He is always open to all points of view, though he is also absolutely sure of what he wants. |
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I do hope you are worthy enough for the challenge, though I must admit our first meeting was something of a disappointment. |
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Players and staff were sacked, and for weeks it looked as though Dundee would close. |
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At the same time, though its humor's lowbrow to the max, it's all wrong for the kid market. |
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In appearance, artichoke looks a bit like a thistle, though it is a member of the daisy family. |
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Remember to keep the frame, though, as a spot of maximalism can work marvellously in a spare, white environment. |
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That may well be true of course, though few have ever stated it so bluntly. |
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Even though society mayn't grasp this simple idea doesn't make the concept bad. |
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A well used before the tsunami is still in use though it too was swamped by the waves. |
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The best of the heckling, though born out of animosity, was seasoned by spontaneous wit. |
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In truth, though clever and apparently effective, that blow had failed to hurt her. |
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The onion bhaji, though hardly a revelation, was polished off fairly smartly by Tim. |
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The house itself, though imposing from the outside, is in fact a very comfortable size. |
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This practice, though sacred in the eyes of our ancestors, appears ridiculous to us. |
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Haylage is becoming more popular and though it is more expensive than hay, has a higher feed value. |
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This player, though inconsistent, knows his way around a grass court and could be tricky. |
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Declan did a good job running the event, though he should have been tougher on the slow players in my opinion. |
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Weak and ill though he was, he still held all the reins of power, and refused to let them go. |
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My face, though frosted with new snow, has a warmth in the cheeks that defends the bone. |
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In fact, though the alarm has some basis in fact, it should be treated with scepticism. |
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He did not call an expert in Planned Maintenance, though given leave to do so. |
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In the winter I tend to cover longer distances in the pool, though I swim at a slower speed. |
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Mine experts said that drilling, though slow, was still the best way to reach the men. |
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Continental drift also has an effect on the weather, though the process is much slower. |
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In form, though comparable in concept to the Sutton Hoo stand, it is unique for England. |
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The fact on which he now relies is that though he stole, he did not in fact threaten violence. |
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We also have many ways of saying that, though something may, in fact, not be the case, it could be. |
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The Japanese still have a chance of qualifying, though they need at least another goal. |
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Of course it would be a marriage of convenience, though you'd be financially secure for life. |
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At the Black Bull the liquid refreshment was welcome though the food was unexciting. |
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These stories could have come from any of the tabloids from the last few weeks, though actually they belong to the distant past. |
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This is an enjoyable, though average, transposition of comic book heroes to the big screen. |
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He tried it in a local chalk pit where he usually rode and was pleased with it, though he found brake problems. |
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Two bombs hit the ship, neither of which exploded, though one man died in the raid. |
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It had occupied a favourable, though unenviable, position at the crux of two world wars. |
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The route is a combination of moorland tracks and field paths though no great climbs are involved. |
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The bore was cylindrical and held a double reed, though single reeds are sometimes shown. |
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Both are near the university, though the former is a bit more posh and expensive. |
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Installing the software is a trifle, though using it isn't immediately a piece of cake. |
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New lighting will also be installed, though the final details have yet to be decided. |
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Adjusting its controls takes no time at all, though small icons can be difficult to make out. |
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Possibly these were folded in or had been removed, though I might have missed them. |
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If it is possible to get a ticket then get one, though I fear they will be difficult to obtain. |
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The train may be flooded out tomorrow, though I expect it will just be late and slow. |
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Mrs Evans was not present at the inquest, though other members of Mr Evans' family were. |
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Later though, in the gathering gloom, the city's bars and restaurants come to life. |
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His performance was remarkable, though, given that he was playing through the pain barrier. |
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All this though doesn't change the fact that my rent will always be dead money. |
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Harry decided that I should suffer for it, though, and suffer for as long as possible. |
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The service is not slow though, we get a jug of iced water right away and a young waiter soon arrives to take our order. |
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In these opening weeks of the season, though, he will remain a figure of possibility. |
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At the moment it's not really possible to say what this will look like though. |
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Apart from that, though, the only permanent legacy of her illness is the operation scar. |
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Miraculously though, Shirley escaped with only cuts and bruises and a broken arm. |
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They should, though, be given all the facts and helped in the decision, so that it can be the right one. |
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Sadly though, it needs more than trees and seasonal Christmas lights to redeem this area. |
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I thought there must be more to the job than this, though, so I asked Sylvia her opinion. |
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In the end though the mechanics weren't right for it to progress beyond the competition. |
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I wish them all the best though, and fully appreciate the time and effort they put in. |
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Much of it, though, is thought to be the work of a small number of individuals. |
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The fact that she is a woman, though, will surely influence the way she does the job. |
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Now, though, most of the company's food and clothing stock is delivered on a daily basis. |
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It's a fact, though, that ageism is rampant right the way through our institutions. |
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We're not there yet though, despite what some people in the media seem to think. |
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That probably wasn't the thought going through his mind back in June, though. |
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This is an absorbing and thoughtful novel, though its ambiguities occasionally frustrate. |
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When they are admonished they become very high handed and abusive as though we have no right to complain about their thoughtless behaviour. |
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Went though my digitised photos giving them meaningful names and dates and folders like albums. |
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Crab braised in rice wine in a sauce thickened with more albumen tasted as though it had been cooked in sea water. |
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The big sell-off has been mostly a non-event, though not so much for want of would-be buyers. |
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It can be jarring, though, to watch as a character pulls a clean blade from their woundless body despite the violence implied elsewhere. |
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I turned the photograph and looked at it, as though it might have changed through some process of mischief or alchemy. |
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And who could ever have though that someone would actually take the step of brewing alcohol-free beer? |
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By the time you've finished arguing and wrangling though, you might feel like you need another holiday. |
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Thornton's basic typology remains persuasive, though later writers have added further refinements. |
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Before I knew it though tears were streaming down my face and Marco reached over and wrapped me in a bear hug. |
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Like her husband, she wore her wealth on an emerald green dress and the fox-fur wrap lying behind her though it was summertime. |
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She was shaking even though she was wrapped up in a thick long coat in the middle of summer. |
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I didn't really notice who was doing what though, too busy being wrapped up in my own world. |
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The clouds race to form and re-form across the blue sky, as though captured in stop-motion photography. |
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Everyone hopes to find the treasure hidden in the wreck, even though many doubt that it's there at all. |
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The phone call will come, and even though I have been expecting it, I'll still be an emotional wreck. |
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Two other ships have been wrecked over this way, though they are more thoroughly broken up and the debris fields are mixed together. |
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The move was a real wrench, and he feels guilty about it even though everyone has told him he has done the right thing. |
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His programme began with roller skating and wrestling, though not at the same time. |
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And though it slowly got darker and darker outside, the peppy discussion, interspersed with slices of wry humour, just kept going. |
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Clydebank looked as though they had done enough for another valuable point, but they reckoned without the alertness of Alan Neil. |
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My A level physics practical exam featured an accident too, though far less exciting than this one. |
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Even though his name wasn't on the ballot, he was written in by nearly half of the voters. |
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Support for multimedia devices such as CD writers is improved but SuSE support for scanners, though improved, remains less than perfect. |
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His writings are a model of lucidity and a pleasure to read, though he confessed that he was a reluctant writer. |
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They could then face deportation even though they have been recognised as refugees. |
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After marrying in 1999, we had tried in vain for three years to conceive even though there was nothing really wrong with us. |
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When I have tried to point out the cycle track I have been verbally abused even though they are in the wrong. |
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Maria was big, loud and bursting with personality, though she wasn't the sort of woman you would want to get on the wrong side of. |
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McCarthy yesterday refused to indicate who will figure in his team selection even though he confirmed he had settled on a team in his own mind. |
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As you can see, it looks pretty good, though aliasing is a bit more obvious. |
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Stewart, though, is well regarded in banking circles and could be the right man at the right time. |
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There was no emotion on his face, and his gaze seemed pretty blank as he regarded it, as though waiting for something to happen. |
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Just as a last thought, though, there is one other question that you should consider asking and it regards terms and conditions. |
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On the morning that this photo was taken though, I let the boys out the back only to hear Colin wuffing at something. |
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It was simply impossible to observe, even though we laagered several vehicles to shield us from the wind. |
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Pork is the most commonly consumed meat, though various sorts of wurst, or sausage, are often eaten in lieu of meat. |
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They talked about it for quite a long time, how even though people might think you're a wuss, you should always buckle up. |
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Dowd has since gone the way of a B-list celebrity, though at these events he's treated to complimentary cocktails and idle hero worship. |
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She touched Dana's face, but no emotion registered in her eyes, as though she was not concerned about her daughter. |
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It was a comforting though as she passed through the archway into the locker rooms, the screaming of the crowds not even registering in her mind. |
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Alex knew she was the one, though, and he promptly whisked her off to the register office and married her. |
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Next time, though, I'll be employing my teenage cousins to do the manual labour and keeping my hands out of the sink. |
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It's a slow and laborious process, though, on a creaky old dial-up phone connection. |
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In all seriousness, though, a large proportion of them are either taken or dead. |
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He told me all about your lovely black curls and blue eyes, speaking of you as though you were an angel. |
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The real tragedy, though, is that the BBFC gave the film such a harsh certificate. |
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His favourite sport was American Football, though, and he was twice voted on to an all-America team. |
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But it is I myself who must get there, even though I have the directions and destination down. |
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The placement and shape of the prairies are similar, though Webb's prairies are more regular in shape. |
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Jumping up, she changed into her regular work clothes even though school was over for that day. |
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That hotel, once a popular spot for the lace-curtain Irish, still stands, though today it is a retirement home. |
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My mad noisy neighbour regularly stands in her kitchen hailing her grandaughter as though she's already moved to Australia. |
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He lacerated the New Journalists even though as a writer for Life during World War II, he used a composite character. |
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However in some lacewings the head may also appear to be extended, though never to the extent of a scorpionfly. |
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Some pictures though original were indistinct, and their xerographs could not be adapted for identification. |
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I don't want people to get the impression the school will have a lackadaisical approach to teaching though. |
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He's not a bad actor, though he seems to have all the charisma of a Xerox copy of you. |
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The trade, though lucrative, was quite separate from the rest of his thinking. |
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Sometimes people have dry skin and unquenchable thirst even though they drink lots of water. |
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Even though Klinck cuts one of those strapping, barrel-chested gym-junkie figures, his voice is like a gentle breeze. |
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Patrick is believed to have committed suicide at the age of thirteen, though the body was never found. |
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Academics and poverty mavens know this to be the case, though they try to soften the harshness of its implications. |
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He became the impeachment maven even though he had no clear expertise related to the questions at hand. |
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Last year, though, his fortunes took a turn for the worse, and he finished a disappointing ninth. |
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I like it too, it's very nice even though it's basically barren of all furniture. |
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I wasn't exactly keen, but my husband wanted to go, though we did have second thoughts when they had to screw the door shut. |
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On second thought, though, I'm not even sure the political reasoning makes much sense. |
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At the same time the Lacedaemonians made a law the very reverse of this, namely, to wear their hair long, though they had always before cut it close. |
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Their most important joint project, though, is protecting their youngest sister, free-spirited Devi. |
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Olmert took his leave with a sarcastic, though not angry, expression of gratitude. |
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Younger brother Prince Khurram promptly had him killed, as fraternal ambitions were not to be encouraged, even though the wretched Prince Khusrau was blind. |
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I want many changes though, starting with further reforms to agricultural policy, an end to secrecy, and a curb on the centralising tendency of the institutions in Brussels. |
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A couple lockers down was a boy, about 5'5, with scruffy brown hair, wearing rumpled blue jeans and a wrinkly white t-shirt, looking as though he'd just fallen out of bed. |
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The 19th century, though, was a 100-year dirge from one horrid epidemic to another. |
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What drew the eye, though, was a framed photograph on a shelf. |
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Really, though, the American Atheist convention in Salt Lake City is not a clash of opposites. |
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This is yet another masterpiece, even though the tone and diction are all wrong, and the proportions totally off. |
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Thankfully, not all such incidents result in accidents and thankfully, even though this young woman's car was a complete write-off she only suffered minor injuries. |
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The roughnecks and hooligans have gone and instead families on a Saturday night dine alfresco on the broad shrub-lined pavements as though they were in Paris. |
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Since then though Rangers have endeared a barren spell and the pressure has been building on McLeish as O'Neill has transformed Celtic into one of the best teams in Europe. |
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Decades from now, though, we will not see Scalia as a lone ranger, but as one of the more influential justices of his time. |
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Unlike Axler, Pacino says he has yet to lose his, though many critics would beg to differ. |
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It makes it possible to discover books that have references or sections or chapters that are of interest to you even though the book as a whole may not be. |
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Even though the press will split, with up to two-thirds against, it will need to be cautious if it doesn't want to get on the wrong side of its readers. |
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Doyle said he is not certain where he will end up, though he plans to continue to work on nonproliferation and disarmament issues. |
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I'd use a DK weight yarn, though, because worsted might get a bit heavy. |
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Lately though it seems the line between spin and reality is harder to discern. |
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He supported William of Orange, though, as a Tory, he favoured a regency. |
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When it comes to people, though, discerning demonic influence is more difficult. |
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He'd never really thought of himself as a soldier or an ex-soldier even though he'd had two years of it before eventually going farming on rehab money. |
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Even though he focuses almost totally on the insects, one gleans bits of personal information that elucidate his all-encompassing endeavors, bordering on mania. |
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Labelling is more comprehensive, though still lacking in detail. |
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Don't regift an item to someone even though you know they won't like it. |
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Trivial though facts may be, he wanted to know what he was up against. |
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Rather quickly though, the desperate looking teen recovers and then decides to glare menacingly at me as if registering my presence in the room at last. |
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The genre was always a simple one, easy to satirize and dismiss, though immensely profitable. |
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For too long, progressives have been squeamish about citing those moral imperatives, as though compassion were the third rail in American politics. |
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He managed adequately, though, in subzero temperatures by wrapping his feet in meal sacks which were nailed to his 12-foot long skis and lashed in place with leather thongs. |
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Life steadily worsened, and though a few maintained quick riches in the short-term, most people labored more and more just to maintain short-term existence. |
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It was fun if a little light, as though she couldn't be bothered finishing it so she just wrapped it up quickly and then summarised subsequent events in the epilogue. |
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Wraparound can handle even the most abnormal of screen layout configurations, and even allow windows and other objects to be dragged though screen edges. |
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Much of the weed was cleared out to allow easy angling, though plenty of silver birch, rowan, alder, sycamore and pine remain to provide a scenic backdrop. |
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Everything about director, Steven Brill's movie, smacks of desperation, though, given the laboured quality of most of the jokes, and the overall lack of subtlety. |
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We had to get rid of her though after she almost mauled the mailman. |
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While one brewing insider said that the chilled hybrid mix of lager and ale was way ahead of its time, most others though it was really pretty awful. |
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More insidious, though, are the thousands of daily examples of anti-social behaviour and thoughtlessness perpetrated by people well into adulthood. |
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Even though Enid manages to engineer and then wreck his chances with another woman, it is very unlikely that that relationship would have developed. |
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So it looks as though internalist justifications are like irritatingly persistent children in that they give rise to an unending regress of reasons for reasons. |
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But 19 and 12, though superficially similar in their youthfulness, are diametrically opposed regarding the elephant in the room. |
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Perhaps we should remind ourselves, though, that it's sensible to be choosy when you're making such a huge investment in an uncertain market. |
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At Derwent Reservoir good catches have been taken from all areas as fish have been eager to feed, though choosey at times. |
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I tease Labour's Deputy Leaderene as a politically correct Hattie Harperson, though I accept to be PC is to treat others with respect. |
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The police in Kharkov will be acting toughly, though in compliance with the law. |
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There is one tree, though, that is just now leafing out in both New York and Los Angeles. |
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Don't expect the mainstream marques to roll over and let the 2 Series Gran Tourer scalp a bunch of conquest sales though. |
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On the positive side, though, Anna proves a striking listener, and Sammy O'Neil caught her spunkiness and sharp attentiveness. |
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Even more alluring is that, in contrast to most of the other Vanuatu islands, Santo's inside is populated, though spottily. |
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It wasn't to be, though, Hihetah scoring a sensational late try which Laund converted to break Bees' hearts. |
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In the city of Mosul itself it seems as though ISIS is at a loss. |
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The meet is free, and temporary seating has been installed, though Oregon State is encouraging fans to bring lawn chairs. |
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The alfalfa crop's other pollinator, the alfalfa leafcutter bee, is also free-living, though not native to the United States. |
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Parking is free, and bleacher seats will be available on a first-come, first-served basis, though most spectators bring folding lawn chairs or blankets. |
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Likewise, color touchscreen control interfaces are becoming more widespread, though not yet to the overwhelming degree seen in other auxiliary equipment. |
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Hypokalaemia is a widely known, though rare, cause of rhabdomyolysis. |
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On The Rewaking, soprano Dominique Labelle acquits herself very nicely, though it is unfortunate that the poem texts are not included in the liner notes. |
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Additional commissioner of police Amitabh Gupta said though the bandobast was adequate, the eagerness of the rioting aspirants resulted in the tragedy. |
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He is not dependent on the law of averages, though, as his sizzling early should carry him clear and it will then be a case of catch me if you can. |
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A draw in stall two probably makes life harder though, and he's up against a potentially well-weighted opponent in the Tim Easterby-trained Tough Love. |
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On the ball-tampering controversy, Hadlee said though reverse swing is a fascinating craft, players should not indulge in unfair practices to get the ball to do something. |
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And brief though Shortest is, it's chockful of interpretive issues. |
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An ex of mine once bought me what I thought was an incredibly expensive box of choccies, though now I know you can spend pounds 1,000, he was a cheapskate in comparison. |
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