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1 Ata'i writes that before Ebussu'ud Efendi became kazasker of Rumeli , an office he held from 944/1537 to 952/1545 , no attention had been paid to the registration of and that , consequently , it was possible for individuals to enter the ranks of office-holders each in a different manner .
2 Having experimented with parallel scalar and parallel vector processing , and straight vector processing , the company concludes that while vector parallel processing is very efficient over a wide range of applications , conventional vector machines offer superior performance for many applications , so the company will continue to develop its USL SVR4-based Unix , UXP/M and proprietary MSP-based VP and VPX machines .
3 This holds that although Desert Storm passed one narrow test of political success ( the eviction of Iraq from Kuwait ) it failed in almost every other way .
4 It looks as though Count William of Angoulême was already making his preparations for a pilgrimage to Jerusalem , leaving his eldest son Vulgrin as effective head of the family .
5 President Michael Jones said : ‘ At last it looks as though home owners and estate agents have something to be cheerful about . ’
6 President Michael Jones said : ‘ At last it looks as though home owners and estate agents have something to be cheerful about .
7 At the moment they 're just a voluntary body , but it looks as though works councils will become mandatory for eleven of the twelve states in the E C , with the implementation very soon of the European Social Works Council Directive , Britain as usual being the odd one out , because of course it 's part of the Social Chapter .
8 After playing catch-me-if-you-can for so long , it looks as though Sun Microsystems Inc is only going to get a month 's headstart over the pack of Sparc-compatible builders which will be gunning for its superscalar Sparcstation 10 market — if US firm Pinnacle Data Systems Inc , Columbus , Ohio , has its way .
9 At the moment it looks as though shock Juddmonte International winner Ezzoud will come over from England and if that 's the case we could have an intriguing race on our hands .
10 Had a good innings It looks as though Ian Butcher may be forced to retire because of injury at the age of 226 .
11 Polytechnics are also expanding rapidly — more rapidly at present than the universities — and it now looks as though government targets will be met .
12 Mr Ramsay added ‘ This year it looks as though cereal prices will be much on a par with last year and on top of that farmers will receive the area compensatory payments .
13 It looks as though John McVeir was a party to Moir McIlchenich 's murder although he was never charged with it , and we can only speculate as to what the three accused said before the Baillie on 16th May which induced the authorities to apprehend John McVeir and bring him before the Baillie on 22nd May 1699 — did they " split " on him ?
14 Right now the gossip in the town is that Ingrid is pregnant and it looks as though Olive King is about to become a star … about time too !
15 IT LOOKS as though Imelda Marcos will be allowed back into the Philippines .
16 Looks as though Miss Easterbrook spilt her tea yesterday .
17 ‘ I do n't want to upset you , Mrs Passmore , but it looks as though Mr Riddle was murdered and it is my job to find who killed him . ’
18 The report , Our Health , Our Planet , says that unless population growth can be drastically reduced , the resources needed to support the human race will be overwhelmed .
19 The ILO report says that while world trade expanded dramatically in recent years , many working people who contributed to the process did not receive the full benefit .
20 JAMES : Ian says that when Dorky Caswell and Sexy Phil ( ? ) reviewed R3 they awarded it an overall mark of 92% .
21 The board assumes that after Sizewell B has settled down it will have a load factor of 64 per cent .
22 The thought occurs that if Darlington Museum , free to enter and in the town centre to name its two advantages , can so describe itself then Bowes and Beamish will be running out of superlatives .
23 It shows that where transit time is accelerated higher mucosal concentrations occur after slow release preparations ( except for Claversal 250 mg ) than after azo-bound drugs .
24 He also realises that as Talk Talk become more and more embroiled in their lush musical underbelly , in the process becoming increasingly alienating for the average pop fan , his record sales , and subsequently his budget , will inevitably get less and less .
25 At Gbagbo 's trial , which began on Feb. 27 , lawyers called for all charges against him and 19 other defendants to be dropped " to prove to the world that the rule of law exists and that Côte d'Ivoire is not a police state " .
26 The law recognises that if business contracts are fairly made by parties who are on equal terms such parties should know their business best .
27 At the time of writing , it appears as though Andy Townsend may be missing from the fray — a loss which would represent a cruel blow indeed .
28 We have also noted above that Johnes ( 1990 ) in her study of student wastage notes that while A-level scores are important predictors for men they are not for women .
29 It notes that if Intel Corp were to figure out how to drive 3.8m transistors really fast , Pentium would look pretty good .
30 It notes that if Intel Corp were able to come up with a way to drive 3.8m transistors without frying the chip to a frazzle , Pentium would look pretty good .
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