How To Use Isn In A Sentence
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We require a quorum of 100 students to proceed - and the motion lapses if it isn't obtained.
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A person should set his goals as early as he can and devote all his energy and talent to getting there. With enough effort, he may achieve it. Or he may find something that is even more rewarding. But in the end, no matter what the outcome, he will know he has been alive. Walt Disney
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That sense of aliveness isn't there when you read the text, and seeing the performance will be much more engaging.
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The affair isn't the thing that makes me believe he needs to be removed from office – it's the monumental lack of judgment he displayed in abandoning his states and his duties as governor.
Sanford should stay, two top South Carolina papers say
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Isn't there something revolting about catering to the imagined needs of a tiny group of spoiled ladies, a Marie Antoinette–ish situation that reached its apotheosis when John Galliano showed his infamous clochard collection—the word means bum or hobo in French, and the tattered gowns, hand-stenciled to look filthy, trailed pots, pans, and other refuse—at the 1997 Dior haute couture show?
Art in the Parks 3: Nan Kempner's Clothing
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Isn't there quite a few "rotund" people in the Obama administration???
Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local
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A person should set his goals as early as he can and devote all his energy and talent to getting there. With enough effort, he may achieve it. Or he may find something that is even more rewarding. But in the end, no matter what the outcome, he will know he has been alive. Walt Disney
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If slipping into your jammies and turning off the lights isn't enough to give you mental refreshment, or if stress and anxiety leave your brain a mess, try one of these mental-acuity agents.
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What's a little funky about this ice house is that it isn't meant for fishing.
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So maybe BP isn't the best example yet, but clearly businesses that embrace principles of social entrepreneurship--discovering how to "unstick" society when it has gotten stuck, by changing the system--are having widespread impact in making the new buzzphrase "social value" the litmus test for success for not only social entrepreneurs but profit-oriented businesses, too.
Marian Salzman: Reinvention, Part II
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Writers' residuals for original programming on basic cable, ranging from series such as Lifetime Television's ‘Any Day Now’ to telepics for Disney Channel, will also be bumped up.
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The area of domination and control that affected me the longest isn't limited to just my small church.
Christianity Today
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I don't otherwise want to move: I have a large place in a convenient location with reasonable rent that allows pets, which isn't easy to find.
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This food isn't edible, you can't eat it!
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But that day isn't going to be now, or any time in the next ten years, absent a major breakthrough.
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The countless mini-roundabouts popping up where there just simply isn't room for a roundabout is another danger, increasing the number of small shunts & bumps.
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This isn't an attempt to universalize, for there is rich, specific detail everywhere: food, foliage, the course of the conflict.
The Times Literary Supplement
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The fact that I first met it as part of a pavlova didn't help: the deep clouds of snow-white sugar-cake need a fruit with a sting in its tail (the Antipodeans are bang on with their inclusion of passion fruit) if the dessert isn't to cloy.
Tender delights
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Life isn't a competition. It's a journey. If you spend that journey always trying to impress others, to outdo others, you're wasting your journey.
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And no, this isn't your 1990's "Washington consensus" lending, with the kind of conditionality that the left loves to hate.
Heather Hurlburt: Six Reasons to Love the Supplemental and Celebrate Progressives in Government
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Also, in many classes, the prof isn't even really teaching anymore.
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Maybe the term "bussed" was a misnomer, as it sounds too organzied, but ...
BlogTO
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The cola report isn't formally tabled, but no heads will roll for this menace to public health.
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By the early 1990s, Disney and Warner Brothers studios opened retail stores selling animation art.
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Jane's here, I think isn't that her coat?
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It's not related to the band because it isn't music in any shape or form, just anguished, terrifying pure sound.
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A conveyancing solicitor isn't going to be much good for you.
YESTERDAY'S SHADOW
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As she enters her 40s with a new husband and two stepchildren, she isn't longing for the days of her youth and hopes other women aren't either.
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I remember from my old Organizational Psychology that while money isn't a motivator, "inequity" is a demotivator.
Executive Compensation, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
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Jumping over a bench in P.E. class isn't creative, but parkour forces you to think about how you can jump.
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Or, conversely, isn't the character of modern American life strangely illuminated by -- and compatible with -- that entity that is so often described as antithetical to it, the mafia?
Critical Mass
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Isn't she that annoying bimbo with the tinny voice who constantly hangs around him?
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And this groove isn't merely about the young and the funky.
Times, Sunday Times
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The rabies vaccine is extremely effective but you can avoid the disease by keeping away any animal that isn't a pet.
The Sun
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In fact, that it isn't, really, a sci-fi film makes it so successful.
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Actually the great bit about the DVD compendium isn't the re-watching; it's watching six episodes back to back in little more than two hours.
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But isn't there also a growing problem with counterfeit phony drugs, pharmaceuticals, as well?
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He says he wants to remain in active politics, but this isn't easy in the new Scotland.
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The thing the article doesn't mention in much detail, presumably because the writer isn't diabetic, is how awful hyperglycemia (high blood sugar) feels.
SeeLight:
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If that isn't an antidote to the vicissitudes of life, then what is?
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Interestingly, for all Rauch's fractious subject matter, his painterly touch isn't turbulent at all, but instead measured, calm and neat.
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Everyone recognizes Disney's cartoon characters .
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True friendship isn't about being there when it's convenient; it's about being there when it's not.
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Surely your computer isn't down again?
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The whole secret appeal of the super hero isn't so much their buffed up bodies and superpowers, although those are nice too.
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Tiger Woods rescued from crash by wife Elin Nordegren carrying a golf club Trapped in his own body for 23 years - the coma victim who screamed unheard Pretending the climate email leak isn't a crisis won't make it go away | George Monbiot Michelle Obama 'racist' picture that is topping Google Images removed nhs tower hamlets. aneurin bevan house, aldgate east, inner east lond ….
Latest financial, market & economic news and analysis | guardian.co.uk
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I guess the term for that is "social networking," but I remain more interested in the social than the networking, and blogging under a pseudonym six or eight times a month in a personal essayish vein isn't exactly the fast lane to fame and influence.
Archive 2009-05-01
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He winks out of the corner of his eye at me and says, 'Your old daddy is tough isn't he?' and shows me the end of his thumb calloused and hard as the knurl of white oak; only fire could clean it to the original skin.
Confessions of Boyhood
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Although peeling isn't essential because this variety has a rather thin skin, it is an easy matter to plunge them into boiling water, drain and then slip off the skins.
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[Phages] are specific to a particular bacterial strain, so researchers will have to isolate and culture a phage for every potential coral pathogen, which isn't feasible.
Global warming takes a toll on coral reefs
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Some would defend the Principle even in this case by claiming that there are properties such as being that very object A. Call such a property a thisness or haecceity.
The Identity of Indiscernibles
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Deconstruct him: he isn't worth it; deconstruct yourself: your behaviour is ridiculous.
THE KINDEST USE A KNIFE
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Poor messaging isn't the only possible cause for the increase in denial: politicians — mostly on the right — have aggressively pushed the climate-change-is-a-hoax trope.
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This isn't a rhetorical question but one that, again, would help show whether they're applying this rule fairly or arbitrarily.
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It isn't money -- it is honor -- _honor_, do you hear?
One Day A sequel to 'Three Weeks'
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In spite of her off-screen antics, she remains the darling of Disney remakes, with her on-screen innocence and charm.
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There isn't a whole lot to report on this transfer.
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I'm sure there is room for improvement but isn't that true of any job?
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Of course, the imperative to lend interest-free isn't unique to Jews.
When Religion Restricts Lending
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But, James, isn't the title indicative of "right" interpretation according to monotheistic understanding in opposition to Trinitarian understanding? and human moral development?
Gratitude Mingled with Theological Concern
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He really is an irritating little tick, isn't he?
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Boy, being the office manchild sure is tough, isn't it?
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Moreover, the term pit bull isn't really a breed at all.
Reason Magazine
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The appeal of a low cost Mac isn't hard to see.
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I'd like to smile and skip down shopping lanes whistling cheerfully but it just isn't in me.
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Though self-effacing "It isn't my personality to be particularly proud of what I do" the composer seems to recognize his legacy as arguably the only living film composer with both classical credentials and name recognition among everyday moviegoers.
The Last Movie Maestro
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The question isn't really whether editors can be granted copyright for their work or not.
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But, as I said, the title ‘Land Transport Management Bill’ is a total misnomer.
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He's very correct in his dress/speech/manner, isn't he?
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If the snow isn't cleared from the roads quickly, it packs down hard and makes driving difficult.
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An initiation rite most often associated with fraternities and sororities, hazing isn't a new phenomenon in older kids and young adults.
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Reg: So if I have this right then your worldview is ... everyone who isn't me is a "mentalist"?
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...
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Ms. Fuchs believes the topic of safe sex isn't one where a parent can allow for a child to break down into the giggles and get squirmy.
Mother Works to Make AIDS Education a Priority
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The term apocalyptic does come to mind, and that really isn't an overstatement.
CNN Transcript Sep 16, 2005
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The rest of the disc isn't as sonically edgy, but the sounds and settings that Bowie & Ronson worked up for each are strikingly appropriate.
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A conveyancing solicitor isn't going to be much good for you.
YESTERDAY'S SHADOW
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As for the hot sammies, I liked the ‘New York-style’ tuna melt, which isn't open-faced (as I had hoped), but rather a ‘closed’ round sandwich, well grilled.
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He isn't sure what he's going to do if it goes over to Monday because he's got a meeting then.
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The Army officer in tactical command of coalition forces in Iraq says out loud that the war isn't going precisely as planned, and the media works itself into a mouth-breathing, eyeball-popping swivet.
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There are many adjectives routinely used to describe jazz fusion, but ‘restrained’ isn't one of them.
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Disney's quest is to conquer the worlds of entertainment and leisure.
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Roel Schouwenberg, senior researcher at Kaspersky Lab, says the rogue certificates have all the marks of an intelligence operation, but it isn't clear whether that is the case here.
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This is why a unionized workforce is a good thing: Disney World's costumed characters have won the right to wear their own underwear to work, after years of getting crabs and scabies from the Disney-provided articles.
Boing Boing: June 10, 2001 - June 16, 2001 Archives
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Also, with chemical reactions as your energy source, you can't really use hydrogen as your exhaust gas, because it isn�t the product gas of the energetic reactions you'd like to use, always assuming that you don't actually have tanks of monoatomic hydrogen lying around.
Faster
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The image isn't falsely romanticized, and it includes foreign tourists alongside Indian pilgrims.
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As for the impact of popular culture, Kay says that the evidence isn't so much that TV levels out language, but that strong regional accents from all over Britain seem to be thriving.
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There isn't much in the way of entertainment in this place.
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Generous host to a fault, Julie even sends Zoe and Nadia to the offie when I mention I'd like red wine which isn't on offer.
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After being a supernumerary for twelve years, M. Popinot would no doubt die a puisne judge of the Court of the Seine.
The Commission in Lunacy
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he isn't stupid, but he isn't exactly a genius either
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Jan 24 2008 Whoops, Eyak isn't quite an Athabaskan language but rather a coordinate subbranch of the Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit family, according to the Alaska Native Language Center.
Archive 2008-01-01
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Lack of credibility isn’t subject to “proof,” when the chore is to prove a negative.
The Volokh Conspiracy » The Clinton Terror Bill
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Talking about crime in the abstract just isn't enough.
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It isn't strong to be a loner or a misfit.
Times, Sunday Times
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To some judges, it isn't fair that the donor should always get the ring back, especially if the donee stood ready to go ahead with the marriage and the donor broke it off.
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Iceberg dead ahead! SOS ! Man the lifeboats! We're going down! There, isn't that a comfort ?
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You are more likely to have major breakthroughs when your line of thought isn't being interrupted.
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It isn't an easy read, mostly because the skinny format abbreviates names to three letters, often beyond recognition.
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The general isn't what you'd call a garrulous man.
The Scouts of Stonewall The Story of the Great Valley Campaign
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You argue your case well, Grant; I believe you have our legal light rather feazed -- that's the word, isn't it, Mr. Murdoch?
Dennison Grant: a Novel of To-day
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In low explosives, such as the propellant in a bullet cartridge, the reaction occurs relatively slowly and the pressure isn't as damaging.
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But wilfully taking the life of two innocents who trusted him isn't a courageous act.
The Sun
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It isn't a disease but may be a symptom of severe constipation or emotional difficulties related to stool holding.
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The very idea of Chef's Theater is so risible that we cannot be sure that the whole thing isn't merely an elaborate, brilliant hoax - indeed we desperately hope it is one.
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However we adopt healthcare reform, it isn't going to save major amounts of money.
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It isn't her fault some evil person abducted her.
The Sun
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The honey means that the sweetness isn't cloying and the smooth flakes of almond give a rustic feel.
Times, Sunday Times
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Citrus vodka is just lemon flavored vodka, and isn't necessary - plain vodka is fine.
Recipe: Gravlax
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A stickler for detail, Goring actually reads the fine print on all her bills and credit cards statements to make sure she isn't being overcharged.
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The franchise needs continuity to ensure that positive public perception isn't forfeited unnecessarily through the dissipation or reduction of essential experience.
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We'reall disappointed that Daimler, the main corporate sponsor of the Summer Concert Festival in Washington Park for the past four years, isnot ableto support the performances again for 2009.
Grim news from Grimwad (Jack Bog's Blog)
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He also recommends buying a plot with an older house that isn't listed or in a conservation area for a less stressful experience.
Times, Sunday Times
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Disney has released the first trailer for the big screen adaptation of Confessions of a Shopaholic .
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But this isn't computer trickery.
Times, Sunday Times
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It isn't going to take a fighter, it's going to take someone that will get house and senators elected in Nov. Obama seems better equipt at that. 3 weeks ago both Obama and Hillary polled better than McCain, now McCain is in the lead, this is tearing down both candidates.
Poll: Hillary Up By 18 Points In Pennsylvania Primary
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The family you came from isn't as important as the family you are going to have.
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Putting it on is a rather simple affair, but unless you have tiny hands, there isn't much clearance between the fan and PCB to pinch the tab to remove the dongle.
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And it's so emotive, which isn't much helped by Richard Dawkins rather inflaming the issue to promote atheism.
News from the House of Sticks -
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Brasyl isn't just a parallel dimensions story, it tackles big issues like free will and the heat death of the universe and places them in intensely personal stories, which serves to humanize these ideas and make them easier to understand.
REVIEW: Brasyl by Ian McDonald
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It isn't fair that you're only a secretary at Hoggatt's because no-one bothered to educate you for anything else.
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It isn't the type of hammer you would keep in your toolbox.
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Part of my steak isn't cooked properly.
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It even has its own currency, Disney dollars, exchangeable one-for-one with US dollars - and, with the exchange rate as strong as it currently is, this is far from Mickey Mouse money.
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USFWS thinks it probably isn't, due to certain morphological characteristics.
Archive 2007-12-01
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If properly timed, these throws can quickly get a ball to a baseman to make a play; if it isn't, however, the ball will most likely be overthrown, missing cutoff men entirely along with its target.
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There is such a word as 'supercede'; it just isn't in current use.
Times, Sunday Times
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Oh Lordy, this just isn't right!
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After all, isn't martial law the brand of democracy he has advocated for the country after the transfer of sovereignty?
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It isn't sound economics; it is just populist politics.
Times, Sunday Times
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This might be acceptable if the Jag were a sports car but it isn't.
Times, Sunday Times
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Sooner or later,the time comes when we all must become responsible adults,and learn to give up what we want,so we can choose to do what is right.Of course,a life time of responsibility isn'e always easy,and as the years go on,it's a burden that can become too heavy for some to bear.But still we try to do what is best,what is good.Not only for ourselves,but for those we love.Yes,sooner or later we must all become responsible adults.No one knows this better than the young.
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But don't worry, this isn't boot camp, where the sergeant barks at you all day long.
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Meanwhile, they're also accepting that the slump in singles sales isn't down to illegal downloading alone; they give some credence to the ‘rival entertainment’ argument.
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I firmly believe that a consumer 'database'-the word database in this case is actually a misnomer-carrying the government's imprimatur must only include data that is accurate.
Slate Magazine
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Last year, Walt Disney Studios released what has been rumored to be one of its final traditionally animated feature-length films.
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If you allow insurance companies to get by unchallenged from a public plan, they will play nice until health care isn't the hot button issue any more.
Emanuel faces liberal pressure over 'trigger' comments
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She isn't really working--she's just going through the motions
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For quick input, the stylus isn't terrible, but writing long e-mails or even inputting several contacts can be grueling.
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Growers depend on farmer's market sales, and buyers still need to be educated that the better looking apricot isn't necessarily the best tasting.
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They can see hooks hanging out from the baitfish in clear water and they'll spook easily if they can see the bait isn't swimming just right.
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This turns biography into hagiography: the subject isn't a mere artist working through his aesthetic ideas, he's Christ among the doubters and Pharisees.
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This might be acceptable if the Jag were a sports car but it isn't.
Times, Sunday Times
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It isn't a holiday when you're faced every day with the eternal question of ‘where shall we live?’
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Hey, you know Sellersville isn't all that far from Philly, for anyone who's down that way, and I will be there too.
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It's not terribly wonky, which is good, but it isn't light on specifics, either ...
Blogrunner
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As the whole RaceFail bunfight proves yet again, writers need repeatedly to be reminded that the world isn't just story-fodder -- there are all kinds of people out there, made differently, thinking differently and feeling differently.
MIND MELD: Taboo Topics in SF/F Literature
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Disneyland is a theme park at Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California.
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He's old and it isn't gerontophobic to depict him that way.
Waldo's Virginia Political Blogroll
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Sadly, Bachmann's inflated version of John Quincy Adams's antislavery record exemplifies how she and other Tea Party advocates remold the past into a founding-era-Disneyland version bolstering their political agenda.
R. B. Bernstein: Will the Real John Quincy Adams Please Stand Up?
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I'll make sure there isn't any young-eyed cherubin business about David.
The Iron Woman
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I am not in any way saying this to be antagonistic, nor to disparage anyone's beliefs; that isn't my way, or my purpose in starting this.
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This isn't simply an imitation or impersonation of Brando, but it's eerily close.
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It's a bit ... overdramatic, isn't it?
Times, Sunday Times
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I'm not getting involved in this fund-raising scheme if it isn't legit.
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It also tastes even better the next day - perfect for lunch if it still isn't pay day!
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The script isn't believable, the characters are unconvincing and the plot is not entertaining.
The Sun
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This old stamp isn't sticky any more; I shall have to gum it down onto the envelope.
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So, no, there isn't really an effective remedy for the ventilation of these international law issues as they currently exist in Australia.
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In a way, the mismatch between virus and vaccine isn't surprising.
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He never seems to address things like panentheism, which is clearly different from classical theism, but isn't it still, in some sense, a theism?
What is an Atheist?
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If conservative treatment through lifestyle modification isn't sufficient to ease claudication or prevent the disease from progressing, you may have other treatment options.
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They picked the number out of their ass, knowing they'd need to 'backpedal' later … but 'later' is too late for the suckers who plunked their cash down, isn't it?]
Conceptual Guerilla - Central Command in the War of Ideas
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It kind of is rubbish too seeing that it isn't really a film at all but instead is an album set to visuals.
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Isn't it strange that the word ‘Angel’ is used for the baddy?
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Also just to kinda clarify the difference between authentic Greek gryo and what isn’t … depending on who you ask and where they are from, “Authentic” Greek gyro is sometimes refered to as being Donner, which is usually Pork and/or Lamb that has been pounded out thin, and marinated and then put layered onto a vertical spit and then roasted on the gryo cookers we love to drool over.
Is Gyro II The Best Gyro Midtown Has to Offer? | Midtown Lunch - Finding Lunch in the Food Wasteland of NYC's Midtown Manhattan
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Ick. Why MSNBC keeps him on is a mystery to me (and is lumped into the same mystery of why Maureen Dowd and David broder, for instance, have such an unhealthy fascination with the sexual activities of politicisn -- seriously, they're just strange, aren't they?)
Chris Matthews, On Whether MSNBC Supports Obama: "Well, It's Not Official"
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Not that there isn't a nod to Australiana: The menu includes grilled kangaroo loin and barramundi, a large river fish.
All Aboard
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Becoming bored and saturated by their activity, the three unescorted boys ran into the Disney shop.
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Size isn't what counts but being a caring sensitive lover does.
The Sun
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The birds were carolling in full chorus and the eastern sky was mother-of-pearl flushing to pink, like a maiden's cheek in a Disney movie.
CASCADES - THE DAY OF THE DEAD
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This is love, she thought, isn't it? When you notice someone's absence and hate that absence more than anything? More, even, than you love his presence? Jonathan Safran Foer
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The time may come when synthetic stones or simulants may be good enough to require sophisticated laboratory instruments to separate them from natural stones, but it isn't necessarily here yet.
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It isn't easy being a red-hot lover these days, but take heart, help is at hand for those with a penchant for penning a love poem.
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J.nnifer Lopez's split from Sony Music isn't quite as amicable as she wants you to think: evidently the label abruptly dropped J. Lo because of recent flops.
Crushable
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Passing on measly increases to savers isn't the only ploy banks have used to boost profits.
Times, Sunday Times
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This isn't good enough, and a current court case may end this cosy little arrangement.
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But he's now tackling drug prices, and while he makes some excellent points, I wonder if his final conclusion isn't off the mark.
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The DS isn't that powerful in CPU terms.
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This isn't the first time Medicare has been given a gloomy prognosis.
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It's harder to find a cyclist obeying the law than one who isn't and it's not just kids.
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Barry isn't exactly what you would call sanctimonious," admitted the lawyer, with a dry smile.
Viola Gwyn
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Some U. N. officials are now warning of a humanitarian crisis in the occupied territories and saying it isn't far off.
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Sooner or later,the time comes when we all must become responsible adults,and learn to give up what we want,so we can choose to do what is right.Of course,a life time of responsibility isn'e always easy,and as the years go on,it's a burden that can become too heavy for some to bear.But still we try to do what is best,what is good.Not only for ourselves,but for those we love.Yes,sooner or later we must all become responsible adults.No one knows this better than the young.
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Thankfully it also comes across as an actorly affectation and isn't written into the character's story.
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This outfit isn't normcore as defined by the fashion industry.
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It isn't absolutely necessary to deadhead bletilla.
Amid the heat wave, gardeners still have questions
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Perhaps it's a little too oversimplified - but isn't that the heart of fable and myth… a simple story with a deeper message?
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intermolecular" (and how do you have "intermolecular forces" if you have a gas which isn't molecules, but I digress: -).
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]
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You can tell this isn't going to be a winter of picturesque snowscapes and mitten-clad children scampering around with their hoods up - it's one of the bleak, sub-zero temperatures variety.
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But the baby boy isn't Karen's son, he is one of the children she and her husband are fostering.
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There isn't an ME on the planet who isn't going to rule on Clayton's death the same way I did.
DEVIL'S CLAW
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No plague of locusts descends, the oceans don't boil over with frogs, and the apocalypse isn't ushered in because of our discovery.
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Asking your father to pay your debts isn't quite the thing, especially after he's already given you what should have been enough for all your needs.
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This isn't my usual brand of deodorant.
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From what I was able to glean, the news isn't good.
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A university degree isn't always an open sesame to a good job.
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There isn't one laptop in the show, however; every film, video, DVD, or what-show-you is seen in a dedicated viewing context, whether cast upon a large screen, seen on a small screen in a booth, or even peeked at through an updated version of a side-show mutoscope.
Peter Frank: Blague d'Art: Moving Pictures, Frozen Music
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Emerald Valley Unified had constructed it right before the budget sublimed like the synthetic snow at Christmastime Disneyland.
High School Confidential
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It is, therefore, something of a misnomer to speak of the transfer of funds as there is no actual transfer of coins and banknotes from the payer to the payee.
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Maybe take a vacation to Disneyworld for Barn and then a condo on Myrtle Beach for a while.
THE SERPENT'S MARK
