was watching the other boat as it floated among several fishing boats waiting for the bridge to open. |
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