| The deafening thunder reverberated around the room and struck back down from the high ribbed ceiling. |
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| Even with her vegetation obsession, she was unyielding and did not back down from ridicule or teasing. |
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| Frantic diplomacy by the United States, Britain and other countries brought the danger back down from the red zone, but just barely. |
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| He was a small, hot-tempered boy eight years of age, a boy who was never one to back down from a fight, and who had been best friends with Adam's son Seigi ever since birth. |
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| Never one to back down from a fight, Péladeau used the setback as a growth opportunity. |
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| An adaptation test which the leaders, never ones to back down from a challenge, passed with flying colours. |
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| Civility does not preclude intense debate, nor does it lead us to back down from principles that really matter. |
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| Don't adopt a public position that is impossible to attain and difficult to back down from. |
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| Therefore, we will not back down from our commitment to provide emergency assistance when needed. |
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| If we are agreed on this, then we need to ensure greater democratic control, to build up the parliamentary dimension, not back down from it. |
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| I never believed for a moment that the Liberal Party would back down from a tax grab, but it did. |
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| Suddenly she was brought to an upright position, blood rushed back down from her previously upside down head, before it came back up to flame her pale face. |
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| Driving back down from the hills, signs of exorbitance abound. |
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| When it comes to bringing together contradictory styles, American fashion designer Marc Ecko has never been the type to back down from a challenge. |
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| In the light of this report I call on the Commission not to back down from its promise and to draft a comprehensive directive to combat discrimination under Article 13 of the EC Treaty. |
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| It is very difficult for me to understand why we would want to back down from what he initially had and why the House would not support what Mr. Cadman brought forward. |
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| Workers must be protected, I will not back down from that. |
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| We were going to make sure that we would not back down from the Americans. |
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| Indicting President Ahmadinejad for incitement to commit genocide would send a clear non-violent message to Iran's authoritarian leaders to back down from pursuing a genocidal ideology. |
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| Back home, communities are getting organized. They will form a coalition and will demand that the government back down from its stance and protect rural people once again. |
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| Canadians have made it abundantly clear that our country should never back down from terrorism, and we remain committed to the vital mission in Afghanistan. |
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