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1 On Oct. 15 , 1989 , a controversial retrial of 15 Islamic extremists ( who had been associates of Bouiali-see above ) was abandoned after the defence had successfully argued that a regional court was not competent to try their case following the Supreme Court 's refusal to do so .
2 The board did so meet and resolved to exercise its powers of intervention under rule 7.3(2) of the Lautro Rules .
3 The board did so meet and resolved to exercise its powers of intervention under rule 7.3(2) of the Lautro Rules .
4 The fact that evidence and documents relating to the case had either disappeared or been tampered with and that witnesses had been threatened led members of a US Congressional investigative task force to conclude that the military high command had been controlling the investigation and limiting the number and rank of the officers to be held responsible for the crime .
5 The Germans had long demanded that any putative European central bank must be ‘ independent ’ of government control .
6 The plans unveiled yesterday means that Russell has more than exceeded its original plans both for capital investment and job creation .
7 The times had simply passed when one could conquer France , conquer Belgium , conquer Holland , even conquer Eastern Europe , and say , ‘ This is the same as moving into Africa or moving into the Far East ’ .
8 In fact the doorbell had just rung and Ursula had gone to answer it .
9 The tax consequences will , broadly , flow as if the settlement had simply lent or advanced monies to the settlor .
10 THREE people in four would prefer to protect areas of natural beauty or historic interest from roads , even if the roads took longer to build or cost more , according to a Gallup poll for The Daily Telegraph .
11 THREE people in four would prefer to protect areas of natural beauty or historic interest from roads , even if the roads took longer to build or cost more , according to a Daily Telegraph Gallup poll .
12 Although by the end of April the authorities had yet to decide whether to file charges arising from the incident , both the Kennedy family and the alleged victim had employed formidable legal teams to represent their interests .
13 The branch had previously disclosed that a BA fitter had used the wrong bolts to secure the windscreen panel , which fell off at 17,000 feet , 20 minutes after take-off .
14 But the stranger had already turned and walked off into the night , back along the towpath in the direction from which he 'd come .
15 The schools had never imagined that the practitioners would be successful and , when they were , the schools were annoyed to realise that they had lost their monopoly powers .
16 The Bishop of Winchester then stated that the peers had unanimously agreed that Prince Edward should become king ‘ if the people would accept this decision of the prelates and magnates ’ .
17 The PLO had earlier announced that it had approved talks with Baker .
18 Indeed , the data presented here show that the formation of many tRNA-modifications were altered when certain mutations were introduced into the tRNA at a distance from the site of the modification .
19 Within the earth sciences field at least , however , the data presented here show that at a period of declining career opportunities world-wide , universities were accepting increasing numbers of graduates into Ph D studies .
20 The data presented here suggest that social network structure is implicated in processes of linguistic change in at least two ways .
21 Interestingly however , the data presented here suggest that activation of HPV gene expression may not be dependent on decreased expression of Oct-1 , which in any case is known to be expressed at enhanced levels in rapidly proliferating transformed cells ( 28 , 29 ) .
22 The data presented here suggest that these compounds may act by impairing the binding of IFN γ to its receptor on the colonic epithelial cell .
23 The data presented here suggest that there are sequence homologies between amino acid residues 206–217 of A-gliadin and non-toxic prolamins .
24 By contrast , the research reported here suggests that controlling is not what British solicitors — even those at the bottom end of the market — spend most of their time doing .
25 Announced in 1988 , the programme had originally envisaged that FGD technology would be fitted to six power stations .
26 The guards had always said that they were n't bothered about anyone in British gaols , so we 'd hoped it would be easier for us to get out than for the others .
27 Cecily the courtesan had even intimated that he used an ointment which was most effective in curing certain sores on the most delicate parts of the body .
28 It is then for the prosecutor to prove that the defendant did so intend or was aware .
29 I managed to hold the aircraft straight for a short distance , running on the nosewheel which , luckily , had escaped damage , but as the speed came off the aircraft slewed sharply left and I came to a slithering , steaming halt about 200 metres the other side of the dyke , well off the runway .
30 The lawyer had always maintained that the money he received was a legitimate success fee for the vital role he played in the bitterly fought takeover battle .
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