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1 Balnain Books is now represented in England , Wales and Ireland by Troika , , .
2 J. Boyett , Manager of Central Services and Special projects at Standard Chartered Bank , replied that , ‘ The Bank 's experience in using Headhunters is so limited that a response to your questionnaire would be worthless . ’
3 A sound training in reading and writing skills is also given .
4 ( This willingness to delay seeking rewards is sometimes called ‘ deferred gratification ’ . )
5 The introduction of the ‘ Spaceman ’ programme , which allows retailers to computer-plan the optimum use of available display space , is a good example of the trade support expertise for which United Distillers is rapidly becoming known .
6 In the Netherlands , the general problem of residential habitats despoiled and endangered by speeding traffic and parked vehicles is well known , as are the general solutions of preventing through traffic , reducing traffic speeds and controlling parking .
7 That the concept of a target real wage rate can be accounted for in terms of the behaviour of rational , maximizing agents is amply demonstrated in the works of Layard , of Carlin and Soskice ( 1990 ) and of the works of the new Keynesian school ( see Chapter 8 ) .
8 The importance of DNA conformation in the recognition of met boxes is also implied by the sequences of the natural operators where , although the base conservation at some positions is low , the sequence of purines and pyrimidines is highly conserved .
9 As a result , the tendency for waste — especially hazardous waste — to cross borders is especially marked .
10 ‘ One of the secrets of solving murders is never to believe anybody — not completely — not at the start . ’
11 This time it is found that the ability of the bats to avoid obstacles is considerably impaired .
12 Personal information about us , once typed on record cards or stuffed into filing cabinets is now kept on computer , information which once even the bank manager or doctor could n't find is now accessible to thousands through a computer keyboard , and everyday this information is routinely sold , to employers investigating potential and current employees , to companies investigating competitors and customers , and to anyone willing to pay in a trade which grows , uncontrolled , daily .
13 According to data from animal perfusion systems , net sodium movement even in glucose containing solutions is linearly related to sodium concentration of the perfusate and this pertains equally in secreting intestine , although the threshold at which sodium absorption occurs is higher in the secretory state ( 120 mmol/l v 60 mmol/l ) .
14 The time to do experiments is also cut ; the computer compresses into a matter of minutes reaction times that could take hours in animals .
15 The ability to use tools is best documented amongst the primates .
16 Deerhurst Publications is now distributed by Vine House , .
17 A pair of hauling ropes is also fastened to the leading edge of each tank , one rope towards each end of the tank .
18 Exactly it 's about childbearing is n't it , I mean having hips is also to do with your shape sexually is n't it .
19 But a blind refusal to consider alternatives is negatively based on fear , ignorance , deeply embedded convictions or insularity .
20 The altering of road design to reduce speeds is well seen in the Altländerstrasse , a distributor road west of the town centre .
21 Slow fill refuelling at overnight refuelling points is also used by many fleets , and there is now the possibility of filling your vehicle at home overnight from your domestic gas supply .
22 The committee on the safety of medicines which advises ministers is currently examining steroids .
23 Thus size determination using sieves is partly controlled by the particle shape ( Rittenhouse , 1943 ) .
24 The biggest problem is that loggers do not replace the felled trees with new saplings ; the option of creating plantations is largely ignored .
25 It is essential that the secretary of state for health states clearly whether NHS nursing care for long stay patients is still going to remain available or whether it will be privatised .
26 Indeed , its method of taking decisions is inherently biased toward caution .
27 Understandably , illegally-made porn involving children is also shunned .
28 The effect on the clarity of criteria descriptions of aggregating scores is also discussed .
29 ‘ The power to create and manipulate culture as a means or controlling others is well entrenched in the social , Economic and political institutions of a society but it is also continually resisted by opposing cultural forms ’ .
30 In a class where almost half the time is spent on administrative matters , the time left over for active engagement in learning tasks is severely curtailed .
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