The prospect of a black swan event is interesting and worth thinking about. |
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To have some other arena past college to strive for is a great prospect for our kids. |
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Grateful for the relief and happy at the prospect of sleep, Ely breathed a sigh of relief. |
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This offers the prospect of at least some reform of labour market regulation. |
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Hughey was left with the prospect of fighting for an army waging a war that he believed was illegal, or running. |
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Then, of course, there are the late abortions requested on the grounds of foetal abnormality and the prospect of severe handicap. |
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After already clocking 120 points, they are relishing the prospect of the Boxing Day derby with Swinton. |
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I admit that I quailed ever so slightly at the prospect of actually going to the top. |
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Now, with the imminent prospect of Wilhelm's accession to the throne, he felt it incumbent upon him to warn Lord Salisbury. |
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She now faces the prospect of having to wean her young boy off a powerful drug, not knowing how he will react. |
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But the next development is placing weaponry in space, creating the prospect of a war in space. |
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Why should the prospect of another remake prompt groans and feelings of weariness? |
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Thankfully, that proved to be unfounded and we can continue to savour the prospect of some exciting action. |
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Sean was radiant at the prospect of a new friend his age, and hugged Kat, too. |
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I know at least one person in the UK will be wetting themselves at the prospect of watching this show every night. |
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The south range, with a prospect over the sea, was probably the principal residence, though now inaccessible to archaeology. |
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The food industry was closing ranks today over the prospect of introducing a traffic light-style scheme to label the healthiness of foods. |
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Only rationalisation of the public sector offers any prospect of a decent settlement for them. |
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Suddenly the prospect of an Angelo's white pizza wasn't so appealing, especially since she knew that she'd probably be eating it in silence. |
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Nicola said she wasn't scared by the prospect of being thrust into a wholly foreign lifestyle. |
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Everyone was pleased at the prospect that someone had stood up against our tyrant of a principal, and whoopee, that person was me. |
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Inflation might not be a near-term prospect right now, but agflation certainly might be. |
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Young Miller was, in fact, the only real striking prospect Scotland had seen in some time. |
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The prospect of handing such potentially wide-ranging power over to the judiciary has led to a number of concerns. |
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They now face the prospect of having to clear up their home for a second time when the floods eventually go down. |
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The transition from realty to personalty with the prospect of reincarnation as a corporeal hereditament does not seem to me to be relevant. |
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Yet with heavy weapons whining and thumping in the hills around us, nothing seems more distant than the prospect of a hearty meal. |
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She was so thrilled by the prospect of motherhood that Thorn follows the advice of a priest and agrees to accept an orphan child as his own. |
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In 1938-9 Britain and France rearmed energetically and began to face the serious prospect of war with Germany if Hitler could not be deterred. |
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He does not say anything about his prospect of finding work or the efforts he is making. |
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He admits the prospect of seven days cycling over some of the world's most inhospitable terrain is a bit daunting. |
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At the beginning of the twenty-first century, people are excited by the prospect of visiting new worlds in outer space. |
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Wall Street, of course, could not have been more excited by the prospect of taking control of the reins of the monetary system. |
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The prosecutor should not lay a charge where there is no reasonable prospect of securing a conviction before a reasonable jury. |
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The census report and the Great Exhibition of 1851 offered the alluring prospect that Britain would become rich. |
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If his victory stands, the immediate prospect for reducing tension across the strait appears remote. |
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Now I groan a bit at the prospect of moving and wonder if all our stuff will fit in one removal van. |
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I was up with the lark, too excited at the prospect of seeing my team to sleep. |
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It wasn't long ago that the Giants had the best Major League ready pitching prospect depth in the minors. |
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Because there is virtually no prospect of the loans being repaid, it creates a condition of maximum financial instability. |
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The prospect of a new tax on collectors has the secondary art market in a lather, pointing to the fast-falling chunk of sky heading their way. |
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The day dawned clear and freezing cold with temperatures well below zero, with the prospect of snow predicted by the Met office. |
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Anyway, noses all a-tingle at the prospect of a nice juicy story, we followed in hot pursuit, much to the amusement of passers-by. |
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The prospect of a second war on Iraq raises a large number of questions, analytic and political. |
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This is rather a relaxing prospect and suggests a hectic world becoming more gentle but please note, it does not mean a laxness regarding looks. |
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This is a daunting prospect but Otley will be hoping to retain their fourth position in the league table. |
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Campaigners were left with the prospect of returning the funding unless the council changed its mind. |
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Even the prospect of getting my trousers soaked in freezing rain from mid thigh to ankle doesn't put me off. |
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However, the prospect of dragging a reluctant teenager around may put off most parents before you've even left the house. |
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Two pitchers that have flown up prospect charts are lefties Macay McBride and Dan Meyer. |
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It's lovely to wake up on a Saturday morning with the prospect of three days of leisure ahead of you. |
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I am unable to conclude therefore that the defendant would have any reasonable prospect of success if the matter were now to be retried. |
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The prospect of war has roused strong passions, drawing politicians and public figures into pro and anti positions. |
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This lessens my anxiety over the prospect that for many years to come I will be slaving away to meet my commitments to the bank. |
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Considerably deflated by the prospect of an anticlimactic reunion, Candide's mood turns sour. |
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The Welsh regions have a mountain to climb after all losing in Europe this weekend, but the prospect of them scaling new heights are slim. |
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But daring though the raid is, they still have a mountain to climb to avoid the dreaded prospect of street fighting. |
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For a quiet, level-headed lad, who is usually so composed and unflappable on the pitch, the prospect is one that exhilarates. |
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Or is it one of those juicily promising titles that holds out the prospect of bizarre riches only to offer mediocrity? |
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When asked about the prospect of being shot down behind enemy lines, Breen remembers the optimism of youth. |
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The top four men's doubles seeds reached their appointed places resulting in the prospect of two excellent semi-finals. |
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Inc readers may recall him as the hard-driving, self-assured road warrior who never met a sales prospect he didn't like. |
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The prospect thus stands in direct, temporal opposition to the pastoral or Arcadian mode. |
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The auctioneers must surely have dreaded the prospect of mounting the podium to see a roomful of empty seats. |
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Temporary visas mean life in limbo, with no prospect of family reunion or settling, and putting down roots. |
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British politicians of the 1930s looked upon the prospect of air war in the same way those of a later generation would fear nuclear Armageddon. |
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For such a prospect requires that an infinite number of events must have elapsed before the present moment could arrive. |
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The prospect of a woman defeating a man in sport has long had allure in America. |
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There is the prospect of analysing the data both cross-sectionally and longitudinally. |
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The prospect of anti-capitalist mobilisations pushed the Swiss bankers to abandon sharp suits and dress down. |
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Playing rugby league when the weather's as nice as it has been can be a tough prospect if you're not prepared for it. |
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John was lost for words at the prospect of the team facing the all-Ireland final. |
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He firmly denied any suggestion that he had struck a deal in return for giving his fellow Right-winger the prospect of a clear run. |
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But here we are, six days shy of the opening match, and anguish has given way to anticipation, fears to the prospect of euphoria. |
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Much of prospect analysis, no matter what sabermetrics say, is speculation. |
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Nonetheless, they open insurgencies to the prospect of lucre, and this carries at least two implications. |
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The prospect of war arising with the Elves and lycanthropes wasn't very appealing. |
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There was also the prospect of becoming a man of mark back home when the volunteer's term was up. |
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Some foreign investors are salivating at the prospect that turmoil might somehow spring SK Telecom loose as an autonomous company. |
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Yet at the same time, Big Pharma is salivating at the prospect of increased sales to millions of newly insured seniors. |
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In a recent interview he had one newspaper salivating at the prospect of Ireland being a role model for the rest of Europe. |
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The prospect of losing their talismanic star appears to have kick-started the football federation into action. |
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He has one year left on his contract and yet again yesterday he refused to be drawn on the prospect of any talks to extend it. |
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The prospect is tantalising, but first it's time to get down to brass tacks. |
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Unless the salesman can successfully answer that question satisfactorily, even the price of the product will not convince the prospect to buy. |
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The second is whether Jupiter's claim is malicious falsehood has any real prospect of success. |
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The timing of this move was strange, coming when the economy is still slowing and therefore the prospect of bad debts should be rising. |
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We mapped the area and decided that there was a large prospect up from it about 55 kilometres long. |
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Licking my lips at the wondrous prospect of a day jam-packed with data entry madness, I marched onwards determinedly. |
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If Missouri loses a great prospect or two because other teams are scouting and making living-room pitches, the impact will linger. |
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Part of the scouting process is the exercise of looking at a college prospect and seeing an established NFL player. |
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Even scarier is the prospect of this party coming to anything with the screwballs they have in their ranks. |
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And Andy Cole is on the verge of joining Manchester City, which scuppers any prospect of him returning to Ewood this summer. |
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Women have been going to sea in the RN for 14 years, so the prospect of a female commanding officer of a destroyer or frigate draws ever nearer. |
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It was 20 minutes into the game when any prospect of good-natured banter disappeared. |
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He relishes the prospect of making a third appearance on this famous ground and hopes it will be a case of third time lucky. |
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The prospect of this raft of equity raising has seized and appalled the collective imagination of the City. |
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The prospect of playing in the National League is thrilling, but also very daunting. |
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Halfway up, my wife, who is not usually fazed by such challenges, couldn't face the prospect of struggling down again and so threw in the towel. |
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Two things make home working a really viable prospect for a mediocre hack like myself. |
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The prospect of improved transport links met with the approval of local residents. |
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It raises the prospect of the Lib Dems going into the election on a ticket backing extra powers for the Parliament, putting at odds with Labour. |
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Circumcision, I can tell you, is not a prospect to be viewed lightly in later life. |
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The very kernel of our identity is menaced by the prospect of genetic engineering of the human germline. |
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The Cold War and the nuclear threat got us into the habit of timorously cowering at the prospect of any great action. |
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A slice of fried or steamed fish fairly salivates at the prospect of a merry meeting. |
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Lusty young rock bands and just about everyone else shuddered at the prospect of bedridden helplessness and a general loss of independence. |
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I was not on my best form and, to be honest, all that really interested me was the prospect of food. |
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So, we have the prospect of a government with a smaller majority and facing voters who are less likely to be tolerant of economic pain. |
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This seems to me to be the lesson of any view of the human prospect that is not befogged by groundless hopes. |
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Dismayed by the prospect of general mayhem, officials belatedly summoned the National Guard. |
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As the nation bemoans the prospect of new tax rises, we may take consolation from the fact that we are not the first to suffer. |
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Some migrants may prefer the anonymity of the shadow economy to the prospect of dealing with the authorities. |
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After years of operating an autocratic regime, he faces the prospect of being shorn of his dominant position should the banks succeed. |
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The reform also proposes the end of this regional allowance and the prospect of quota transferability between member states. |
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The prospect of a minority government and especially of a hung parliament has caused consternation in business circles. |
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Today on The Health Report, is there a prospect of being able to throw away reading glasses and bifocals? |
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I see no evidence of misdirection or error, and accordingly I see no realistic prospect of success on appeal. |
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During Vajpayee's visit, China raised the prospect of a triangular relationship between Russia, China and India. |
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With the prospect of the tragedy triggering a global recession companies lined up in droves to issue profits warnings and swing the axe. |
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For Shanghai gourmets, the prospect of being able to enjoy authentic Egyptian food has always sounded a bit far-fetched. |
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We all instinctively feel that to lose our memory is to lose ourselves, a prospect that stirs audiences with mixed feelings. |
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Now, for the first time this season, neither knee is troubling him and there is no prospect of a move, at least until the summer. |
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If the prospect of watching this is at all appealing, do yourself a solid and snag the Blu-ray. |
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He shunted firmly into the sidings the prospect of granting long-term rights to run certain services, seeking to speed the pace of improvement. |
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The prospect of a single currency may present this country with one of the most momentous decisions in its history. |
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It deprived monarchists, who hoped to show their strength in the elections, of the prospect of an early victory. |
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This is an exciting prospect for someone who's casting around for something to do when her contract's up. |
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After 17 years of flying twins, I was not too excited about the prospect of going back to a single. |
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But after three years of drought and little prospect that this year's rains will arrive in mid-April, the scene in Gode and other zones is bleak. |
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The moot is tomorrow, my point of law absurdly impossible to argue, and the prospect of sleep tonight absurdly impossible to contemplate. |
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Shareholders face the prospect of paying taxes on gains even as their funds' values are sinking. |
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Bad news is in prospect for the many Australians who've sunk their investment money into property. |
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At the policeman's funeral, the mayor of his village mourns him and is sad at the prospect of new burials. |
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Some senior lawyers believe the courts are making marriage an unattractive prospect to financially ambitious men. |
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I was, however, apprehensive at the prospect of sitting through an even lengthier version. |
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I discovered light-colored skarn mineralogy when I climbed the hill looking for prospect pits. |
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There is also the growing underclass of young unemployed people who have little prospect of moving upwards. |
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The slippery and wet ground underfoot also dampened any prospect of a free-flowing game. |
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Much worse was the prospect for those whose psychiatric problems remained undiagnosed or untreated. |
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English friends would look on in mild amusement at our antics and in undisguised horror at the prospect of eating lamb's stomach and oatmeal. |
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These offer the prospect of being able to mobilise grassroots lobbying muscle to influence policy makers. |
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The Edinburgh company would prospect for oil and gas off the coast of Cameroon in west Africa, a promising but largely unexploited region. |
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She was unfazed by the prospect of any problems between her and current town councillors. |
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The soldier, who returned home to Fulford yesterday from Iraq, was unfazed at the prospect of being woken up at night by her crying. |
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He is unfazed by the prospect of a new and innovative competitor on Scottish Provident's patch. |
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Still, the prospect of turning up in Darwin, capital of the Northern Territory, at the ungodly hour of 4am provoked anxiety. |
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And there's nothing like the prospect of boodle to get people under the same umbrella. |
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Composers are writing this way, although I confess that, in the abstract, I find this prospect uninviting and, indeed, rather unsettling. |
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The prospect of an unlimited quantity of small bombs was causing too much panic. |
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There now seems a real prospect that, like smallpox, polio may be eradicated entirely from the world. |
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Does the prospect of laboratory botch-ups during the engineering of bio-electrolysis bacteria worry you? |
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No one looks forward to the prospect of internecine warfare at so unpropitious a political moment. |
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We've had newspaper guys, previously steely eyed and smart as a whip, turn to jelly at the mere prospect of a dip in his pool. |
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Although unproven on soft ground, she looks an exciting prospect and it would come as no surprise to see her provide Darley with win 151 here. |
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They felt threatened by the prospect that the senator might have to answer unscreened questions. |
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The prospect of wiping the smug smirk of Murdoch's mug is a delightful notion. |
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We unpacked the bowsaws, loppers and gloves and set to work, trying to hide our glee at the prospect of imminent displays of pyromania. |
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Before the event got under way, that prospect seemed pretty much unthinkable. |
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They spoke of every-day things, of the prospect of snow, of the next church sociable, of the loves and quarrels of Starkfield. |
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Neither one thing nor the other, buyers often turn their noses up at the prospect of something different and distinctive. |
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The data also revealed a widespread apathy to the prospect of purchasing through social networks. |
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Grilled branzino, boned tableside by an overconfident server, presented an unappetizing prospect of miscellaneous chunks and flakes. |
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Ceding the desktop PC market, for most a break-even prospect at best, to Dell wouldn't be so bad. |
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The prospect of warmth urging me on, I hurried down the short slope to the double doors at what I assumed was the front of the Greening. |
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On the topic of breakouts, who would be the one prospect you circle to have a big year in 2005, but didn't make a lot of noise this year? |
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He again heard the whispers of Sara's happy voice, excitement brimming at the prospect of artistic learning. |
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Which, needless to say, could make him a hot prospect for the GOP presidential nomination. |
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Do these remnants pledged to eternal verities have any prospect of succeeding with contemporary children? |
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Being a non-citizen has become a dicey prospect for many immigrants in the past few years. |
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We help people explore the prospect of treating their addiction in a non-confrontational style that they won't resent. |
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A more novel sentiment is my lack of consuming gloom at the prospect of the Tories back in power. |
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She appears undaunted at the prospect of facing the French media in their own language. |
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The teacher does not hold the prospect of wealth but is accorded respect for his vocation and dedication to the care of the young. |
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There are times when he seems like a spry elderly relative, animated by the prospect of telling old stories to a fresh audience. |
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A happy by-product of the fantasy is the prospect that the community will disintegrate into a free-trade area. |
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All our exclusive managerial cabanas offer en suite lavatories and, from the windows, a dazzling prospect of major honours. |
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There is evidence that notwithstanding the plaintiff's age, a pharmacist has a good prospect of finding employment in his field. |
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The prospect of having children was always at the back of her mind but she did not let it trouble her too much. |
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Last autumn and winter brought the prospect of a new manager and fresh legs and novel ideas. |
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This prospect is frequently hailed as facilitating a return to the pristine, paradigmatic democracies of ancient Greece. |
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It is not clear if they are worried about the prospect of some of their friends calling in for a visit. |
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Anxiousness sets in as the prospect of a government-funded retirement fades into obscurity and financial planning has suddenly become a reality. |
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He told the newspaper candidly that the prospect of developing a soccer field in the village was a slender one. |
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But suddenly, in this economy, nursing looks more attractive, the prospect of a steady job with guaranteed work at the end of a degree. |
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The prospect of lower tobacco payments is already sending chills through state capitols. |
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This was a daunting prospect but, happily, the response was immediate and positive. |
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It was not just the prospect of receiving a spanking-new car that put a spring in the step. |
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Being unable to contain her excitement at the prospect of being walked, the dog suffers fits of sternutation whenever she sees her leash. |
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So they offer the olive branch of further talks, and the prospect of a reorganised Champions League and Uefa Cup in a few years time. |
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We can hope for an early end to the destruction, but as resistance stiffens that prospect is by no means certain. |
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I feel the sting of judgment whenever I raise the prospect of a third child. |
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The horse proved a tough prospect and the pair pulled away with about three fences to go and jumped the last two fences together. |
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Concerned over the prospect of having to leave their hearth and home, people started organising themselves. |
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The mere prospect of having to recount a personal anecdote plunges me into boredom verging on catalepsy. |
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He was one of that generation of Hebrideans who left school at the age of 14 or 15 with no prospect of any form of further education after that. |
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Faced with the prospect of crippling student debts, many are opting to skip university and get on the career ladder. |
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But civil disobedience is a different prospect for the heir to the throne than for others. |
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The prospect of mass tourism ranks at the top of her list of nightmares. |
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Perhaps they are, but one would need to have quite a strong stomach to sleep with two men at the same time with the prospect of getting pregnant by either. |
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Every weekend millions of us are forced to either go home early or face the prospect of a torturously slow journey on a night bus full of barking loons. |
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The fact that there is no foreseeable or realistic prospect of deportation doesn't mean that the statutory purpose of detention pending such deportation isn't still operative. |
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Traditionally, it has been the prospect of America putting antiballistic missile weapons into orbit that has most excited the left, both internationally and at home. |
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Suddenly the whole prospect seems considerably less appealing. |
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Of course, the prospect of watching the sun set over the Pacific or soaking up some rays on Oahu in the middle of the Australian winter are no small considerations. |
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So, wherever I'd been working, the prospect of untrammeled freedom to air my thoughts probably would have been attractive. At that magazine, though, I was rather trammeled. |
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Even the bizarre prospect of machine-brain interaction and implanted nanotechnological devices starts with therapeutic efforts to enable the blind to see and the deaf to hear. |
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It holds out the prospect of transcending the limits of privatised existence, of being known to the general public and of becoming part of society's collective experience. |
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I grew up in a town covered in smog, memories of the legendary Mannion and Hardwick ringing in our ears and the prospect of the club never doing owt. |
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Then it felt like everything stopped, because I felt like I had no support and was really depressed for a few months about the prospect of going to borstal or somewhere. |
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And contemplate the risibility of the prospect of individuals with a role in these outrages ending up on a press council to sit in judgment on working journalists! |
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This statement bewails the prospect of the mixed-race characters' disappearance and establishes their identity as a third race within the context of the story. |
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Some wheat farmers may be warming to the prospect of a new tool to help them grow more robust and profitable wheat, engineered to withstand herbicides. |
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I'm not a hard-core privacy nut, but that prospect freaks me out a bit. |
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It is the 1950s and the whole of America seems to be on edge, chilled by the prospect of reds under the beds and invasion by little green men from Mars. |
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If the Government has to steamroller the ban through using the Parliament Act it will come into force immediately, bringing the prospect of huge protests and rural unrest. |
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I would like to feel that if I had a close friend or relative in agony with no prospect of any relief that someone would be able to put them out of their misery. |
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The party-pooping rotters have now left local children in tears at the prospect of facing Christmas without their favourite novelty garden decoration. |
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Kupst used the technique with a 4-year-old patient who was terrified at the prospect of spinal taps and other painful procedures being used to treat his leukemia. |
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School holidays have finally arrived, and with them looms the prospect for many of finally being able to take that much longed-for summer holiday. |
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The prospect of further rises in interest rates on top of this week's increase opens the way to speculation about how much we will be paying by the end of this year. |
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The Notice of Appeal also asks this court in effect to hold that the defence of qualified privilege in each of its forms has no real prospect of success. |
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But I do know there is a greater prospect he will seek a bit of equity in the distribution of investment and development of infrastructure than the present triumvirate. |
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The prospect of having needles inserted into my face didn't fill me with joy, but it sounded a lot less scary than injecting a botulinum toxin into the offending areas. |
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The other students, English majors all, seemed terrified by the prospect of a semester of moods and modals, subordinate clauses and predicate adjectives. |
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The prospect of yet more exploitative taxes to support reproducer indulgence means that a questioning of the bio-political privileging of natality is long overdue. |
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I am particularly intrigued by the prospect of working for another lunatic director with no interpersonal skills, management ability, or capacity for leadership. |
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What's more, the prospect of one of the most important chunks of Britain's transport infrastructure being sold soon riled a good deal of nationalistic tub-thumping. |
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According to one leading industry source, the best prospect for Glanbia now is to sell off its saleable assets as soon as possible and revert to the co-operative status. |
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The austerity measures have created a pool of discontented young men, with no prospect of a job or a future, who are being exploited by militia leaders for their own ends. |
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But I'm salivating at the prospect of buying a wireless with DAB which I know will probably be useless where we live but they look cool, as the kids say these days. |
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She thanked him now over her cellphone as she stood in the Clean and Bright Laundromat on prospect Avenue. |
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Strong words, and one can almost hear the law firms salivating at the prospect of being able to prove that there has been a flood of crimes inspired by videogames. |
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Well, let's say that I believe these two players will be, in one year's time, one of the 3 best 1-2 pitching prospect tandems in the minor leagues. |
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The Manchester United boss is facing the prospect of starting the season without a recognised number two following Carlos Queiroz's shock move to Real Madrid. |
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For those, especially aviation enthusiasts, who can remember the maiden flight of Concorde, the prospect that the aircraft might never fly again is a poignant one. |
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Buoyed by two back-to-back victories, the Railwaymen will not be daunted by the prospect of challenging the Londoners, who are 14 points clear at the top of the table. |
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The immediate prospect of financial cutbacks weighs on his mind. |
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There was no prospect that the two parties would reach an agreement anytime soon. |
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Is there a thinking man or woman alive in Europe who is not depressed by the prospect of spending yet more years of bad-tempered debate on such mind-numbing details? |
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In the light of recent rezoning decisions, the IPI said some councillors seemed unworried by the prospect of public shame or the threat of legal action. |
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Sphalerite stalactites to 15 cm in diameter and coated with crystallized marcasite and galena are reported from the Marsden prospect near Galena, Illinois. |
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But with the prospect of walking the plank looming large, Marie is hoping to get the support of the county behind her and particularly the support of her own age group. |
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He said he considered the Irish market attractive and was unworried by the prospect of Bank of Scotland's entry to the retail market here later this year. |
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So great is the weight of expectation and reputation they bring before them, lesser bands have quailed at the prospect of appearing alongside the mighty Travis. |
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I was open to persuasion that the actual facts before the court did not disclose a case of negligence that had any reasonable prospect of success. |
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With good growth forecasts, resilience to economic downturns and the prospect of more consolidation, the drinks sector is one to keep on your watch list. |
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I am now a well behaved individual, I have cut down on my quixotic outings, though the prospect of getting fatally maimed on one of those windmills is always enticing. |
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One friend pointed out that the prospect of gathering her own rather volatile family into one small room for three hours, let alone three days, was a total nightmare. |
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As you can imagine, my eyes lit up at this prospect and I began to balmily enjoy looking forward to the prospect of towering hills of white powder littering up the home. |
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The wonderfully figured oval panel on the center prospect door and the figured banding around the drawer edges are of carefully chosen native birch. |
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Yet the sheer size of the Asian juggernauts and the prospect of them indiscriminately swallowing global resources scare economic planners and consumers alike. |
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My creative juices boil at the prospect of national stardom. |
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Free from the shackles of relegation, there was the tantalising prospect of uncaged tigers released to feast and relieve their frustration on the home side. |
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Most promising seemed the suggestion that he should marry Mary, queen of Scots, five years his junior, with the prospect of uniting the two kingdoms. |
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The left-hander is Baseball America's 18 th-ranked prospect among juniors. |
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If the present economic relations are simply absurd and nonsensical, hollow at their center, something to be rejected, then what is the prospect for a different life emerging? |
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The deal saw the company's share price fall by as much as four per cent as investors faced the prospect of greater competition on the Kangaroo route. |
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It will not be the crowd or the prospect of penalties that will induce butterflies in the game's most hyped striker, nor even thoughts of the first whistle sounding at 8pm. |
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That means thousands of boaters who rely on these multiple-use ports face the bleak prospect of shoaling channels and dangerous bars at river mouths. |
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This prospect is further whitening the knuckles of Vodafone shareholders. |
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Graham, though, is undaunted by the prospect and believes he can turn the Premiership's most notorious underachievers into top three material for next year. |
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The prospect of a 75 basis point interest rate cut had investors breathing easier by late last week, but it was another tough week overall, especially for tech investors. |
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He faced the prospect of losing his position, and might be motivated to ensure his long-term power and status beyond the point of the rightful monarch coming of age. |
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Unconstrained by male segmentary politics, their differential affinity blurred lines of emnity, producing the prospect of continuing reconciliation. |
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I also like the prospect of being one of those wobbly men at the end of the race, who are extremely close to absolute exhaustion, but still manage to complete the task. |
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I'm afraid I began to thrill to the prospect of her casting. |
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Along the coast and Tablelands country, huge numbers of southern cattle are being sent away north on agistment, as there's no feed and little prospect of any until spring. |
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We're all agog alright over the prospect of a presidential election later in the year but that's because we need some stateliness, maybe even regality, in our lives. |
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The prospect of war means satellite uplinks, mobile phones, and global positioning systems are primed to bring you live vision of a place where telephones are rare. |
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Only a select few champions are safe from the prospect of being traded. |
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The disclosure came as spectators thronged through the gates to face the prospect of random body searches for the first time in the tournament's history. |
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Despite concerns about consumer confidence and a weaker economy, shoppers thronged to Arnotts during 2001, removing any prospect of a dip in earnings. |
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It also holds out the prospect of improved treatments and better techniques of preventing the distressing condition, which affects one in every 500 children. |
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The news will please Ashurst and Colbury residents, who are dreading the prospect of an extra 4,000 vehicles streaming past their homes every day. |
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The prospect of raising additional funding is also receding fast. |
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Once again, the Hatch quarry represents a prospect site where the prehistoric knappers came to obtain jasper nodules and tablets scattered across the surface. |
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At one time a top prospect with the New York Yankees, Spikes never lived up to the billing, but did have some productive seasons with the Cleveland Indians. |
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Gone will be the prospect of hours profitably spent conjuring fantastic island adventures equipped only with a tiny rubber Gumby doll and a throw rug. |
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The prospect of China's consuming ever growing lakes of oil has been noted over the years, although it is gaining new urgency as Chinese consumption continues to soar. |
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Libby is feeling his oats now, but when his wife explains how they have no money coming in and tons of it going out, with no prospect of making any more money for years. |
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When asked what advice patients would give to friends faced with the prospect of undergoing ambulatory surgery, several patients said they would warn them about anesthesia. |
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But the prospect of large-scale refugee camps has alarmed aid agencies. |
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None the less, the prospect of both preventing and treating many serious diseases by the use of vaccines portends an exciting era in public health and vaccinology. |
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The view of the future was bright, and that prospect made me smile. |
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It was a sold-out all-ages show, and the mainroom floor was swarming with post-pop kids who were amped up on the prospect of the umpteenth revival of raw rock 'n' roll. |
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For, among many other things, the French and Dutch votes were also noes to the consequences of enlargement and to the prospect of further enlargements. |
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But the cadaverous count does not seem happy about the prospect of moving. |
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They are also relaxed about the prospect of tolling the new road. |
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Therefore, George advocated allowing landowners to keep a small percentage of the land rent, mainly to avoid the prospect of having all unimproved land revert to the commons. |
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Even so, it's a shame to see such a beautiful aircraft go out of service with no prospect that we'll ever see anything quite like it in my lifetime. |
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A chiropodist says, as long as people are fools enough to abuse their feet, the prospect for his employment is good. |
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I must confess I was most pleased with a beautiful prospect that none of them have mentioned. |
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Faced with the prospect of cooking for himself, his first thought was to cop out and order a pizza. |
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Debate on the Kellogg Mar renunciation treaty dragged on in the senate today with no immediate prospect of final action. |
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Nothing, says Seneca, so soon reconciles us to the thoughts of our own death, as the prospect of one friend after another dropping round us. |
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Eventually won over by the prospect of participation in a significant film and receiving a large payment for his work, Geldof agreed. |
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The prospect of joining a permanent, salaried orchestra was attractive enough to induce some LSO players to defect. |
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Matches are contested over legs rather than sets, presenting the prospect of some surprising results and upsets. |
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However, the mouthwatering prospect of Davis v Hendry World finals never materialised. |
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