A fault of mine had always been that the most acidic responses came to mind at the most inopportune times. |
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Make up a story, screw around with it, needle the characters, make them say weird stuff, insert new people at inopportune moments and have fun. |
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Billy is a teenage shutterbug who always seems to cram his camera in the most inopportune places. |
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Again, though, a lot of people made uncharacteristic mistakes at inopportune moments that cost Scotland dearly. |
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He memorises quotes from movies and blurts them out at inopportune moments. |
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Some dreams are interrupted during the most inopportune moments, especially those that reflect hidden desires. |
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When the initial shock wore off I think we all felt a bit cheated that such a huge bombshell should be dropped at such an inopportune moment. |
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But I'm learning to accept my awkwardness and lack of loving the social element at seemingly inopportune times. |
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They often tried to force the play early and, with unforced errors also creeping in at inopportune times, they rarely completed sets of six. |
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More important, as the symbol of the state, his actions, no matter how inopportune, had to be defended by the Liberal ruling class at all costs. |
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Most experts agreed that his demand for the removal of the Wall was inopportune, utopian, and crazy. |
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In terms of the world context, this is probably one of the most inopportune moments to announce further cuts to royalties and taxes. |
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You might have planned out a whole series of attacks, but one inopportune roll and your turn is over. |
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It will visit upon us an important event at an inopportune time, as if to illustrate how inconsequential our influence on the greater scheme. |
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These facts can, of course, be brought to one's attention by unmeant gestures or inopportune intrusions. |
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On one of them the battery dies at an inopportune moment so I have to go get a supervisor. |
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What inadequate lighting exists is unreliable, flickering off at the most inopportune moments. |
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Firstly, it always happens at the most inopportune moments, and secondly, it's generally about a subject you haven't got a clue about. |
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Apologies from the judge will remedy most tactless and inopportune remarks. |
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He couldn't help but blush every time she caught him staring in her direction and he'd often find himself dreaming of her at the most inopportune moments. |
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There is growing concern, however, that China's needed economic brake-tapping may be coming at the most inopportune of times. |
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It was inopportune to submit proposals for posts during an off-budget year. |
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Telemarketing calls always seem to come at the most inopportune time, which is why I welcome a do not call list. |
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Generally, however, in the face of inopportune requests and setbacks one tends to fly off the handle. |
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These negative forces were unleashed on us at a most inopportune time, when the country started reaping nature's rewards in the form of an abundance of oil dollars. |
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But I've gotten laughs at a couple of inopportune moments also. |
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The publication of the letter comes at a particularly inopportune moment for the Pakistani military. |
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This crisis of governability within the Western world comes at a particularly inopportune moment. |
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It comes at rather an inopportune moment, for I feel that we must now give political dialogue a chance. |
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In the current environment of a somewhat strained Canada-U. S. relationship, it would be a most inopportune moment to be talking about that. |
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You had, unwittingly, called at an inopportune time as I had just cut my finger on a tin of anchovies and Carlo was helping me staunch the flow of blood. |
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The Laval native committed one double fault at an inopportune moment, allowing Jankovic a break point, which she immediately took advantage of. |
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Given that such a policy may be implemented, this report appears at an inopportune moment. |
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Conversely, a service provider must show a serious reason to terminate a contract and, even in such case, may not do so at an inopportune moment. |
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And just at the most inopportune moment, the guy turned this way. |
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This is an unhelpful hyperbole, but it is certainly true that there must be contexts in which a statement of these truths is politically inopportune. |
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It was in order to avoid an inopportune division, and only after having consulted the Board Members and the Chairperson of the Special Committee and obtained their support, that he was submitting that proposal. |
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That leaves the Senate's leadership uncertain at an inopportune moment. |
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It was an inopportune moment to draw attention to the gull situation. |
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For health officials, the Council's hearing came at an inopportune moment. |
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The Hong Kong authorities have embarked upon the implementation of this highly controversial article at a most inopportune moment, and in a manner that lacks transparency. |
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This precedent would have been set at a particularly inopportune moment, at the very time when the Community is preparing for its enlargement to new members. |
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Because this point of time can occur even during a day at the most inopportune moment, the regeneration can be postponed to the following night, which also means, that in the meantime there is no softened water available. |
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Any little error is stocked in memory to be emerged at inopportune moment. |
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Company management normally uses disciplinary measures to correct the inappropriate behaviour, inopportune gestures, or reprehensible acts committed by an employee. |
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This comes at an inopportune time since, apart from some Asian and Latin American countries, the living standards of most developing countries are not catching up to those in the industrial economies. |
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An anecdote read in a work, quotes Kurt Tank who, in top of a loop, throttle retarded during a trial flight, east left in gimlet following an inopportune and brutal release the compressor to 2600 meters altitude. |
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Were they simply inopportune arrivals at a deadly house party? |
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He had this ability to – almost on the fly – make up songs about people, and he would sing them at the most inopportune moments – it was this gift that I'd never seen before in anyone. |
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It would have placed him in London at an inopportune time. |
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This is mainly to keep the firms out of the hands of others, such as the local upstart Samsung which, in an inopportune display of hubris, launched its expansion into the car market only this year. |
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I would like to question the European Commission about its trade agreements with Africa, which are at the least inopportune and the antithesis of the line of thinking we're developing here. |
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A malfunction in the switchboard at an inopportune time has the potential for serious consequences, jeopardizing the safety of the personnel and the vessel, and endangering the environment. |
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Excessive trading may require the portfolio manager to sell investments at an inopportune time and may also force the portfolio manager to hold more cash in a Fund than would otherwise normally be required. |
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It seems inopportune to us to use the possibilities provided for by the law to amend the by-laws to limit the use of this method for participation by Directors in the activities of the Board. |
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Several submissions expressed worries about the negative effects on employers, in terms of disruptions and enhanced costs, which might ensue if employees were absent for significant periods or at inopportune times. |
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The history and symbolic nature of this city invite us to be aware of the responsibility which they and we have, whether opportune or inopportune. |
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Some groups outside the Vatican also see him as an inopportune choice. |
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All patients struggle against daytime drowsiness and nod off at inopportune moments. |
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The inopportune arrival of the bus cut short the interesting conversation. |
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Guarding the lines late in the game open holes between the middle infielders and the corners and often allow teams to start rallies at the most inopportune moment. |
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