| His workplace relations minister begrudges a modest pay rise for the lowly paid, trotting out the hoary old chestnut that better pay costs jobs. |
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| I know this is an old chestnut, written by loads of people ad infinitum but for now humour me. |
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| In the past she has denied the old chestnut about women not being as funny as men but today she clearly can't be bothered fighting. |
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| Another barrier comes tumbling down, as that old chestnut about the Germans never making a funny comedy has to be consigned to the history book. |
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| Some tenants had asked for an old chestnut paling fence that once surrounded the gardens to be replaced. |
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| There is that old chestnut about people having to decide they want this guy to be in their TV rooms for the next four years. |
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| How do you envisage the old chestnut of underground urban planning in your cities? |
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| On the other hand, we get the old chestnut of the renegade bandit who preys on travelers, except in this case, he's presented as a sadistic brute. |
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| It covers the old chestnut of paper versus computers and comes to an interesting conclusion, which I'm afraid I've kind of given away in the quote above. |
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| An old chestnut tree stands in the circular atrium in the centre of the building. |
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| That old chestnut about acrylic being available in a greater variety of shapes than steel enamel stopped mattering years ago. |
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| I know some members will take offence but I cannot help bringing up the issue of gun registration, the old chestnut of our party. |
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| As the hoary old chestnut goes, we take our freedom for granted. |
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| It could be the old chestnut that we live in a multiverse of infinite possibility, where every sliding door decision is a decision that was made both ways. |
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| One criticism, however, is that it promulgated the old chestnut that forward rates are somehow linked to sentiment. |
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| Who'd have thought anyone could make that old chestnut work? |
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| It's an old chestnut which has come back at me time and time again. |
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| Quick, jump in this hackneyed carriage, follow that old chestnut. |
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| Take a rest under the shadow of a hundred year old chestnut tree or just admire the panoramic view of Mazamet from the old castle which overhangs the valley. |
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| Discovery circuit by foot with a guide to visit colourful old village, hundred years old chestnut grove, forests with different perfumes and plants, geology to learn? |
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| The people of Merseyside were given this old chestnut when Liverpool 1 was being built. |
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| Crossing the field don't miss the very old chestnut trees among the hedge. |
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| The message that appearance is less important than substance and loyalty is an old chestnut, but its treatment is cleverly done in this version. |
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| Over the generations, those resistance genes can migrate into the old chestnut lineages. |
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| So that old chestnut of eventually sounding like your parents is painfully true. |
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| But I think that, like many an old chestnut, this one is rotten. |
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| This book, to resurrect that old chestnut, made me laugh and cry. |
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| How many times is this old chestnut going to be wheeled out? |
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| And no arts show discussing comedy would be worth its salt if it didn't tackle the old chestnut of 'Why aren't there more female stand-up comedians? |
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