Surely Yongyao's situation serves as a caveat to anyone bearing an official status of Shaolin hagiocracy. |
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Schools don't pay sales tax on supplies because they have nonprofit status. |
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The Barbados slave code was established on the island of Barbados, a British colony, in 1661. It was the first official law regarding slave status. |
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Under the program, illegal immigrants would be able to apply to regularize their status. |
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In 2014, Andrew Rosindell, Conservative MP for Romford, argued in favour of giving St George's Day the status of an official public holiday. |
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The Committee for the Study of the Legal Status of Women sought to inquire into the status of women all over the world. |
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Newfoundland reverted to colonial status in 1933, suffering from financial difficulties during the Great Depression. |
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Its closest relative, Galician, has official status in the autonomous community of Galicia in Spain, together with Spanish. |
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Manchester regained its borough status in 1838, and comprised the townships of Beswick, Cheetham Hill, Chorlton upon Medlock and Hulme. |
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French also has official status in much of Africa, but relatively few native speakers. |
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However, it was in many ways de facto integrated with West Germany under a special status. |
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Today, Freistaat is associated emotionally with a more independent status, especially in Bavaria. |
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It gained university status in 1992, and in the same year absorbed Crewe and Alsager College of Higher Education in South Cheshire. |
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In 2000, the government confirmed that AONBs had the same landscape quality and status as National Parks. |
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Birmingham City Council also operate a locally listing scheme for buildings that do not fully meet the criteria for statutorily listed status. |
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Its position was formed through constitutional convention, making its status as de facto capital a part of the UK's unwritten constitution. |
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The Faroe Islands gained home rule in 1948 and Greenland in 1979, having previously had the status of counties. |
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The study would also look into how the islands would fare under UPR status. |
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In 1880, France annexed Tahiti, changing the status from that of a protectorate to that of a colony. |
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Economically however, financial services associated with the territory's status as an offshore financial centre are by far the more important. |
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Napoleon elevated the rulers of the two largest Confederation states, Saxony and Bavaria, to the status of kings. |
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It acquired iconic status following its use as a setting on The World of Suzie Wong. |
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The unofficial status of microtoponymy on Vernon is illustrated by the matter-of-fact, spontaneous, and descriptive nature of such names. |
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It was one of the first organizations granted general consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council. |
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Standards are continuously reviewed and developed and are periodically allocated one or more of the following status keywords. |
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Because of their reference material status standards are not available for interlibrary loan. |
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Ewing argued that it was offensive to Scots to argue that an English region had the same status as an 'ancient nation' such as Scotland. |
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A territory may issue Belonger status to allow a person classed as a BOTC to reside in the territory that they have close links with. |
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Historically, most inhabitants of the British Empire held the status of British subject, which was usually lost upon independence. |
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When many Scots compared what they had to the Irish offer of Home Rule, the status quo was considered inadequate. |
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Napoleon's political and cultural legacy has ensured his status as one of the most celebrated and controversial leaders in human history. |
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The law is complex due to the United Kingdom's historical status as an imperial power. |
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Some thought the single Imperial status of British subject as increasingly inadequate to deal with a Commonwealth with independent member states. |
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The county borough of Newport was granted city status in 2002 to mark Queen Elizabeth II's Golden Jubilee. |
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Without consulting suffragette leaders such as Pankhurst, Dunlop refused food in protest at being denied political prisoner status. |
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After a public backlash regarding the prison status of suffragettes, the rules of the divisions were amended. |
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In any case, where universal suffrage exists, the right to vote is not restricted by race, sex, belief, wealth, or social status. |
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Equal status with the main Allied Powers was one of the primary conditions for Romania's entry into the War. |
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Individuals may also be considered nationals of groups with autonomous status that have ceded some power to a larger government. |
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In international law, nationality is the status or relationship that gives a nation the right to protect a person from other nations. |
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A person's status as being the national of a country is used to resolve the conflict of laws. |
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Nationality is also the status that allows a nation to grant rights to the subject and to impose obligations upon the subject. |
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The Powers officially recognized this status through the 1916 Treaty of Bucharest. |
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Maine saw the development of societies as moving away from traditional status societies to modern contract societies. |
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This would allow Ireland to become a permanent One Day International playing nation and eventually grant them Test status. |
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In referendums, some colonial populations have chosen to retain their colonial status, such as Gibraltar and French Guiana. |
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These arms date back to 1613, when James VI and I granted Belfast town status. |
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Dissatisfied with their new political status, Puerto Ricans turned to political referendums to let make their opinions known. |
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Migration policy is to move to a registration system to integrate residential and employment status. |
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The Scots were no more enthusiastic than the English because they feared being reduced to the status of Wales or Ireland. |
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Irish Citizens in the UK have a status almost equivalent to British Citizens. |
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These inequalities often occur on the lines of race, ethnicity, gender, religion, or other minority status within countries. |
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Changes in status of autonomy leading up to and after independence are not listed, and some dates of independence may be disputed. |
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As a result, there have been attempts to derive some common criteria and to treat these as essential elements of great power status. |
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Many NHS trusts have become NHS foundation trusts, giving them an independent legal status and greater financial freedoms. |
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But after World War II the British Empire lost its superpower status, leaving the United States and the Soviet Union as the world's superpowers. |
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However, there is no unanimous agreement among authorities as to the current status of these powers or what precisely defines a great power. |
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Its programme was motivated to have an independent deterrent against the Soviet Union, while also maintaining its status as a great power. |
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In 1992, university status was awarded and it became Robert Gordon University. |
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In Scotland, city status did not explicitly receive any recognition by the state until the 19th century. |
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The EU's importance as a trading partner and the outcome of its trade status if it left was a disputed issue. |
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The Council of Europe holds observer status with the United Nations and is regularly represented in the UN General Assembly. |
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Yugoslavia had observer status in the organisation starting with the establishment of the OECD until its dissolution as a country. |
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A number of international intergovernmental organizations have also been granted observer status to WTO bodies. |
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The WTO oversees about 60 different agreements which have the status of international legal texts. |
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The law texts take great care to define social status, the rights and duties that went with that status, and the relationships between people. |
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At the end of both wars, Scotland retained its status as an independent state. |
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By 1541, the Irish Parliament had agreed to the change in status of the country from that of a Lordship to that of Kingdom of Ireland. |
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They are divided into metropolitan districts whose councils have either the status of City Council or Metropolitan Borough Council. |
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The status of submarine hunting Goodyear airships in the early days of the second world war has created significant confusion. |
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However, there are a number of important wetland sites which have protected status. |
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A subdivision of a state is either a devolution of that state or not depending on its status under that state's constitution. |
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The American economy boomed, becoming the world's largest, and the United States achieved great power status. |
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A family's status was indicated by the number of slaves it owned, leading to wars for the sole purpose of taking more captives. |
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It has consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council and observer status at the International Labour Organization. |
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The palace is owned by the monarch in right of the Crown and for ceremonial purposes, retains its original status as a royal residence. |
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The Ottoman constitution of 1876 did officially cement the official imperial status of Turkish. |
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They want to maintain the city's status as a major tourist attraction. |
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Still they keep coming, perhaps spurred on by the celebrity status that chefdom has achieved in the past decade. |
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The authorities repeatedly emphasized that the kmet was not bound to his master, to counter allegations equating kmet tenure with servile status. |
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In fact, only Gambia, Sierra Leone, and Mauritius retained their Dominion status for more than three years. |
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Germany has a long tradition of higher education reflecting the global status as a modern economy. |
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Incumbent leader Natalie Bennett ran uncontested, and retained her status as party leader. |
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The territory of the Kingdom had previously had the status of a lordship of the Crown. |
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It is relatively certain that 2,500 German fighter pilots attained ace status, having achieved at least five aerial victories. |
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Many of the Allied soldiers were tied up in garrison duties because of the uncertain status and intentions of the Vichy forces. |
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The State Constitution of 1812 gave English official status in legal proceedings, but use of French remained widespread. |
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Some territories of EU member states also have a special status in regard to EU laws applied. |
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Some territories of EFTA member states also have a special status in regard to EU laws applied as is the case with some European microstates. |
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The negotiations on Saar status, only between France and West Germany, were held on the night before the conference, on 19 October. |
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Some territories of EU member states also have a special status in regard to EU laws applied as is the case with some European microstates. |
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In the Lisbon Treaty, however, the charter is incorporated by reference and given legal status without forming part of the treaties. |
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The European Council officially gains the status of an EU institution, thus being separated from the Council of ministers. |
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All have the same status, except London which has substantive devolved powers. |
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Aspects included the removal of internment without trial and the removal of political status for paramilitary prisoners. |
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Their protests culminated in hunger strikes in 1980 and 1981, aimed at the restoration of political status, as well as other concessions. |
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The most common reason for such episodes is that a student takes a job before completing a thesis, usually after attaining ABD status. |
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Unitary authorities can additionally have the status of borough or city, although this has no effect on their powers or functions. |
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Some rights were restored to paramilitary prisoners, but not official recognition of political status. |
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Outlying islands include St Kilda and Rockall the status of which is disputed. |
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The bishopric became one of the largest and wealthiest in the Kingdom of Scotland, bringing wealth and status to the town. |
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Sometime between 1189 and 1195 this status was supplemented by an annual fair, which survives as the Glasgow Fair. |
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This form of coronet, resembling an embattled city wall, was allowed to the four area councils with city status. |
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The first item to be studied is the present status of the technical development of radio and television in the non-alined countries. |
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But the status of Breconshire or Carmarthenshire, for instance, is more debatable. |
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The average income per capita of the local population is the lowest in the UK and much of the region has EU Objective 1 status. |
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The charter gave Swansea the status of a borough, granting the townsmen, called burgesses certain rights to develop the area. |
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In 1969, Swansea was granted city status, to mark Prince Charles's investiture as the Prince of Wales. |
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In Virginia, all municipalities with city status are, by definition, independent from any county. |
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In March 2004, Aberdeen was awarded Fairtrade City status by the Fairtrade Foundation. |
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This was the beginning of Gaelic's status as a predominantly rural language in Scotland. |
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When city status was restored to St Davids in 1994, St Asaph town council submitted a petition for the same purpose. |
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The petition was refused as, unlike St Davids, there was no evidence of any charter or letters patent in the past conferring the status. |
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Applications for city status in competitions in 2000 and 2002 were unsuccessful. |
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The origin of this anomaly may have lain in the former palatine status of Pembrokeshire. |
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Greater London is a region of England, and does not have city status granted by the Crown. |
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The Cities of London and Westminster within it have received formal city status. |
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The Government of Bermuda eventually reached an agreement with the Parliamentarians in England which left the status quo in Bermuda. |
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Under the provisions of the Act, it will ultimately fall to BnG to secure the status of the Gaelic language as an official language of Scotland. |
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In a limited number of cases a parish might include a whole city where city status has been granted by the Monarch. |
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Despite the interruption to English rule, the island's legal status is that of a colony acquired by settlement. |
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The cabinet had only demissionary status and powers as a caretaker government. |
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The council of an ungrouped parish may unilaterally pass a resolution giving the parish the status of a town. |
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Possibly the original village was a derbend settlement and thus enjoyed a special status as a tax-exempt village. |
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It was a landed society, a society which regarded only land and landed wealth as ultimately acceptable in creating status. |
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By 2010, all had served their sentences or been granted home detention status. |
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Had the islanders rejected the continuation of their current status, a second referendum on possible alternatives would have been held. |
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The current political status of the Falkland Islands is that of an Overseas Territory of the United Kingdom. |
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In order to vote in the referendum, electors had to be resident in the islands, aged 18 or over and have Falkland Islands status. |
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However, out of the 1,518 ballots cast, only three voters were against keeping the islands' current status. |
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The principle was applied to other countries as they became Commonwealth realms, having sovereign status granted directly. |
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The popularity of The Beatles and other groups from the Merseybeat era contributes to Liverpool's status as a tourist destination. |
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It lists those places that have been granted city status by letters patent or royal charter. |
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After that date, other colonies of the empire attained Dominion status and similar arrangements were made. |
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Political status for prisoners became an issue after the ending of the truce. |
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In some cases, the area holding city status does not coincide with the built up area or conurbation of which it forms part. |
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The Human Rights Act 1998, the Scotland Act 1998 and the European Communities Act 1972 have special status in the law of Scotland. |
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Unlike the office of First Minister, the post of Deputy is not recognised in statute and confers no extra status on the holder. |
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However, because the Channel Islands have VAT free status, the UK carries out selective customs checks on travellers arriving from there. |
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In 2004, the UK applied for, and received, Ramsar site wetlands conservation status for the lagoon and other waters of Diego Garcia. |
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Although Qatar had the legal status of a dependency, there was a popular sentiment of resentment against the Al Khalifa. |
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Tamil has official status in Singapore and there have been no attempts to discourage the use of other Indian languages. |
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However, following World War II and the Suez Crisis in 1956, the United Kingdom's status as a superpower was greatly diminished. |
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Additionally, some experts have suggested the possibility of the United States losing its superpower status completely in the future. |
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The involvement of Portugal, Spain and Sweden did not return them to their former status as great powers. |
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The treaty simply restored the status quo of 1748, with Silesia and Glatz reverting to Frederick and Saxony to its own elector. |
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The status of Austria as a great power, with the unifications of Germany and Italy, was now severely questioned. |
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The leaders were conservatives with little use for republicanism or revolution, both of which threatened to upset the status quo in Europe. |
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In 1974 Kosovo's political status improved further when a new Yugoslav constitution granted an expanded set of political rights. |
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It sought to reopen the painstakingly negotiated political status of Kosovo and deleted all of the proposed implementation measures. |
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Whilst progress was made on technical matters, both parties remained diametrically opposed on the question of status itself. |
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The Swedish Riksdag decided that the Institute be established on 1 July 1966 with the legal status of an independent foundation. |
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Treasury notes had full legal tender status and were not convertible for gold through the Bank of England. |
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The clock burst which enables the supervisor to housekeep the console input and output and to change program status is currently set to 200 ms. |
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In the first half of the 20th century multiple currencies did share the status as primary reserve currencies. |
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A few burials seem to indicate social status, though in other contexts an emphasis to special skills is more likely. |
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In the 19th century, the city was transformed by development relating to its status as a trading center, as well as by European immigration. |
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A visit by Queen Victoria in 1851 prompted Manchester to petition Parliament for recognition of its status. |
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Frank have studied the extent to which economic activity is fueled by the ability of consumption to represent social status. |
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He also pleaded that chemistry should cease to be subservient to medicine or to alchemy, and rise to the status of a science. |
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He was enthusiastic and quickly gained the status as a consultant, unusual for such a young person. |
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At airports in which BA does not operate a departure lounge, a third party lounge is often provided for premium or status passengers. |
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Several identity and status options were included for the first time in the census, including options relating to civil partnerships. |
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Third, group formation resulted from the drive to monopolise power and status. |
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In recent times there have been competitions for new grants of city status. |
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In 1952, the Bengali Language Movement successfully pushed for the language's official status in the Dominion of Pakistan. |
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It has official status in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and the Indian Union Territory of Puducherry. |
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Nonetheless, this appellation carries its own prestige and, consequently, competitions for the status are hard fought. |
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Nouns indicating status often appear in anarthrous noun phrases, ie, as bare nouns. |
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However, letters patent have been issued for most of the affected cities to ensure the continuation or restoration of their status. |
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When Queen Victoria visited Manchester in 1851, widespread doubts surrounding its status were raised. |
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The last three had been the largest county boroughs outside the London area without city status. |
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For another trigger, the Department of Homeland Security must create a new, fraudproof system to verify the legal status of all job applicants. |
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The borough council had made several applications for city status since 1889, and took the opportunity of the visit to renew its request. |
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It has no connexion with the status of the borough in respect of local government and confers no powers or privileges. |
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City status was temporarily lost until new letters patent were issued in November of the same year. |
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Since 2000, city status has been awarded to towns or local government districts by competition on special occasions. |
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Other than the cities of London and Westminster, no local authorities in the Greater London area have been granted city status. |
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It was felt that such a grant would undermine the status of the two existing cities in the capital. |
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I'd like to know more about those kids' health status, especially compared to the McCaughey fuctuplets. |
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Thirdly, they claim ordinariness by rationalising their general status as human being, and by, at the same time, 'radiating' their gothness. |
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In 1891, the city status of Aberdeen was confirmed when the burgh was enlarged by local Act of Parliament. |
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In 296 Britannia Inferior was divided into two provinces of equal status with Eboracum becoming the provincial capital of Britannia Secunda. |
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Might the restless checking of our phones, waiting for an expected response to a text or comment on a status update, be a type of iktsuarpok? |
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In 2002, Lisburn and Newry were two of the five towns in the UK that were granted city status by Queen Elizabeth II to mark her Golden Jubilee. |
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In the case of Lisburn, the status extends to the entire local government district. |
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In fact, a town can now apply for city status by submitting an application to the Lord Chancellor, who makes recommendations to the sovereign. |
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Competitions for new grants of city status have been held to mark special events, such as coronations, royal jubilees or the Millennium. |
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In 476, Orestes refused to grant Odoacer and the Heruli federated status, prompting an invasion. |
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In other cases a borough was formed to govern an area covering several towns and then city status was granted to the borough. |
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Zeno eventually granted Odoacer the status of patrician and accepted him as his own viceroy of Italia. |
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Thus, not all of the council area has city status, and there is no official city council. |
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The holding of city status brings no special benefits other than the right to be called a city. |
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These three had been cities since time immemorial before the loss of city status. |
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There are certain towns with large urban areas that could qualify for city status on the grounds of population size. |
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Due to attack there was a need for specialized medical care for these armies in order to keep them in operational status. |
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These cities retained their city status despite their cathedrals losing that status. |
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In 1919 the Diocese of Bradford was founded, the Church of Saint Peter was then elevated to cathedral status. |
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Whilst many cathedrals may be such, this is due to their ecclesiastical status. |
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The Blue School, founded in 1654, is a state coeducational comprehensive school and has been awarded Specialist science college status. |
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The town grew in the shadow of the castle and was awarded borough status to further economic activity. |
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The pallium was the symbol of metropolitan status, and signified that Augustine was now an archbishop unambiguously associated with the Holy See. |
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His employee status didn't entitle him to one, but Magdy on reception would slip him a key if Sabr greased him with a fifty. |
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The district obtained city status in 2002, becoming England's 50th city in the 50th year of Queen Elizabeth II's reign. |
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The process by which this transformation of the status of Mercia took place is unknown, but it left Alfred as the only remaining English king. |
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Since city status was awarded in the Queen's Jubilee year, Preston was targeted by a number of developers. |
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Probation status was reportedly ended by Defense Secretary Leon Panetta in January 2012 based on progress made. |
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All Saints Church was designated as a cathedral in 1927, signalling that the town was ready for city status. |
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However alternative status symbols were used fully in Sussex by those with higher status. |
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Derby was awarded city status on 7 June 1977 by Queen Elizabeth II to mark the 25th anniversary of her ascension to the throne. |
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Until then, Derby had been one of the few towns in England with a cathedral but not city status. |
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In December 2014, the government announced that the park would gain enterprise zone status by being added to Nottingham Enterprise Zone. |
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Portsmouth was granted city status in 1926, following a long campaign by the borough council. |
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Success led to significant financial rewards, but also the challenges of celebrity status. |
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Her father refused marriage because of Stephenson's lowly status as a miner. |
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Finland is officially bilingual, with Finnish and Swedish having mostly the same status at national level. |
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To remain a viable airport it was necessary to update airfield services, and achieve CAT3 status. |
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In principle, the Danish Realm constitutes a unified sovereign state, with equal status between its constituent parts. |
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Period life expectancy remains a commonly used statistic to summarize the current health status of a population. |
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In 1863, the last trace of keeping unmarried women in the status of minors was removed. |
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From Nerva to Marcus Aurelius, the empire achieved an unprecedented happy and glorious status. |
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The 'wergild' set a monetary value on each person's life according to their wealth and social status. |
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The most famous works from this period include the epic poem Beowulf, which has achieved national epic status in Britain. |
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With dominion status in the Commonwealth of Nations, independent Pakistan had two British monarchs before it became a republic. |
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Overall, the status of women has improved due to enhanced religious and educational instruction. |
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The term gained official status during the Sultanate of Bengal in the 14th century. |
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The 1956 Constitution ended dominion status with Queen Elizabeth II as the last monarch of the country. |
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The national cricket team participated in their first Cricket World Cup in 1999, and the following year was granted elite Test cricket status. |
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The minority status is conditioned not only by a clearly numerical relations but also by questions of political power. |
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Unlike the Armenians in the NKAO they are deprived even of those opportunities represented by autonomous oblast status. |
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Many Cornish landed gentry chose mottos in the Cornish language for their coat of arms, highlighting its socially high status. |
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Each shire was administered by a royal official called a sheriff, who roughly had the same status as a Norman viscount. |
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Norman is spoken in mainland Normandy in France where it has no official status, but is classed as a regional language. |
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The hamstrung State environmental Protection Administration might get ministerial status. |
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This adds additional financial stress on ESL students that often come from families of lower socioeconomic status. |
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The Grand Tour became a real status symbol for upper class students in the 18th and 19th centuries. |
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English is the most common official language, with recognized status in 51 countries. |
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Among those, English is the most common with 67 nations giving it official status. |
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Edmund did not possess sufficient finances to maintain his status as a duke, so as a compromise he accepted the title of earl of Suffolk. |
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The Constitution of India does not give any language the status of national language. |
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The perennial problem, however, was the status of Gascony within the kingdom of France, and Edward's role as the French king's vassal. |
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This was definitely how the wraith was able to haxor accounts, by getting in with a friend status. |
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However, if this was so the status of keverangow before the time of King Athelstan is not recorded. |
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Higher ordination, conferring the status of a full Bhikkhu, is given only to men who are aged 20 or older. |
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The data indicate that acquiring EU status raises earnings for the workers by giving them the right to freely change jobs. |
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The pallium was the symbol of metropolitan status, and signified that Augustine was in union with the Roman papacy. |
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Since they were female, they could not transmit their Capetian status to their descendants. |
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These organizations are much less numerous than those in which the Holy See participates either as a member or with observer status. |
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The England cricket team, controlled by the England and Wales Cricket Board, is the only national team in the UK with Test status. |
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Lancaster was also given palatinate status for the county of Lancashire, which entailed a separate administration independent of the crown. |
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The two orders are equal in status, with presbyters and deacons each serving a distinct role in the ministry of the Methodist Church. |
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He returned to Oxford in November 1729 at the request of the Rector of Lincoln College and to maintain his status as junior fellow. |
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He lived during the Roman period in Britain, but little is known about his religious affiliations, socioeconomic status, or citizenship. |
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The proclamation of Edward IV's children as illegitimate was also reversed, restoring Elizabeth's status to a royal princess. |
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In recent years, penicillin-based drugs have lost some of their magic bullet status due to the rise of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. |
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This leads to small interpregnancy intervals that negatively impact maternal nutritional status, leading to poor birth outcome. |
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Following the 2010 Academy Act, many faith schools converted to Academy status, and are sometimes known as Faith Academies. |
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Many grammar schools were either closed or changed to comprehensive status. |
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In addition to charging tuition fees, many also benefit from gifts, charitable endowments and charitable status. |
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Most independent schools, particularly the larger and older institutions, have charitable status. |
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Elizabeth, like Mary, was downgraded to the status of Lady and removed from the line of succession. |
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Theoretically, a college can apply to the CHEI to upgrade its status to university. |
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Though Elizabeth followed a largely defensive foreign policy, her reign raised England's status abroad. |
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Some public universities have autonomous status, meaning that they can charge much higher tuition, and all private universities charge tuition. |
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They sought asylum and were given refugee status by the government. |
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In 2012, a number of select colleges were upgraded to university status in a bid to increase the intake of students into the degree program. |
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In 1899, a second graduate degree, the Diplom, was introduced when the Technische Hochschulen received university status. |
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It was not until 1959 that the women's colleges were given full collegiate status. |
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The incident raised concerns over whether the charitable status of independent schools such as Eton should be reconsidered, and perhaps revoked. |
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Wealthy merchants had no status within the hundred courts and formed guilds to gain influence. |
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A Royal charter granted by Queen Elizabeth I in 1590 confirmed city status. |
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The status of ecclesiastics was regulated by secular law, and many leading ecclesiastics came from aristocratic Irish families. |
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As a result, while the defeat was not a rout, the high status of the Army of Flanders was ended at Rocroi. |
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The first was ugly and uncomfortable and the latter was less secure, although it did offer greater aesthetic appeal and value as a status symbol. |
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In 1959, the Spanish territory on the Gulf of Guinea was established with a status similar to the provinces of metropolitan Spain. |
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The location of castles in relation to high status features, such as fish ponds, was a statement of power and control of resources. |
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The church building reflects this status, and there is considerable variety in the size and style of parish churches. |
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Courtiers and other wealthy Elizabethans competed to build prodigy houses that proclaimed their status. |
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As its name suggests, it has no head, implying that everyone who sits there has equal status. |
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Slavery first appears in Virginia statutes in 1661 and 1662, when a law made it hereditary based on the mother's status. |
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From about the 8th century, high status people started to visit the site occasionally, and possibly this included royalty. |
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Virginia has extended state recognition to eight Native American tribes resident in the state, though some lack federal recognition status. |
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Until 1549, the guards at the Tower were numbered among the extraordinary but in that year were raised to the status of ordinary yeomen. |
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The Stornoway black pudding, made in the Western Isles of Scotland, has been granted Protected Geographical Indicator of Origin status. |
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The PGI status also means that Cornish pasties must be prepared in Cornwall. |
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Creswell Crags first applied for World Heritage Site status in 1986, but was unsuccessful. |
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Roman law was not consistent about the status of slaves, except that they were considered like any other moveable property. |
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Roman towns such as Exeter, Leicester, Chichester and Canterbury had the same status as Isurium. |
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The image is believed to have served to emphasise his knightly status during a marriage union of a family member. |
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There is continuing critical debate about the status of the poem as it is now available to us. |
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Chaucer was buried in Westminster Abbey in London, as was his right owing to his status as a tenant of the Abbey's close. |
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Although Julian's views were not typical, the authorities might not have challenged her theology because of her status as an anchoress. |
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The constitutional status of Scotland is nonetheless subject to ongoing debate. |
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Bentham suggested a procedure for estimating the moral status of any action, which he called the Hedonistic or felicific calculus. |
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At a stroke the bhangis will raise scavenging to a fine art and give it the status it should have had long ago. |
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Orwell liked to provoke arguments by challenging the status quo, but he was also a traditionalist with a love of old English values. |
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In addition to Cardiff, Newport and Swansea, the communities of Bangor, St Asaph and St Davids also have city status in the United Kingdom. |
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The enhanced TV coverage in 1994 was a crucial factor in ensuring that Orbital's performance at the festival achieved legendary status. |
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Her top billing reflected her status in Hollywood, and the film was popular with audiences and critics. |
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With the new intake the orchestra rapidly advanced in standards and status. |
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