| One-liners were bouncing around my head, ripostes to every single barb, especially those from the fat bloke. |
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| The barbs, in turn, may bear barbules which may hook on to the barbules of an adjoining barb. |
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| Although Ferguson spoke with only a semi-serious tone, there was a barb within his remarks, as is often the case with jokes. |
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| Along the edge of the barb are numerous barbicels, we refer to them as Velcro hooks. |
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| Two sets of barbules branch off from each barb and interlocked by means of tinier barbicels to give the feather great strength and smoothness. |
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| The first thing that struck me was the high fences strung with barb wire, electrified and erected around the airport. |
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| Joe followed the fence line, watching for stray cattle, and any rifts in the taut rows of barb wire. |
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| O'Brian took a barb in the back as she dove at a group of unsuspecting froggers while trying to scatter them out of harm's way. |
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| The barb was taken to Spain by the Moors in the eighth century, and was crossed with local mares to produce the Andalusian. |
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| Slide bead over the hook barb leaving it resting against the eye of the hook. |
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| That is, the main shaft of the barb, the ramus, has a branching pattern of barbules. |
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| Spahis rode hardy little barb stallions, which they controlled with severe bits. |
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| A barb to which the bait would be affixed was lashed to the lighter variety with spruce root. |
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| A mix of Nile tilapia, silver barb and common carp at a density of 25 fish per 100 m² is usually a successful combination. |
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| Barbed sutures are a bit like barbed wire that have little cuts in the side of the suture, allowing the barb to catch when it is passed through tissue. |
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| It has been my impression that the mechanism whereby the barb ridges separate from one another and sculpt out the barbules, probably involves many sequential changes. |
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| One entry suggests that the two countries tear off the barb wire along the demilitarized zone, sell them and use the fund to finance the cost of national unification. |
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| The fibres adhere to the rounded barb area and are gently needled as a result. |
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| Nora could arm and disarm within a sentence, could wield a barb and its curative salve within a phrase. |
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| When Betty Bee sets her stinger deep into your skin she forgets she has a barb attached to her stinger that prevents her from pulling it out of her victim. |
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| The arrow had barely gone in, half the barb still sticking out. |
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| Tilt and pull the float screen assembly to pull it off the barb on the tube. |
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| The CD also contains a photo gallery of 54 ornamental fishes, especially the attractive and colourful varieties like Scarlet banded barb and Rosy barb. |
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| Mr Blair believes that Mr Prescott provides a shield against this sort of barb. |
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| The barb connects to the regulator, and the air chuck connects to the Schraeder valve. |
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| However, the silver barb is very sensitive to oxygen shortages. |
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| With a strategic prize such as this under his belt, and if the Rome summit goes as planned, Mr Bush should be able to shrug off the odd European barb. |
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| Hook' means a bent, sharpened piece of steel wire usually with barb. |
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| Push new sleeve onto nozzle until you feel it slide completely over barb. |
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| Hard-Line tees feature a barb designed for use with harder durometer tubing such as polyethylene 55 Shore D and polypropropylene 80 durometer. |
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| The barb influences how far the point penetrates, how much pressure is required to penetrate and ultimately the holding power of the hook. |
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| To limit the total number of stimulations and provide standard procedures, we used common protocols for probe, woven eye, and barb electrode testing. |
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| The 21-year-old claimed the barb came from a dad of one of Pirelli Pirates players, who were playing Wyvern Youths in a Hampshire Cup match, the report said. |
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| The torpedo boat attacked by ramming her intended target, which stuck the torpedo to the target ship by means of a barb on the front of the torpedo. |
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| Poor Aunt Barb didn't know the frequency, and so she jiggled in vain until someone heard her cries for help and came to the rescue. |
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| No matter how antagonistic the question or the barb, Jackson keeps a low voice and a respectful tone. |
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| If a hook goes in deep enough below the barb, pulling the hook out will tear the flesh. |
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| These included the Alcock's Arabian, D'Arcy's White Turk, Leedes Arabian, and Curwen's Bay Barb. |
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