My departure was seemly enough, but I must admit it wasn't well thought out. |
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You won't be so reluctant to admit it when I have him eating out of your hand. |
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Too old or too slow, it's time for these perennial contenders to admit they need more than Botox to get rid of their wrinkles. |
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He wanted to get close to her, but didn't want to admit his unrequited feelings. |
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It was six months before mine caught up with me and when I was too busy being a boulevardier I have to admit I was homesick. |
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It takes courage to make such a joke, to admit that those who died were not paragons but incomplete, unsatisfactory human beings. |
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Even Corporation officials admit that roads and drains have been constructed unscientifically. |
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She is quick to admit that she is not a very outgoing person but meeting people and trying to understand them comes naturally to her. |
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I admit, that does sound rather naughty, but I don't think she meant it quite like that. |
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I'm persuaded that unthankfulness plays a greater role in our lives than it is comfortable to admit. |
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Lash a few beers into them though and they become braggers of the highest order and will admit and confess to the crimes they have committed. |
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I got to admit he does make the full nelson look painful on a smaller wrestler. |
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Some of them admit they're afraid that social justice warriors will ruin video games. |
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I have to admit I've reconnected with several old friends by finding them or being found on social networking sites. |
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Actually neoconservatives do tolerate welfare as a way of controlling people, at least they admit it. |
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I admit that I have had my fair share of ups and downs over the past three years. |
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I must admit I don't have a good solution for this situation and it's frustrating. |
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The first, essential step towards solving a problem is to admit that it exists. |
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I have to admit, much of what he talks about it completely new to me, but that's half the fun. |
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The High Court of Judicature shall have the power to approve, admit and enroll advocates, vakils and attorneys-at-law. |
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When forced to reflect a bit more, he had to admit that he didn't much like his next-door neighbour. |
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But I have to admit, no noise is better than constant, niggling, riling, infuriating noise. |
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After 30 minutes, I'll admit it was still soupy but that's because it required post-mixing freezing. |
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In the end the brave man who survived the Normandy landings had to admit defeat and it left him a broken man. |
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Nathan had to admit that hearing her slight southern accent was enough to put a smile on his face. |
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I must admit to enjoying it, particularly its stridently progressivist Soviet tone. |
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But even I will admit that England achieved more than vengeance against Argentina. |
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They admit variation as a vera causa in one case, they arbitrarily reject it in another, without assigning any distinction in the two cases. |
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But experts here admit if Nollywood continues to grow at its present rate, it may one day rival and even outstrip both Bollywood and Hollywood. |
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But, they got too caught up in the dotcom hype, and when the bubble burst they refused to admit that things had changed. |
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Miller and her editors not only admit that the military vetted her story, they virtually boast of it. |
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The security services also admit bugging a conversation between other defendants and lawyers at Belmarsh. |
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With embarrassment, feeling a fool, I admit I was a victim of a Nigerian fraud. |
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I have to admit that at the moment nothing excites me more than fishing for big tench. |
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So actually, the government, on their own, admitted that they had filed this case in bad faith, frivolously and they were forced to admit this. |
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Overall, 39 per cent of shoppers admit they can be incredibly selfish and bad mannered out on the high street. |
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I always hate to bag on a movie but I have to admit that this one was a tough one to get through. |
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It all makes for a unique and delicate balancing act, they all admit, but it works. |
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I went so far as to admit this fact baldly in a recent declaration which was commented upon most strangely. |
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As a husband of an avid scrapbooker, I admit that I have found inspiration in the pages of scrapbook magazines. |
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As much as it pains me to admit it, there may not be an important moral argument for using an apostrophe rather than a tick mark. |
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Most ballplayers are loath to admit they swing for the fences, but they're lying if they say they don't savor the moment when it happens. |
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I admit that I had plans for Scott, I really thought that he might be the one, because he's such a nice guy and I couldn't ask for anything more. |
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Significantly, Marcion would admit married persons to baptism in his church only if they took a vow to abstain from all sexual intercourse. |
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She only started eating again when her therapist threatened to admit her to hospital and have her force-fed. |
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I must also admit the beautiful location of the city of La Rochelle, along the sea coast, was also a factor! |
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So there was an absolute bar on admission but the power to suspend or disbar is regarded as incidental to the power to admit. |
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I always think better of a person who is willing to admit error than one who tries to pin the blame on subordinates. |
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I admit he can be fearfully blunt at times, but surely that's better than being a toady? |
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Why are consecutive governments refusing to admit that crime of all sorts, muggings, rapes, burglaries and murders, is out of control? |
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According to a survey by a secretarial recruitment firm, 65 per cent of workers admit to using business buzzwords. |
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I may have to admit that you will never be my lover, but you will always be my dearest friend. |
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Now, I had to admit that we watched this spectacle from a safe vantage point behind the baked beans aisle. |
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We must admit that China's decision to seize a business opportunity to promote Chinese language has had good results. |
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Andrews did admit, however, that he had developed a mental block that affected his throws to first base. |
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The medical wards of hospitals admit the oldest and sickest people in our community. |
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In the present instance I am forced to admit that the facts are, to the best of my belief, unique. |
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In fact, stereotypical thinking plays a more powerful role in our dealings with people from other cultures than we care to admit. |
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I must admit that I was slightly shocked at some of the choices of venues for the London meetup. |
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Some may know that I will admit to having had a violin in my possession in a previous existence. |
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Many of the self-proclaimed experts admit no one really knows what convergent media is or what it will become in the furore. |
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I preferred berries on shortcake with a big scoop of ice cream, but I had to admit those melons were sweet. |
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An hour or so later, the doors opened again to admit a new aerial servant bearing a fresh tray of food. |
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Some say that it is nearer to bear-baiting than your actual sport and, I am forced to admit, sometimes blood has been drawn. |
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A small percentage of the students admit that sometimes both they and their parents speak an informal language variety at home. |
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It's always been a great shame for me to admit that I was as helpless and dependent on her as a child. |
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I admit I did wonder when I broke my toe at one point and had to take time off. |
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Medium secure units admit patients for the assessment and treatment of mental disorder associated with risk. |
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But it was hard to beat the Falconry Display as far as the kids were concerned, and parents too if they would admit it. |
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We beat toward the harbor all day, and I admit that night, frustrated by our slow progress, we fired up the diesel. |
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Nurses working for the Auckland Mental Health Service are refusing to admit patients unless hospitals have beds and staff available. |
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I am the first to admit that Oshima Nagisa's Gohatto is a visually beautiful film. |
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And, when it comes to your finances, courage is often needed to admit mistakes and begin mopping up a financial mess. |
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Eight days later she was up before the same court to admit committing two further thefts. |
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I do have to admit to being a little befuddled by what's going on in terms of the descriptions. |
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After flipping through the heavy pages of the tome for nearly half an hour, she had to admit defeat. |
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At night, they slept as husband and wife, and she had to admit, he was not too awful with her. |
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He's still a tosspot, but I'm forced to admit he's not a totally-irrelevant-to-police-recruitment tosspot. |
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Whether we like to admit it or not, most of us have engaged in some sort of brief, heat-of-the-evening sexcapade. |
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Even as someone who makes a living by being comfortable with sexuality, I admit, it's not always easy projecting your inner sexpot. |
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He did admit to being rusty and said that it is difficult to come back to the tour with a matchplay event. |
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I want politicians who are able to compromise, admit they may be wrong and negotiate a middle way. |
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She will not nag you and will always be the first to admit she was wrong when you've had a disagreement. |
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Why don't we just grow up and admit that England cannot always be the best at everything. |
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In a mood of mild astonishment, I have to admit that the relationship lasted 30 years, perhaps more. |
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The door to his trailer opened suddenly to admit a dexterous middle-aged woman. |
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He had to admit he felt better after a long hot shower, a shave and clean clothes. |
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But his own stubbornness got the better of him and he refused to admit defeat. |
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I'll admit, I think it's often exaggerated greatly for that purpose, but such exaggeration doesn't negate its existence. |
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Nonetheless, I looked through the peephole before unbolting the door to admit Duncan. |
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When it comes to talking about my limited music talents, I have to admit that I'd definitely prefer to play the guitar to the sitar! |
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I used to be bemused how left wingers have an incapability to ever admit they made a blue. |
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The University may admit a student through an assessment of that student's prior learning, whether certificated or uncertificated. |
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It is always great to hear a member admit that we are debating a muck-up that the Government made. |
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I'm ashamed to admit it, but sometimes I eat Muenster just melted on bread in the microwave with a little salt. |
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With a little rose shaded lipstick and blush, she had to admit to herself that she looked hot. |
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But in the past year, Labour was mulishly refusing to admit that anything was wrong anywhere in its vicinity. |
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While Holden is the first to admit that Adventra's not a serious off-roader, it's a boaties ' dream. |
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There was an undercurrent of anger and jealousy that wouldn't let me admit that I'd done wrong. |
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Officials admit that the figures are an underestimate, as they are based on incident reports from soldiers with incomplete information. |
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Straps and rings for bobstay plates are extant in the lower stempost, with mortises into the wood to admit the bobstay chains. |
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I am still reading the book on Buddhism, though I'll admit to having slacked off in the last couple of days. |
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You could admit your insecurities and ask for his tolerance and understanding as you try to work them out. |
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I suppose I should be excited but like most people, I suspect, I'd have to admit to being somewhat underwhelmed. |
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I have to admit, by this stage, I had no qualms whatsoever about being undiplomatic. |
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Of course all these men knew, as all modern presidential candidates know, that to admit to theological skepticism is political suicide. |
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We have to admit that you sound genuine, but what you tell us to do is just undoable. |
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I'll admit that the language is clumsy in places, and parts could be read as bolshy. |
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Recovery from muscle dysmorphia is very difficult because, as with anorexia nervosa, the individual is usually unwilling to admit their problem. |
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Of course, many of the technicians knew perfectly well how to read music but they could not admit it. |
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He swallowed hard, preparing to admit something that had bothered him for the past seven years, eating away at his insides. |
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Because if you are wrong, it must mean you're stupid and nobody can admit that they're stupid. |
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Make a New Year's resolution that the next time you're a bonehead, admit it and chuckle. |
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The bonfire of burning bras has finally died down and we should admit effeminacy is killing the arts. |
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Well, one of the wonderful things we know is that politicians will never admit they made a boo-boo, a real boo-boo. |
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The sole illumination comes from narrow windows that admit only slivers of light. |
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I have a ridiculous amount of book learning, but these country ways rear their heads more often than I care to admit. |
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I have to admit that this is not my scene, but this tradition certainly adds something unique to the English scene. |
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Will you admit that you've been treating me like some kind of slot machine? |
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In a similar vein of unknowingness, we also admit we're not sure what it is about either. |
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Though she doesn't often admit it because it sounds so unliberated for a modern woman, finding a husband has always been foremost in her mind. |
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Though I do admit that what people are naming their kids these days can be strange. |
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That these outlines must not be left to chance, or be filled in ignorantly, carelessly, or unmethodically, every one will admit. |
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I'll admit, I've done quite a bit of nannying and although there were eating issues, it was never quite like this. |
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He refused to withdraw his slur against the character of the boat people, or to admit that the alleged events did not take place. |
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Nevertheless, I think you'd have to admit this is one of most evenly matched smackdowns. |
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Sure, she could be a rude, obnoxious, pushy, bossy woman most of the time, but I also had to admit that she had the heart of a lion. |
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Yet he is happy to admit that the man who inherited his job has guided the Giants to unprecedented levels of success. |
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I'm the first to admit that I think that John Kerry is a sleazy, unprincipled politician. |
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In my short prayers I admit I often use unprintable four letter words, and rarely address God as others do in church. |
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I just want these critics to admit that they like something besides bands with unpronounceable names and acoustic guitars. |
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Its loping beat is pretty hard to resist and I'll admit I'm a sucker for that narcotized feel. |
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I admit I can be a nark on the park sometimes but I hate seeing people losing and still looking happy. |
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What each one of them inwardly pined for, although unable to ascertain it or admit it openly once they had, was the olden days of stellar verdure. |
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Somehow, we must each admit that we are tiny, insecure, and needy. |
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Interest rates were stable under the gold standard, and the small variation in bond prices did not admit a profitable opportunity to speculate in bonds. |
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As much as it pains me to admit this, I too was a teenager once. |
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Those who are familiar with the New Testament record of his teachings would admit that the material we possess is unsystematic and sporadic in nature. |
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I was forced to admit that I've never actually poked an aardvark, due to the fact that they're always asleep, and unsportingly refuse to come out and be prodded. |
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Well, this is over-the-top fake crying, so I was not actually crying, I have to admit. |
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Given his reluctance to admit the obvious, it's no surprise he still manages to aim a selection of sly digs at the Australian umpires and authorities. |
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Not every tangent Jacobson follows is particularly illuminating, as he is the first to admit. |
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He might not love her but you have to admit she was his security blanket. |
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And he is stubborn to the point of bullheadedness, refusing to ever admit that a plan isn't working or that a different approach might be necessary. |
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Secondly, respondents were asked to decide on whether to admit to intensive care eight hypothetical patients who had been described in clinical vignettes. |
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I must admit that I find hidden pleasure with his boutades and tirades. |
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Michael Steele and Lanny Davis are quick to admit they are reformed sinners. |
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I admit that I am as materialistically driven as the next person. |
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The problem for the financial sector is that they don't want to admit the size of their bad debts, for fear that if they did, they would then be insolvent. |
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But while Owen adds little to the genre's customary sound, one has to admit he does it well by not letting the tortoise-like pace get too monotonous. |
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This has motivated us to admit you, despite your unpurified soul. |
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As it turns out, one-time fans stayed away in droves because, quite frankly, they were embarrassed to admit they liked these bands in the first place. |
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I'll be the first to admit that graphic design isn't brain surgery. |
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They believed the number to be larger, suspecting that many simply refused to admit any knowledge of it. |
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But they admit that being a good rider is only half the battle. |
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I'll admit that Tom opened the door for me, but I had to buddy up with them and get to know them just like everybody else before they let me into their little circle. |
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I have to admit that Slovenia lost marks in my book for its food, despite the fact that it was much cheaper than in neighbouring Italy or Austria. |
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I'm ashamed to admit this, but I've been buying scratchies for the last couple of weeks because I'm desperate to get a few thousand bucks together. |
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Under closer scrutiny, she had to admit that the tattoo, of a snake twisted around black flames, was the most artistic piece of body art she had ever seen. |
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You just have to admit he tries hard, Bless his little cotton socks. |
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Well, I'm still scared, but woe betide if I dare admit it out loud. |
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In fact, as we would cheerfully admit to each other, we had nothing in common besides both being students and both having a soft spot for Hazell Dean. |
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Although I admit to being one of those who'll slate a referee at a match, I also understand the enormous task they face once the whistle is blown. |
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Having forced herself never to ask for help, let alone admit to needing it, Beck was awed when help repeatedly was offered to her, quietly and unassumingly. |
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Of course, some of the protagonists will deny this, for to admit that this might be so would open up the debate into an area that they would prefer to remain undiscussed. |
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But are people really unafraid, and is fear such a bad thing to admit to? |
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All say, I am more than you think, more than you will admit that I am, and all express as well the vain man's suspicion that in actuality he is unbeautiful. |
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Such people, of course, rarely will admit being slaves to fashion. |
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However distasteful the theory may be, we have to admit that vicarious liability owes its explanation, if not its justification, to the search for a solvent defendant. |
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But they admit that the rewards for success are so great that athletes continue to pump up their already muscle-bound bodies to lift even heavier weights. |
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It is true that first-order predicate logic is so constructed as to admit no such distinction, but that does not mean that there is no such distinction tout court. |
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To write his obit would be to admit that he was going to die, and who wanted to admit such a thing? |
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Mom will probably look a little guilty and may admit she snooped. |
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Although he had to admit it seemed selfish, he couldn't tell her. |
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And the couple admit they have been blown away by its success. |
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I admit I'm one of those people who tend to self-flagellate and is too tethered to my to-do list, sometimes defeated by it. |
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Teenagers admit they have no interest in voting, while, outside the Republican and Democrat conventions, protesters face serried ranks of armed police. |
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His leg pained him more than he was willing to admit, and his side was sending small sharp jabs of discomfort as if to remind him of its presence. |
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You both want to admit your feelings but are just too boneheaded to do so. |
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I will admit, however, they made for some spectacular views of nocturnal Baghdad in its orange bath of streetlights. |
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But she does admit to being a little annoyed, especially when, after the biggest race of her life, she was almost allowed to slip quietly back to the changing rooms. |
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More impressive, though, than any fanatical power of endurance was his ability to see he was on the wrong track, admit he was mistaken and try a different course of action. |
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But if I have made an embarrassing boo-boo I have to admit it. |
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He was more a matinee idol rather than an actor, and I have to admit his persona outstripped anyone on the screen in his day with the exception of Marlon Brando. |
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I have to admit, and in the face of all my weariness and skepticism, I like the idea. |
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And I have to admit their kids are way better behaved than my own. |
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Because he was reserved in manner, some people preferred to think that he was unapproachable, rather than admit to being afraid of finding themselves intellectually inferior. |
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But after facing a barrage of complaints and an auditor's savage report four years ago, Bradford Council was forced to admit it had failed its tenants. |
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Typical advocates of this view admit that universals exist, after a fashion, but they deny that universals have any existence independent of their instances. |
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In the buzzing, blooming confusion of human choices and actions, such knowledge can be harder to pin down than many social research mavens care to admit. |
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It sure looks as if somebody thinks that it was a mistake to admit China to the world trade organization in the first place. |
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And to admit to further nerdishness by revealing that was part of a barbershop quartet when he was at school. |
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The Senate majority leader says he supports antigay Boy Scout policies but won't admit there are gay Boy Scouts. |
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But why can't the government be brave enough to admit that it is decriminalisation through the back door? |
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Eventually she'll always concede defeat and admit that quitting meat is like a nun knocking nooky on the head. |
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There are phonologists who do not admit their existence at all or treat these as anomalous. |
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But I must admit I'm a bit of a giggler when something has happened in rehearsal, and I probably get away with it a bit more. |
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Maybe it took so long because people don't like to even admit that they are wrong, let alone hand money out. |
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It is truly amazing and a boon for the spacially impaired which, let's admit, occasionally includes us all. |
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I even love a lot of the garbage on the Web, so-called time-suck sites, just as I have to admit to some guilty boob-tube pleasures. |
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For those people who do have difficulties with spelling and grammar, they admit that the spell-check facility is a useful first step. |
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It takes me a while to acknowledge a desire that seems shocking, inadmissible, patricidal, but with shame I finally admit it. |
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There are a lot of stuffed shirts out there who would never publicly admit to making an error. |
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I ended up having to admit defeat and suffering from gastric flu and I'm determined I won't rush back as quickly when I've got the three boys. |
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I MUST admit I thought Question Time on BBC1 was pulling our legs when David Dimble by introduced Claire Perry as a panel guest. |
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Rather than admit that the consent does not and could not justify the act, we denigrate the consent and, necessarily, the consenter as well. |
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One must admit, of course, straight away that this is partially a question of graphemics. |
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And this creepy expansion came about even though popularizers of assisted suicide for teens and adults admit there are already problems galore. |
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And a staggering 70 per cent of mums who employ nannies admit they have not carried out proper background checks. |
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Adding they have to admit that there are several commonalties, bonds and values shared by people in northern and southern Sudan. |
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Supergrasses must admit all their crimes the minute they begin helping police. |
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But the dictates of reason must be followed, space must be carved out to admit the perdurance of our human love, and something, to coin a phrase, has to be done. |
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But rather than admit that, we hopped on to Google and discovered the Easter Bunny originates from Eostre, the pagan Goddess of Easter, who changed a bird into a hare. |
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Having said all that, I have to admit that in my lifetime of having met a rather broad socioeconomic scale of humanity, I have encountered few true goldbrickers. |
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Any of you who are regular paperers may have some horror stories to tell of wonky lines or mis-matched patterns, and I can honestly admit I feared such an outcome. |
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For the high-temperature superconductors, we theorists are embarrassed to admit that after more than 20 years, we still aren't sure how these Cooper pairs form. |
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Tyson's paintings, which often resemble the results of a one-player game of cadavre exquis, admit to such pillagings without being delimited by them. |
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More than half of DIY activity is now inspired by TV shows,but two thirds of families in North Wales admit to having had arguments over failed makeovers. |
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Research by DML claims that 84 per cent of parents with teenagers admit to receiving text messages from their children, which they simply do not understand. |
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In keeping with this philosophical ecumenicalism, I will leave it an open question what sort of further explanation or justification our concerns themselves admit of. |
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