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1 Whether these upstream regions contain other genes , or cis-acting , regulatory elements specific for class II Ea MHC and/or the entire class II MHC locus , they point the way for the analysis of other ‘ interesting ’ sites in both the mouse and human systems .
2 But in common with other colonised people such as the Algerians under French rule described by Frantz Fanon or the Black Americans by Stokely Carmichael in the 1960s , they believe that they and their children should themselves be the civilising force to overcome the ‘ civilisation ’ , the predominant philosophy and way of life , that has colonised them .
3 Delta 's partners hop around many of the more interesting parts of the USA , such as the Florida Keys or the national parks of the Rockies .
4 The former Home Secretary took common ground with Mrs Thatcher in opposing a Brussels-dominated and economically illiberal ‘ Fortress Europe ’ and went much further than Mr Lawson or the pro-European cabinet majority in calling for a central bank on the looser American rather than Bundesbank model .
5 We were invited to drive the cars in west Germany where the smooth road surface always flatters cars ' suspensions , but even when we nipped into what used to be east Germany and drove on roads that did not seem to have been maintained since the war , the G40 's bump suppression was admirable .
6 There is also work at the modern pit at Kellingley or the new Snaith pit .
7 The Treasury saw local councils as part of that strategy just as much as spending departments in Whitehall or the nationalised industries — a very clear ‘ agency ’ view .
8 I do not believe those powers would be of use My Lords I er take the view that they would not have been abused by past Home Secretaries , no not by men like the late Tutor Reed or the Noble Lord Jenkins or the Noble Lord Callaghan , they would not be abused today by my Right Honourable Friend Mr Howard , I doubt if they would be abused by Mr Blair should he at some time become Home Secretary and I think we 're becoming slightly attached to an artificial argument that somehow or the other there is great respect for the local authorities , but which is not extended to the National Institutions of Government and to the Home Office and the Home Secretary .
9 I do not believe those powers would be of use My Lords I er take the view that they would not have been abused by past Home Secretaries , no not by men like the late Tutor Reed or the Noble Lord Jenkins or the Noble Lord Callaghan , they would not be abused today by my Right Honourable Friend Mr Howard , I doubt if they would be abused by Mr Blair should he at some time become Home Secretary and I think we 're becoming slightly attached to an artificial argument that somehow or the other there is great respect for the local authorities , but which is not extended to the National Institutions of Government and to the Home Office and the Home Secretary .
10 A Convention , similar to that in England , which met in Edinburgh on 14 March 1689 , eventually decided to offer William the throne , though many Scots , especially the chieftains in the Highlands where the old religion remained strong , still regarded James II as their king , and others , not necessarily Catholic , saw in the dispossessed Stuarts the best hope of regaining Scotland 's lost independence .
11 These bodies , I have always understood , came from German invasion barges attacked by the RAF or the Royal Navy while on routine pre-invasion exercises close to the Dutch coast .
12 This is a style of propaganda more reminiscent of Nazi Germany or the Stalinist era , albeit refined by the sugar-coating of modern advertising .
13 ‘ We tend to think that it 's a problem restricted to the Republikana Party in Germany or the Fascist followers of Jean-Marie Le Pen in France .
14 Was the existence of the penalty clause in Williams v. Roffey or the potential default of the other buyers in Anangel an element in the price paid by the respective promisees ?
15 Like Ghyll climbing in the Lake District , which provides memorable classics such as Piers Ghyll on Scafell , the Dark Peak can also furnish a few esoteric delights — albeit on a smaller scale — with fine outings such as Wildboar Clough on Bleaklow or the challenging Blackden Clough on Kinder Scout 's northern slopes .
16 This was not the case with the relocated banksides on the Meadowell where the existing distinction was perpetuated .
17 There was no sign of Donna or the other woman .
18 There were suggestions that the KGB or the pro-Soviet Interfront group might have committed the crime in order to discredit the Estonian government as incapable of maintaining law and order .
19 Certain labour unions belonging to the PFLP , the DFLP or the Communist Party , have joined ranks with the Fatah labour unions .
20 In a sense both Marx , who hailed the British conquest of India and the American conquest of half Mexico as historically progressive at this time , and the progressive elements in Mexico or India , who looked to alliance with the United States or the British Raj against their own traditionalists ( see chapter 7 above ) , were recognising the same global situation .
21 For each primary pupil estimated as being in a household where the child , or the head of household , was born outside the United Kingdom , Eire , the United States or the Old Commonwealth , the Authority receives an extra £274 ; if the pupil is estimated to be in a household which is lacking amenities or overcrowded , is in a one-parent household , has four or more dependent children under the age of 16 , where the head is semi-skilled , unskilled or a farm worker , or whose family is in receipt of Supplementary Benefit , the authority accrues an additional £137 on each count .
22 For every one current reader of Arden of Faversham there will be ten or more of Tamburlaine or The Spanish Tragedy .
23 This was the result of a chance encounter in 1975 , When the Astor ownership was frantically trying to fight control passing to Murdoch or the Daily Mail .
24 And it does not accommodate certain institutions , such as Durham , Keele or the Open University , which because of origin or nature , are sui generis .
25 These two sorts of women seemed to belong to different species , being sisters only under their knickers , whether these came from Janet Reger or the British Home Stores .
26 Second , either the PSN or the lemmatised form may be used to determine in which table the text of an entry is to be found .
27 Hundreds of thousands of indigenous peasants fled the countryside , seeking refuge in Mexico or the relative safety of the cities .
28 We shall see ever more frantic gesticulating in the direction of Finchley , Dulwich or the American lecture circuit as the election approaches .
29 Take a short break to beautiful Bruges or the subtropical SunParks , where it 's always 84°F .
30 ALI HUSSAN KUBAN & THE NUBIAN BAND , Arabic-African world music rhythm maestros , play Hebden Bridge Trades Club .
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