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1 Over a million WG shares , issued to the Carrs in 1988 as part payment for Alkar and subsequently frozen by injunction , have been sold and the proceeds , approximately £600,000 , remitted to WG .
2 As the search intensified , a firm in Lincoln surfaced who could supply and erect a new building 200′ by 100′ and still be within the budget considered by NAM .
3 The significance of this case is not only that the House of Lords effectively over-ruled the majority decision in Candler but also that in doing this the judgment went beyond Lord Denning 's minority judgment .
4 He tried to live an ordinary life , working as a bus driver , and accounts clerk at Harrods and later studying for a zoology degree , but nothing made him content .
5 His skin smelt of soap and newly turned soil .
6 The film showed him finding his roots on the John Major Heritage Trail in Brixton and then , after he had hauled himself up by his bootstraps , helping to run the world , confident and determined , with large and capable hands .
7 Other notable absentees included Presidents Mobutu Sese Seko of Zaïre and Gnassingbe Eyadema of Togo as well as André Kolingba of the Central African Republic and Cameroon 's Paul Biya , both of whom were conducting election campaigns .
8 Finally , we may detect a marked tendency to integrate subjects hitherto taught separately , a trend reflecting curriculum practice in Britain but also stemming from a desire to stress the relatedness of learning within a child 's own environment .
9 By the end of September 1990 the network of Advisers had identified almost 60,000 work experience opportunities for pupils and over 2,000 teacher placements in businesses .
10 Even when narrowly conceived , the figures do not solely focus upon the CU effect of membership but also embrace other effects of membership such as the outcome for visible trade of the CAP .
11 Not only has it hived-off its drug side into Zeneca but also , unlike most chemical companies , it is coming out of the recession with no cash worries as the rights issue for the Zeneca shares will pay off most of its debt .
12 On November 8 , 1983 , a masked gang forced their way into the Brinks-Mat warehouse at Heathrow and coolly made off with 6,800 gold bars worth more than £26 million .
13 Meanwhile Kubota Corp — majority shareholder in Stardent and now a 30% stakeholder in AVS Inc — is left with Stardent 's MIPS R3000-based Titan series of high-end graphics workstations .
14 He could fly on to Travis Air Force base in California and then take a helicopter to the Annenberg estate .
15 It is actively selling its expertise through research contracts at home and abroad .
16 And it could turn out that the car I left on the Foulness road was stolen from a car park in Colchester or somewhere .
17 It then goes on to describe how he joined the Roux brothers in London and finally opened his own restaurant in Chelsea .
18 ‘ Victor does a marvellous job in the loose for Bath because they are the strongest club side in England and therefore their pack give him the chance to run free .
19 Michael John Parker , 38 , of Eden Grove , Middridge , was charged yesterday with stealing a Renault car worth £5,500 and dishonestly obtaining £5,500 .
20 It is now collaborating formally with the Opificio delle Pietre Dure in Florence as well as conducting a nationwide survey of medieval wall paintings in Britain in partnership with the Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England .
21 Membership of the Town Boys represents the last promotion in the career of the football fan at Oxford and only the most committed are eligible .
22 Will my right hon. Friend undertake to arrange a debate before Christmas , or at least before the December Council of Ministers meeting on fishing , so that we may have our annual chance to discuss the state of the fishing industry in England and elsewhere in the kingdom ?
23 The membrane pellet was then resuspended in buffer B at a concentration of 14mg protein per ml and then subjected to freezing and thawing .
24 Three times Mr Bond tried to avoid the bankruptcy petition being served on him , once in a car chase through Perth and twice by going abroad .
25 We picked up Miss Rintoul at Kilmalcolm and afterward we had a very pleasant journey till we reached Tarbert Lochfyne …
26 To promise £35 billion-worth of extras and then to renationalise these concerns — as has been said , it might cost as much as £10 billion — is not just absurd but highly irresponsible .
27 He acquired Pitsea Hall in Essex and nearly £9,000 worth of bishops ' lands , and in 1653 he was master of the Mercers ' Company .
28 The department maintains close collaborative contacts within Veterinary , Medical and Science Departments and Research Institutes in Edinburgh and elsewhere .
29 Mr Rifkind said the British troops would provide ‘ second line ’ medical support , evacuating UN sick and injured from battalion aid posts to hospitals and only ‘ in extremis ’ helping an injured soldier on the spot .
30 Lord Hanson bought a 3% stake in ICI but ultimately abandoned his takeover plans , acquired Beazer and made an unsuccessful bid for Ranks Hovis McDougall , defeated by his protege at Tomkins , Chris Hutchins .
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