| They clambered into the little wooden boat and she instructed her to carefully begin untying the knot that secured her side of the boat. |
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| I started tightening saddles and untying the biggest camp items from the packhorse. |
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| Melody's work at untying herself was interrupted by Christine bursting into the room, and swooping her into a huge hug. |
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| But after he leaves, the man grabs the boy, reties him to the tree and whips him to within an inch of his life before untying him. |
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| She breathes heavily and, although trembling like a leaf from the shock, she succeeds in untying herself. |
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| He reaches down and starts untying her other bootlace and gently pulling her boots and socks off, massaging her feet and ankles as he does. |
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| Leanne grinned and obeyed, untying the floppy pink bow, and lifting the lid off the box slowly. |
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| Maybe not entirely. In the first place, the super-rich are still untying their purse strings for the right products. |
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| This will avoid any delays in the adoption of the regulations due to the debate on untying. |
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| Does he finally agree that untying aid increases the role of the private sector within developing countries? |
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| Mr. Dzhamalov attempted to escape while one of the subordinates of the author's son was untying his hands. |
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| This untying of nation and citizenship does not invalidate the national referent. |
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| Without them, we'd have a hard time scratching an itch or untying a knot. |
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| Second, the untying of aid is proceeding patchily but inexorably, and will greatly affect European research centres. |
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| One of the problems is that it is very difficult to find concrete, reliable data on the impact of untying. |
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| The untying of aid to LDCs provides a major opportunity for a culture shift in this regard. |
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| He dropped his backpack and started untying his rollerblades. |
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| Xiaohan finished it all at one go, then tried to improve her appearance by untying her hair, smoothing it down and wiping her face with her palms. |
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| It is useful to recall that untying is not pursued as a goal as such but as a goal to achieve higher impact at lower cost. |
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| While you're untying, remove any labels or tags that are still attached. |
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| The discussion before us to resolve the refugee issue simply and to everyone's satisfaction is like coming in and untying the Gordian knot. |
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| A number of concrete measures have also been taken to meet the commitments in relation to aid untying and debt relief. |
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| Aid untying should be accompanied by measure that allow developing country partners the option to give priority to open and transparent local procurement. |
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| When running Cold Spring Harbor, he was a successful groomer of donors, to the point of untying his shoelaces and mussing up his hair before one meeting. |
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| They can untie themselves from the Fed by untying themselves from the dollar. In the past decade many emerging economies heeded this advice, working hard to overcome their fear of floating. |
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| So it is good news that Britain, Sweden, Ireland and the Netherlands are untying their aid and that, in Accra, the OECD revealed evidence that things are moving further in the right direction. |
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| In other words, Mr Jospin had better start untying those knots pretty fast. For his part Mr Chirac had better hope the voters remain relaxed about the growing collection of presidential scandals. |
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| The untying of aid is a good decision on the part of the government. |
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| In total, The DATA Report considers ten indicators across transparency and reporting, predictability, use of national systems and untying aid and local competitive procurement. |
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| Progress in untying aid is a measure of our joint commitment to increasing the efficiency of aid utilization, the promotion of local ownership and capacity building. |
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| In its 2007 Peer Review of Canada, the OECD also recommended further untying of food aid and the promotion of more local and regional procurement from developing country firms. |
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| As a way to improve the efficiency of our actions and increase their impact on poverty eradication, we also believe that untying of aid should be extended. |
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| The tying and untying of knots and hitches, as well as the general handling of ropes and lines, are fundamental to the art of sailing. |
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| Untying the mooring ropes I pushed the motor into gear, slowly moving away from the jetty. |
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