In the etchings of artist Nicholas Ward, his pedigree as a draughtsman is clear to see. |
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Most of the early medieval saints were bishops, abbots, and abbesses with an impeccable social pedigree. |
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He's 43, been a copper for 25 years and has a pedigree of detective work, having covered ganglands, drug trafficking and extortion. |
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A one-eyed rescue pooch has proved you do not need a pedigree to be a top dog at the world-famous Crufts. |
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The only naturally left-footed player with international pedigree is Ashley Cole. |
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It was shown yesterday by Eileen Wilson who shows crossbred cattle in partnership with Mrs Orme who runs 10 pedigree Limousins. |
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He was a California outfielder that had been hyped since Little League and had Major League pedigree to boot. |
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He then sold all his livestock and replaced them with four breeds of pedigree cattle. |
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Anyone with knowledge of livestock and pedigree cattle will appreciate their true value. |
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She was charged with seven counts of causing unnecessary suffering to the six pedigree rough collies and one border collie cross. |
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That impressive pedigree transmits well to this film, a rousing tale of survival against the odds that's partly inspired by a true story. |
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A lot of parents look to accreditation as a rubber stamp of a school's pedigree. |
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This facilitated a quick lookup of parental data given a genotype but did not allow a more complete description of the parental pedigree. |
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This ranch is owned by Carlton and Nancy Laxton and they run a herd of over two hundred pedigree Romagnola cows. |
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The gang is targeting pedigree dogs who have tags with their name and telephone numbers. |
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But first, there's a musical to put on that, for all its pedigree and malleability, remains very '70s and very showbiz. |
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This was carried out using an eyepiece from a telescope, an optical instrument with a longer pedigree than the microscope. |
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It is not only Manchester United who can testify to FC Porto's current European pedigree. |
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And if you know me, I couldn't get ordinary bantams, I had to get pedigree ones. |
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Their incorporation into these pedigree herds as suckler dams or resale as in calf cows offers a very lucrative second-hand value. |
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He is a country boy from the wrong side of the tracks, while she is a city gal with a pedigree. |
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The herd of 115 milkers and 85 followers is mainly pedigree black and whites but there are also 20 award-winning dairy shorthorns. |
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After almost 40 years in milk production, John and Sally Hart are dispersing their Hilhoath herd of pedigree Jersey and Guernsey milkers. |
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Selective breeding means the bicolour gained recognition as a pedigree in victorian times. |
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Various breeds of pedigree dogs, including miniatures shih-tzus and Lhasa apsos, dachshunds, bearded collies and a corgi were recovered. |
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There was no fur-flying as marvellous moggies rubbed fluffy shoulders with pedigree breeds including Devon Rex and Siamese. |
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Pedigree dogs and mongrels performed the same overall, but pedigree cats scored marginally higher than mixed breed cats on all the tests. |
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His sporting pedigree is confirmed by a bloodline that has produced other fine sportsmen. |
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Hesiod brags of prizes won, the blue-ribbon poem of a pedigree at the county-fair, coarse-woven and straw-capped. |
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His undeviating rule appears to have been to breed high quality pedigree stock and to feed them from his own resources. |
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Like a mutt from the dog pound, she had a hodgepodge pedigree that underwhelmed. |
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The pedigree seal point cat left the house as usual to answer a call of nature, but didn't return home. |
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Their lack of international experience and pedigree took its toll as they were crushed 4-0 by the Socceroos, who advanced at their expense. |
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They are bred for power, speediness, and stamina though height somehow made itself known within their pedigree. |
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But that's what happens when newcomers arrive with promise and a family pedigree. |
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Of course, she cannot claim an Anglo-Saxon pedigree, but she can publicly admire Englishness. |
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The famous name, stamped in gold letters on a green background, leaves you in no doubt as to the pedigree of this more sober-suited car. |
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Baseball might be right up with pentathlon and synchronised swimming among sports of dubious Olympian pedigree. |
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An ornamental doocot was built in a corner of the garden, and a castellated tower added a refined pedigree to the old sawmill. |
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Away from the grand pedigree of the original building, the design of the hotel's new tower echoes the shapes and colours of the old one well. |
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Traditionally, a colonel in the British Army would likely be from a high-born, well-known family with documented heraldry and pedigree. |
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For a fee, it records the offspring of all AKC-registered parents in its stud book and provides them with official certificates of pedigree. |
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The Hattens have a weanling to beef enterprise and also keep some pedigree Suffolks. |
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In New Zealand many pedigree chihuahuas, Jack Russell terriers, and all sorts of other dogs, little and big, are already microchipped. |
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The imitations in Trevor's fly box are some of the best imitations of caster, bloodworms and pedigree chum I have seen. |
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The hypothesis that disparate groups of synapsids independently acquired mammallike characteristics has a long pedigree. |
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There will be 10 pedigree classes but also numerous categories for pet pooches, including one for the dog with the waggiest tail. |
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The pedigree of the genotyped animals was traced back for five generations. |
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The recorded pedigree had complex relationships between individuals because of random mating and selection. |
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The Rock has a track record and a pedigree that will attract much business to Coolmore's stables. |
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New Delhi has enshrined performance and effectiveness as more important measures of human worth than family name or pedigree. |
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His method was to ask about their history, their pedigree, what he called their genealogy. |
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It was obligatory to establish a family pedigree, going back at least several generations. |
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Despite its historical pedigree, the spartan bunker, home to the government in times of national emergency, has been deemed too old-fashioned. |
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Given the distinguished pedigree of the current collection, jewelry historians and collectors should await new arrivals with eager anticipation. |
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More than historical pedigree or source credibility, I evaluate how it is presented. |
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The company has an excellent pedigree, with many residential and commercial developments forming their impressive portfolio. |
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Yet a third commercial rocket is being marketed from Russia, and this one has an historic pedigree. |
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In other words, the validity of a viewpoint seemed to hinge on the author's pedigree rather than on the cogency if his argument. |
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Such beacons have an historical pedigree and were once lit to warn of imminent danger. |
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A family tree or a pedigree is a diagram of the members of your extended family. |
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For these reasons it is logical to consider drawing a pedigree when asking about family illnesses. |
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Crufts is the biggest dog show in the world featuring around 20,000 top pedigree dogs all competing to achieve the title of Best in Show. |
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Burglars hurled pedigree puppies out of the window during a raid on a house in Salford. |
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It was the same evening that her father's pedigree sheep were being taken to the voluntary cull. |
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The first phase of the plan, launched by DEFRA in July, was for pedigree sheep breeders. |
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In a pioneering study there, solar-powered electric fences are used to surround maternity pastures where expensive, pedigree calves are born. |
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The court was told Holloway has been involved in farming for 17 years and has built up two herds of rare pedigree cows. |
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Organised gangs are stealing pedigree dogs of all breeds from homes across the country and the dognapping crime is on the increase. |
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We have been breeding pedigree sheep in the Lowton areas for some 20 years. |
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She has gained work experience in a veterinary centre and is interested in breeding pedigree dogs. |
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This has come as very good news to all who breed and show at agriculture shows and pedigree sheep sales. |
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A substantial reward has been offered for the safe return of a rare pedigree dog which was stolen in Bradford. |
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There was a special companion dog show as well as sections for pedigree dogs and novelty categories. |
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In his spare time he was a dedicated horticulturist and he bred pedigree dogs. |
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He was cocky and had pedigree but there was an underlying suspicion within the county that he might lack the mentality to match his ability. |
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He's kind of like the perfect storm with his combination of looks and pedigree. |
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His precise Irish pedigree is not clear, but his self-made man credentials are impeccable. |
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It has its moments, but considering its pedigree it comes off as a fangless, flashy disappointment. |
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For reference and further processing, the pedigree data can also be saved in a simple text file, using tab indents to indicate ancestral levels. |
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For maximum informativeness, each pedigree collected consisted of 4 grandparents, 2 parents, and 6-11 offspring. |
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North Carolina's John Edwards boasts the Southern pedigree and ingratiating charm to match the president in the likeability sweepstakes. |
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They have a smallholding in Devon which is home to a host of animals, including a flock of pedigree Black Welsh Mountain sheep. |
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Sally with her handler Laura proved that cross-breeds are just as good at obedience and agility as their pedigree counterparts. |
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The college dairy farm supplies liquid milk all the year round to Dawn Dairies from a top class herd of pedigree Friesians. |
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A stupid frou-frou bow in her black wig makes her look like a primped pedigree puppy. |
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Despite his bravura, Che's father, like many dabblers, never found real success, and the Guevaras weren't wealthy, whatever their pedigree. |
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No fillies were in the sale, and unless a horse has a top stallion pedigree, the Jockey Club gelds the horses before they go through the sale. |
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Even coach Andy Gair was pressed into service on the wing and he did enough to remind his charges of his pedigree. |
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It's a system they've worked out proportioning points based on pedigree and performance. |
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Researchers hope to use the technology to improve the pedigree of milk goats. |
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Both were direct progeny of that parent, and one of these inbreds had additional backcrossing to that parent in its pedigree. |
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I am occasionally disappointed by the failure of some ACLU Chapters to live up to their libertarian pedigree. |
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It is large, bound in luxurious leather, with discreet gold lettering announcing its pedigree. |
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Interest in whether the essentials of being human are given to us by nature or by nurture has a long pedigree. |
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It's a shame that not everyone has a dog, whether a mutt or a pedigree. |
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Acceptance of the calf as a pedigree will be acknowledged by the respective breed society once the necessary requirements for that society have been met. |
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Erland Omand plans to sell traditional clover honey through outlets across the UK's as well as breeding pedigree queen bees for sale across the world. |
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There certainly remains a need for more accurate methods to estimate heritabilities and genetic correlations in the absence of pedigree information. |
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Every generation the mean inbreeding coefficient of the population was calculated from pedigree relationships, weighted by the different numbers of males and females. |
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But for his political pedigree, Klain would have no business being Ebola coordinator. |
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And it is not surprising, considering the pedigree of both authors. |
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Literary pedigree is or should be a valid concern for any writer or for any critic considering that writer. |
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That equation of crudeness with authenticity has a long pedigree in our culture. |
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All I got was a stuck record that repeated my misdemeanours in a tone of voice that left me in no doubt as to the dubiousness of my credentials, pedigree and character. |
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Few castles can boast the historic pedigree of Cathcart, which dates back to the days of Sir Alan Cathcart, a knight who served with Robert the Bruce. |
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The painting itself did not subsequently spawn any of the painted repetitions and reductions that complicate the pedigree of Delaroche's later works. |
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Above all, though, first round day is when the law of averages is more likely to favour lower pedigree opposition maintaining the FA Cup's shock factor. |
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Bill, who spends the rest of the year running a herd of pedigree Welsh Black cattle at Trefawr Farm, Llanfyrnach, confided that loose leaf tea was the secret of a good cuppa. |
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Unless the horse has a strong stallion pedigree, he is gelded. |
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Romney was so proud of his pro-choice pedigree that he even tweaked his Senate opponent, Democrat Ted Kennedy, for equivocation. |
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Many dog owners with pedigree pooches want them either trained for special jobs, unique activities such as hunting, show-ring, guard duty or special obedience training. |
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Not everybody is put off by their outrageous prices, but when the puppies grow up they turn out to be not of pedigree blood, but ordinary Little-Russian mongrels. |
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The man elected chairman that opening night was a retired Brigadier with a pedigree as long as your arm, and a penchant for shouting orders at subordinates. |
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This superb, but alarmingly underrated guitarist has a fine pedigree. |
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The history, and pedigree, of Madrid is unrivalled in world football. |
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Other results showed that there was no distinction between pedigree and mongrel dogs although pedigree cats performed better than cross-breed cats. |
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Working under Gough and his assistant proved an attraction for a tenacious performer whose Scottish father Michael genned him up on the pair's pedigree. |
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The provisions hereunder apply in relation to bulls, whether registered pedigree bulls or otherwise, which are offered for sale or sold for breeding purposes. |
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He was renowned for his violent pedigree, although few people other than militants would have recognized his broad, hangdog face. |
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His perfect pedigree was singed by stories in The New York Times that he exaggerated his Vietnam War record. |
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A litter of week-old pedigree puppies were ritually sacrificed so that their silky soft, pure-white hides could be sewn together to line each shoe. |
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Asian local native peoples have inbred native dog breeds without any crossbreeding with other dogs to maintain their pedigree and their specific physical characteristics. |
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Despite its pedigree, the company spluttered through its first two years. |
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It is much easier to look after Sally, a comparatively inexpensive labrador, on a farm than it is to dogsit a whippet with a fine pedigree in a busy city. |
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The film does little to rise above its second-rate pedigree. |
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Births among pedigree breeding pigs are down by half this year as a result of foot-and-mouth and classical swine fever, the British Pig Association said. |
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Only a few of the very best pedigree pigs can be kept for breeding. |
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The brand does not seem to be pushing its parental pedigree. |
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Every type of pedigree dog registered with the Kennel Club is represented. |
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His pedigree and family tree are interesting, and even mind-boggling. |
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We have a proven pedigree because of our retailing backgrounds. |
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He came from a youngish pedigree, the first foal of an unraced mare. |
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The last play with this pedigree was matilda, still going strong a year and a half later. |
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Historically, it has a shoddy pedigree of corruption and death. |
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As intended, the new name spurred interest, and by the 1970s, the American shorthairs were fully established as one of the most popular cats at pedigree shows. |
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The pedigree of each animal in the study was traced back as far as known. |
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For most animal shows the animal has to have a pedigree as a purebred. |
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Gangs are stealing pedigree dogs for sale in Ireland and abroad. |
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Their players undoubtedly possess pedigree, but now football's blue bloods must pass the biggest test so far, that of the stubborn, talented Irish. |
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In an era in which the very power of national governments of reformist pedigree to deliver reforms is under question, Labour gainsays the question. |
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The same seems clearly true of the conception of pedigree that came to loom so large in the social thinking of the gentry of the late medieval and early modern ages. |
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He was a stallion pedigree, physically superior, and proved the point. |
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London Irish couldn't believe their luck, snapping up one of the best buys of the season, a finisher of proven pedigree in the prime of his career. |
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In his early career, Xi also had worked for a former defense minister, and his pedigree gives him close ties to the brass. |
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I place the qualifier in the last sentence because the biggest trick, or illusion, or the tallest story fed to the human is the one of ancestry and pedigree. |
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If you walk for exercise, offer to walk pedigree dogs at the same time. |
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Unlike hoity-toity displays of pedigree fluff, the average joe Cat Show is a celebration of middling felines. |
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A startup called RockMelt on Sunday launched the beta version of an entirely new type of Web browser with an impeccable pedigree. |
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Farmer Robert Cunyngham Brown is a grey-haired countryman who owns both Graveland and Otterswick and has a family pedigree on the island that stretches back hundreds of years. |
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See what regard will be paid to the pedigree which deduces your descent from kings and conquerors. |
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One of the major suppliers of pedigree seed in western Canada is Farmers Co-op Seed Plant Ltd. |
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His Colorado pedigree and his legacy are such that marketers with an ear to local sensibilities will pursue His Orangeness for years to come. |
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Not to mention their music pedigree that includes PIL, Ministry, Pitchshifter, Pigface, UK Subs, Texas Terri Bomb and Criminal Class. |
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Now they are gearing up to sell pedigree Suffolks and commercial cross-bred Beltex tups at the NSA ram sale in Builth. |
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Some of the other charms employed by the wise men had a more tangled pedigree. |
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Of the European contingent who could give you a run at fancy odds, Finland boast real pedigree in Jarkko Komula and Marko Kantele. |
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This maiden is likely to work out well and Brog Deas Nua, with his US middle-distance pedigree, should improve next year as he steps up in trip. |
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Kerkira, a Danehill three-year-old, could hardly have had a more timely pedigree as the filly shares the same grand-dam as High Chaparral. |
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For an emerald, a Colombian pedigree confers not only spectacular color but also eye-popping prices. |
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This beautiful uddered heifer descended from the Sweet family with nine generations of Excellent or Very Good dams in the pedigree. |
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To bolster his case, he whipped out a legal pad with a crudely drawn pedigree. |
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Even the names of the frothy coffee drinks she claims are an American attempt to add pedigree by Italianising them. |
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Maison de Moggy, in Edinburgh, will allow animal lovers to spend up to an hour in the company of 10 pedigree cats. |
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As far as their British pedigree is concerned, all started as wild plants, as dog and sweet briar roses, old man's beard or traveller's joy. |
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James and Hannah began breeding pedigree Texels in 1997 to provide tups for the commercial herd of their father Rob Draper. |
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From beef production to pedigree Texels, via laying hens and dairying, he has constantly restructured his 100-acre business to stay profitable. |
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Eye Of The Storm has a stout pedigree, so it is hardly surprising O'Brien is already giving him the chance to shine over 10 furlongs. |
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There are approximately 1,200 flocks of pedigree Swaledale sheep in the United Kingdom. |
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Eye Of The Storm has a stout pedigree, so it is hardly surprising O''Brien is already giving him the chance to shine over 10 furlongs. |
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Democracy is an idea with a pedigree stretching back to ancient Greece. |
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The company has an excellent pedigree with over a century in the business. |
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The British name Caedbaed is found in the pedigree of the kings of Lindsey, which argues for the survival of British elites in this area also. |
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Helena subsequently gives birth to a son who becomes the Emperor Constantine the Great, giving a British pedigree to the Roman imperial line. |
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Prices of Thoroughbreds vary greatly, depending on age, pedigree, conformation, and other market factors. |
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The Lyon Court is directly responsible for the establishment of the rights to arms and pedigree. |
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In antiquity, some began to ascribe it to Paul in an attempt to provide the anonymous work an explicit apostolic pedigree. |
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This connection between sexual and spiritual impurity had an immense pedigree. |
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The MRCA of a set of individuals can sometimes be determined by referring to an established pedigree. |
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Confucius's family, the Kongs, have the longest recorded extant pedigree in the world today. |
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The puppy gazumpers want a dog with a good pedigree and they're willing to pay more to get one. |
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Gallingly, only four-time European Cup winners Ajax come close to their pedigree among the clubs staring down on them from Pot One. |
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His pedigree is top-notch, but his political experience still green. |
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A SINGLE dog lead hook, with hand-painted pedigree dog of winner's choice from Walkies, suppliers of special hand painted dog leads, blackboards and paintings on name plates. |
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Leicester Tigers and British and Irish Lions Rugby player Julian White MBE was born and raised in Devon and now farms a herd of pedigree South Devon beef cattle. |
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Star performance Tyger Prynt is an exciting mare with a good pedigree. |
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His family was relatively undistinguished and lacking in pedigree. |
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A third round pick of the Dodgers in the 2009 draft, he's put up solid peripherals and stands out as a projectable pitcher with a big league pedigree. |
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Due to pedigree collapse, modern individuals may still exhibit clustering, due to vastly different contributions from each of ancestral population. |
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Brighton's ditziness has a long pedigree, going back to the construction of George IV's simultaneously breathtaking and laughable pleasure palace, the Brighton Pavilion. |
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Longley points out that 'to characterise Irish nationalism as archetypally female both gives it a mythic pedigree and exonerates it from aggressive and oppressive intent. |
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Building on the original's camphone pedigree, the Viewty Smart comes with an 8MP snapper, compact camera-style auto mode and gesture controls on the touchscreen. |
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The McLaughlins have a pedigree going back to King Edward I of England. |
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Depending on which Bluenose you believe Bowyer is either a cretinous criminal who has had his day or a reformed character with proven Premier League pedigree. |
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A performance where qualities such as pluckiness and courage get bandied about and the gulf in quality between the teams is tolerated because of their different pedigree. |
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The most common pedigree cats in Huddersfield were Siamese and British Shorthair, which is the pedigree version of the much more common domestic shorthair. |
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