Thanks to its flat bottom, the Transformer spins like a top with the slightest of strokes and surfs standing waves as nimbly as a true kahuna. |
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It broke under the slightest provocation from my fork and combined with the gravy and optional mint sauce, left a satisfying taste in the mouth. |
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He was miserable and moody, frustrated and just plain rude, insulting anyone who gave him the slightest reason. |
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She was a shopaholic who loved clothes and make-up and was up for a night out at the slightest excuse. |
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The slightest misunderstanding could result in big trouble for the locals, including being beaten and kicked. |
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Is it acceptable that many inks smear with even the slightest amount of moisture or grease from the fingertips? |
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On the field, they tug their opponents' shirts and fall over like skittles at the slightest contact. |
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His blades, still blazing with a powerful energy, cut through Strife's scorching aura without the slightest resistance. |
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He smirked inwardly, the slightest twitch at the corner of his mouth the only outward sign of his amusement. |
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It's like sitting on a river bank with a fishing rod, anticipating the slightest twitch from beneath the water. |
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It should come as no surprise that, when the slightest blink of yellow light came into view, I recklessly sped towards it. |
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You allow yourself to ponder for a moment, ever so briefly, if the other person had the slightest indication of your inner thoughts. |
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Here's something I can't seem to plant enough of and it only grows in cool weather, bolting to seed at the slightest hint of heat. |
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I went to a therapist a good few years ago, once a week for around six weeks, and found her not in the slightest way mad. |
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Eyes wide open, he studies everything, observes the slightest details of the station, noticing one advertisement in particular. |
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But in a profession as obsessed with hierarchy as the law, everyone seems to pay very close attention to the slightest variations anyway. |
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But then again, it was a recording, and the slightest errors would show up. |
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I was sure the slightest slip would cause my world to collapse, and I would be right back on the streets again. |
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They don't have the slightest idea of anything sensible to say, so a formidable quote always slips out. |
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Don't vote for some smarmy career-men in suits who buckle like paper cups the second the slightest pressure is applied. |
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Still, other than the song I feel restless, irritated, lost and ready to snap at the slightest provocation. |
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Jack's unspeaking mouth turned up in the slightest grin, his eyes pleading. |
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When Sean was safely out of earshot, he allowed his upper lip to curl into the slightest sneer. |
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The slightest sound, even a sneeze or the creaking of her basket woke her up. |
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I've now discovered that they fit perfectly again without the slightest feeling of snugness. |
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She didn't show the slightest discomfort at being flirtatious or coming across as a brainless bimbo. |
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He also looked exceedingly miserable, an expression which softened only in the slightest at the sight of the coffee. |
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No-one peddles more myths than the conventional economist, whose view of the world bears only the slightest connection to reality. |
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However, if they made the slightest mistake, then the shield wall would have them for breakfast. |
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For people who are sensitive to urushiol, the toxic compound found in the plants, the slightest contact can result in a painful itching rash. |
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He had never heard of the slightest suspicion being breathed upon the name of a judge after he had been elevated to the bench. |
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She wept because the tale she read was tragic, deeply sorrowful without more than the slightest bit of hope in it. |
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Its great bulk bent not even the slightest branch, and it flowed quite like water through the forest's web of limbs and leaves. |
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He also has a name that reduces grown men to uncontrollable laughing fits at the slightest mention. |
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Recently a close relative of mine died and no one paid the slightest bit of attention. |
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I can't even breathe in this country because everyone is crowding me and nosing into my affairs and slightest movements! |
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The steering requires constant concentration as it's very sensitive and prone to the slightest camber in the road. |
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It took only the slightest of hand signals for Jack to get the frightened cat to follow. |
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Now, I don't find Brad Pitt in the slightest bit attractive, but I can accept that he's a handsome man. |
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The guards opened the slightest crack in the door enough for her to slip through and beckon her closer. |
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As soon as the slightest crack was opened, the being started to move toward it. |
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The clouds were omnipresent, threatening to pour down some terrible precipitation at the slightest provocation. |
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My feet landed without the slightest stir of dust, or typical crunch of moving dirt and rocks. |
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What happens in Congo does not cause the slightest stir in the boardrooms of London and New York. |
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So Cordelia realized how pointless their long one-sided conversations were, Kerowyn thought with the slightest air of smugness. |
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The slightest error on anyone else's part and he was biting their head off like they had drastically fowled up a mission. |
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Like the rest of the field, Woods was swinging on thin ice, knowing that the slightest false step or slice of misfortune would draw blood. |
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Within the heavy smell of must there was the slightest fragrance of perfume. |
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See if it changes your paltry lives in the slightest to send him packing back to his richly opiated Irish mistress! |
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It's all grown back now, and I didn't even have the slightest urge to strike a match. |
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In this method a single pellet dose of the centesimal potency is used as long as the patient is improving even in the slightest manner. |
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Possession or otherwise of an ID card would make not the slightest difference. |
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Not one of them acquires the slightest depth of characterization in the course of the book's 300-plus pages. |
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I can take their advice on issues I raise, and they can suggest options without the slightest hint of offence if I decline. |
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And, by the way, the name of these cookies is somewhat puzzling, as they don't contain even the slightest hint of a nut. |
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The kids have scoured the school grounds and even the slightest hint of litter has been cleared away to leave the place gleaming. |
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My main gripe is that hardly any of the short-list have been able to infuse their performances with even the slightest hint of emotion. |
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Algrim turned to him, red eyes blazing with rage and the slightest hint of wounded pain. |
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It comes with rain-sensitive wipers, cruise control and lights which turn themselves on at the slightest hint of darkness. |
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I have examined post-Honey photographs of Hipgrave and have yet to see the slightest hint of unsightly stretch marks. |
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It's funny, though, watching certain people throw hissies at the slightest mention of their name in anything but a meritorious sense. |
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Be advised they'll also be in no mood to tolerate even the slightest suggestion of possessiveness. |
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She's always on the edge of her chair, ready to pounce at the slightest suggestion of a whisper. |
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His command is built on a tightrope of mixed emotions, a powder keg ready to explode at the slightest suggestion of disrespect. |
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She knows that it wouldn't help my cause if there was even the slightest suggestion of immorality attached to my name-even as a denial. |
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Eden was born in the heart of Geordie country but spoke without the slightest suggestion of it. |
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This is particularly true of nicotine where there is not even the slightest suggestion of compulsive use in laboratory species. |
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In none of them is there the slightest suggestion of allegory or of otherwise disconnecting it from physical temporal reality. |
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A wonderful feeling for style, without the slightest suggestion of cheap effects or sentimentality. |
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Year upon year, traffic is brought into chaos with the slightest suggestion of a snowfall. |
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The Andante was played with melting beauty, but without the slightest suggestion of heavy handedness. |
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It was always how Benji reacted at the slightest suggestion of any such thing. |
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I don't think there's even the slightest chance that King wasn't on LSD and poppers when he wrote this. |
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For there is nor the slightest shred of evidence for random superluminal wave function collapse or quantum potentials. |
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Even with my supersensitive nose, I can't smell the slightest bit of trouble here! |
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The supertankers filled to the brim with crude set sail without the captain having the slightest idea of its final destination. |
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While woodchucks tend to be pretty silent, their cousins are quite vocal and emit loud piercing whistles or chirps at the slightest provocation. |
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He spoke at once, just the slightest lilt to his voice betraying his origins. |
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You learn how to wake up at the slightest sound and survive on less sleep than Mrs Thatcher. |
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As with most Hollywood films, you suspend disbelief in order to enjoy them, knowing that they would pop under the slightest examination. |
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Success in crappie or panfishing often depends on being able to detect the slightest movement of the bait or the lightest nibble. |
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Along the coast, people have crammed themselves into steep-sided stacks of apartments in the clamour for the slightest glimpse of the sea. |
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The rain had cleared up, reduced to the slightest drizzle, and it was getting really dark. |
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These peacock worms disappear down their tubes at lightning speed at the slightest disturbance. |
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His hair cascaded down his face, obscuring his eyes but allowing the slightest hint of a frown to peek through. |
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I reviewed all my efforts to make sure I hadn't missed even the slightest clue or piece of evidence. |
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They were cocooned in their own world, with not the slightest concern for anyone around. |
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Gradually the look of perplexity was replaced by the slightest of smirks as the boys' minds took in what was happening. |
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The slightest damage done to their reputation may at times lead to drastic consequences like fans immolating themselves. |
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All the time, those in the queue behind me did not register the slightest show of impatience or displeasure. |
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Otherwise, all the test scores were excellent, without even the slightest imperfection. |
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His curls are brushed back, with just the slightest scent of cologne surrounding him. |
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You can see how the slightest impropriety would be pounced on as grounds for derision and exclusion. |
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His playing is not only passionately alluring but also remarkably fastidious to the slightest detail in the scores. |
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Doctors from these regions reported that even in cases of the slightest indisposition, children were taken to the infection hospitals. |
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You bet, but never to the point where I would hesitate to inform on them for the slightest infraction. |
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Few had the slightest inkling about the kind of music that was being played by the band. |
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He had it all mapped out and made certain Sally didn't have the slightest inkling that anything was up. |
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She didn't have the slightest inkling that her career was about to take a major upturn. |
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If she had the slightest inkling of the notion of democratic representation she would never be able to say this. |
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Estrella had never heard any of these words before, and she hadn't the slightest idea of what a federation or a confederacy was. |
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He had never in five years shown the slightest disrespect or insubordination. |
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For the last year or so of his life, he never uttered one intelligible word or showed the slightest sign of knowing who or where he was. |
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When I buy a house I get out the maps and study the contours, rejecting anything where there's the slightest chance of flooding. |
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They try hard to depict their stories with a delicate human touch, free from even the slightest flamboyancy. |
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A girl gives or sells herself to anybody she chooses, and does it almost coram populo, without her reputation's suffering the slightest bit. |
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We can't have him flying off the handle at the slightest provocation but we also need a President who is alert mentally. |
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Even an alarm clock buzzing right beside her head or a horn blowing near her ear wouldn't make her twitch or cause even the slightest flinch. |
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This is the cornerstone that must be laid carefully or the building will fall under the slightest duress. |
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Flopping had become a mysterious plague, forcing players' legs to buckle and their arms to flail in the air at the slightest hint of contact. |
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Using special head organs, the predators can detect even the slightest muscle twitch of a flounder buried in sand. |
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Of course, one could say the same about Kwanzan cherries and lilacs, whose flowerless branches lack the slightest inspiration. |
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In all of this there was not the slightest trace of cosmopolitan openness or tolerance of other cultures. |
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The slightest mistake reinforces that detail by sending the students into a series of exercises, the least of which is the dreaded flutter kick. |
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However the goalkeeper's trailing arm got the slightest of touches to deflect the ball wide of the post. |
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Most of the other scholars were old fossils that seemed so fragile that the slightest breath of wind would keel them over. |
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Zucchini croquettes were my second choice, fried in batter, but without the slightest hint of grease, they were light and extremely tasty. |
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Its volcanic composition makes the rock loose and friable, and likely to pull away in your hand at the slightest provocation. |
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The world's central banks have made clear they are on hand to inject money into the financial system at the slightest sign of any credit crunch. |
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The sand here is as fine as baby powder and blows up at a moments notice at the slightest movement of wind. |
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But it no longer seems the slightest bit strange in Melbourne's inner suburbs to see sulphur-crested cockatoos and galahs. |
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Black Blaze responded to the slightest pressure on his flank or feel of his mane. |
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His worn face held the slightest ghost of a smile as he stared down at her with twinkling eyes. |
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Lastly, there is Pakistan's loudly proclaimed intention of using nuclear weapons at the slightest provocation. |
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Clear glass openings and translucent glass partitions suggest a contrasting fragility and magnify the slightest glimmer of light. |
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None of them had shown even the slightest glimmer of success, which was more than distressing. |
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He has huge influence on economic policy without the slightest democratic check on him. |
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Still seven years doesn't really make the slightest dent in the fact that it probably sounded as vicious back then as it does now. |
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As a result, there is unlikely to be even the slightest dent in the demand for gold from India, particularly as we remain in the festival season. |
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If you have even the slightest degree of cynicism in your nature, it has moments that will make you howl with derision and disbelief. |
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Blue sky, soft, puffy clouds of white with the slightest hint of purple in them. |
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If the slightest possibility of elections is coming up then it is important that those wishing to vote fill in their electoral register forms. |
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Reymus watched William leave with a concerned gaze and his pale, silver-blue eyes shone with the slightest bit of discomposure. |
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Alas, those days are long gone with gurriers out there ready to grasp the slightest opportunity to help themselves at our expense. |
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Such vehicles are often incapable of sustaining any collision and disintegrate at the slightest impact. |
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The Delphi computer is fed data by sensors and gyroscopes that can sense the slightest tilt in the scooter. |
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I hadn't noticed it beforehand, but the way his face lifted when he beamed highlighted the engaging way his smile was the slightest bit crooked. |
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Hardly moved in, he evinced not the slightest discomfort with rugless floors, shadeless bulbs, and an unseasonable chill. |
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It is absolutely essential that the surfaces to be coated are extremely clean since the slightest contamination can ruin the end result. |
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Sometimes, the slightest leaning of a doorjamb can cause a door to swing open or shut on its own. |
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Each assistant walks the horses thru every step of the pattern, never letting the horse make even the slightest errors. |
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To be absolutely honest and totally truthful with you, I haven't the slightest idea. |
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It's rotten having to wash in salt water as the soap won't lather in the slightest although it is supposed to be salt water soap. |
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He can make himself understood, given a few nouns, pronouns, verbs and numerals, without troubling himself in the slightest about accidence. |
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We are so accustomed to his immense tidiness as a novelist, that the slightest muddle in his work looks like chaos. |
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The slightest of quirks tugged at the woman's lips before she nodded, then turned away. |
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We also have the species Astrantia major with green flowers filled with pinkish stamen which quiver in the slightest of breezes. |
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The courtroom was huge, but the acoustics in the room were good and even the slightest bit of breathing could be heard. |
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But if the fimbriae grip too loosely, the bacteria will detach from the surface of a cell at the slightest joggle. |
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As a matter of fact, I used to be in that latter group, totally ignorant and aggressive towards even the slightest whiff of cigar smoke. |
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Even the slightest pressure from clothing, bedsheets or wind may elicit pain. |
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The song rambles on without a single redeeming characteristic or the slightest hint of a melody. |
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She did not even feel the slightest bit of anger or remorse as she felt her hands lift up the gun. |
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Although the water may look well coloured and in turmoil, fish like the zander are able see the slightest movement and you will catch fish. |
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He never appears to have found the slightest difficulty in serving a republican government. |
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He could feel his cheeks becoming the slightest shade of pink from anger and annoyance. |
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No one made me hot lemon drinks or brought me books to read, or showed the slightest sign of sympathy. |
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A ghosting of orange eye shadow covered his lids and the slightest trace of orange lipstick made him look like a punk rocker. |
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She easily fell into a light sleep, wanting to be able to wake up at the slightest sign of danger. |
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Closing his eyes he fell into a light sleep, ready to awaken at the slightest noise. |
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Not for the first time in the last week their safety was on the line but Michael didn't seem the slightest bit bothered. |
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Wouldn't you at least make the slightest noise when there's a roach climbing up your leg? |
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Oddly enough, if I know for certain that the scuttling thing isn't arachnoid in nature, it doesn't bother me in the slightest. |
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Based on the slightest suspicion, I would be totally isolated or liquidated. |
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It was also nice to hear a few snippets of Armenian in the background, even though I didn't have the slightest idea what they were talking about. |
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There was something willowy in the way she swung her slender hips the slightest bit as she rounded a table. |
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The large granite bowl was perfectly balanced on a rounded bottom, the slightest touch would tilt it one way or another. |
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A barbie in the arvo always sounds like a great plan and not in the slightest bit pretentious if suggested by an Australian. |
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Also, while not wishing to criticise in the slightest, I do feel the place needs livening up just a tad. |
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Of course, none of this careful planning avails me in the slightest if I don't manage to actually write anything. |
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The initial reflex of the regime was to do what it has always done, i.e. crushing the slightest show of opposition by main force. |
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It just goes to show how malleable women are when there's the slightest suggestion of beauty and youth. |
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They began scanning the area carefully, taking in every detail and watching for the slightest movement. |
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But to date, no one has expressed the slightest interest in this scandalous state of affairs. |
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The story line is telegraphed from word one and the meticulous unfolding plot plods ahead inexorably without the slightest bit of suspense. |
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Had there been even the slightest scintilla of evidence then she would have been charged. |
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My wise, knowledgeable green eyes were younger, no wrinkles marring them in the slightest. |
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Appraisal time is upon us, and all team leaders will have been instructed to find the slightest excuse to mark people down. |
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Sure these machines are great when they are working, but if the slightest thing goes wrong you're completely screwed. |
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And yet there is no evidence that he needed the slightest bit of medical attention or bandaging. |
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For all those families whose matriarchs have even the slightest leaning towards growing all things green, there's hope here. |
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When the baroreceptors sense the slightest drop in pressure, a coordinated increase in sympathetic outflow occurs. |
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The grasses sway softly in the slightest breeze, and their dry leaves and seed heads form buff silhouettes in the winter. |
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He smelt of clean clothes and soap, with just the slightest tinge of oil paint. |
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I didn't feel the slightest tinge of remorse as I noticed the blonde hair swishing behind a tainted wall. |
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It took another moment for her to answer, and when she did, her voice held the slightest tinge of anger. |
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I knew Seth wasn't jealous or anything but my stomach tingled at the slightest possibility that he was. |
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If Lance senses the slightest hint of disloyalty or lack of dedication, you're gone. |
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And off we strolled, whistling merry Christmas tunes, and with only the very slightest of hops, skips and jumps in our step. |
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They faced each other over the three yards separating them for a moment, neither giving the slightest advantage to the other. |
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Its rudimentary suspension couldn't possibly cushion the tone arm from even the slightest road shocks. |
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Tanya bounded down the stairs, the slightest of smiles touching her lips as she recalled the previous night. |
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Solid waste has become a touchy issue these days, with tempers flaring up at the slightest mention of the topic anywhere. |
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This is a softly sprung car, which makes it roll at the slightest hint of a corner. |
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Haywood said the sharp-eyed inspectors are on the lookout for the slightest deviance from the rules. |
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When this aspect is active by transit, you may be easily irritated and argue at the slightest provocation. |
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The slightest indiscretion from me would be enough to cause a tantrum of near biblical proportions. |
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I gave your molesters at the show the slightest possible sentence on your own account. |
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Her bright eyes seemed focused everywhere at once, noticing the slightest shift in her friends' bodies and the surrounding walls. |
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Accordingly, every crew member, from the first mate to the cabin boy, wait tensely, ready to jump and pull and climb at the slightest hint of wind. |
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Be ready with the slightest twist of opposite lock and this machine dances round bends, while the V8 lags behind like a bodybuilder in a marathon. |
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But as our friends are here, innocently, we must not only do our best to entertain them, but avoid the slightest intimation that they were not expected. |
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So what do we get this year, without the slightest hint of deprecation? |
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Jesus Corrales portrays the lovelorn Romeo with passion, sinking daggers into the heart of anybody in the audience with the slightest romantic sensibility. |
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Our medicine cabinets are stocked with throat lozenges, painkillers and antiseptic creams designed to restore us to immediate health after the slightest scratch. |
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They show not the slightest interest in abandoning their atheistic faith. |
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Whenever civil resistance has shown the slightest signs of evolving from symbolic action into anything remotely threatening, the crackdown is merciless. |
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The five speed automatic gear box produces a smooth, very positive firm ride and will deliver a blast of energy at the slightest increase in pressure on the accelerator. |
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They had just the slightest Cheddar flavor and melted in the mouth. |
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My best guess is that because bloggers depend so much on mainstream journalists, even the slightest differences in our perception of their work become greatly magnified. |
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Giving in, even the slightest amount to international gangsters, will only invite higher prices and worse consequences. |
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Save for Warburton himself, not one of them ever offered us the slightest assistance, or, indeed, even spoke to us. |
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Over the next seven long minutes, the woman made not the slightest effort to assist him. |
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At the slightest hint of profitability, carriers begin bulking up and adding routes, which quickly undercuts profits and exacerbates huge losses when travel drops off. |
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For his part, Walters has been busy crisscrossing the nation, trying to extinguish even the slightest moves to alter the nation's draconian drug laws. |
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You never nurse the slightest notion of ever owning those clothes. |
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He was a prolific book illustrator, and as few other artists had the power to concentrate the impress of his genius in even the smallest and slightest of his works. |
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If there was time we manoeuvred to the outer edge as instructed, knowing that the slightest misjudgement by the driver might easily nudge us over the side. |
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Thick white noodles with water chestnuts, broccoli and beansprouts came in the lightest of soy sauces, with only the slightest hint of ginger, making for an uneventful slurp. |
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I could sense there were narcs in the cinema, but I felt safe with my attorney close by, ready to swing his gorilla fists into action at the slightest provocation. |
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So far Mitt Romney has run a careful, disciplined campaign that has avoided the slightest whiff of impropriety. |
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During that time, the bridge had been engaging in a wide variety of different large-amplitude vertical oscillations, without the slightest sign of any torsional motion. |
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If ever he made the slightest change in a dish, he vaunted the variation as an original idea, and thenceforward set up as the sovereign creator of the dainty. |
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Around town, the vehicle always feels nippy and there is sufficient in reserve to undertake cross-country journeys without the slightest complaint. |
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The author evinces not the slightest irony about the fact that his own list would qualify, given his definition, as an exercise in fundamentalism. |
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She said this without a hint of meanness, without the slightest sarcasm. |
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I ran a brush through my hair quickly and applied the slightest bit of makeup so that I didn't look quite as ragged as I felt since the long day after not sleeping. |
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Finally, of course, there is the natural desire of the megalomaniac to hang on to power until the last possible minute and not to take the slightest risk of losing it. |
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The perfect omelette is pale golden on the outside without the slightest tinge of brown, and soft and creamy in the centre, which the French term bauvese. |
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What drives them to leave behind all the pleasures of a settled life and make the supreme sacrifice for the nation without even the slightest of hesitations? |
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He has the chalk-stones in his understanding, and from being used to long confinement, cannot bear the slightest jostling or irregularity of motion. |
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He could not help but feel the slightest tinge of frustration. |
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They are now back to working comfortably in tandem with the conservative movement to destroy even the slightest movement toward health-care reform. |
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If you write about yourself the slightest deviation makes you realize instantly that there may be honor among thieves, but you are just a dirty liar. |
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The thing to observe, however, is how masterful the educrats are at mounting a noisy, well-masked offensive at the slightest threat to their Soviet-style status quo. |
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Nor am I the slightest bit interested in using the model of an out-dated, infirmly and inferiorly working European, Japanese and general world scenario. |
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For those of you who have yet to give the concept a go, the idea is simple and not in the slightest bit scary, especially after a drink or two for Dutch courage. |
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Her hands grasped the tiniest cracks and protuberances and without thought to where they would take her, her feet scrambled for the slightest toehold! |
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With all the Law degrees and PhDs on the documentary subcommittee, one would think the slightest degree of fair and original thinking might shine through. |
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What you do get though is a penetrating and revealing look at an important artist, and if you have the slightest interest in the man, this volume belongs on your shelf. |
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The slightest excess tension in the buccinators, too or too much much forward thrust or exaggerated recession of the jaw can prevent a performer from playing well. |
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Even the slightest stimulation of this area gives a sensation of vertigo. |
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The down side of motorcycles has always been the high level of accidents and the nasty injuries that even the slightest prang or bump can trigger. |
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Ever the courtier alert to the slightest imperfections in his outward mien, the Earl is accustomed to checking his physical appearance in the glass. |
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We try the churros, a delectable Mexican pastry that's just the slightest bit crispy on the outside and almost custard-like on the inside, all rolled in cinnamon sugar. |
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As it happens, in the essays on my work and on Vatican II, there is not the slightest indication that the author wishes to be corrected, never mind to be proved wrong. |
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It was a visitation, I have not the slightest doubt about that. |
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Londoners tend to scurry outside at the slightest hint of sunshine, so feel free to look for a parting of the clouds and mention how lovely it is. |
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She cut him off completely with the slightest shift in her fingers. |
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I myself have never had the slightest twitch of predestinarian thinking or feeling but many good and wise people certainly see such patterning in their lives all the time. |
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Beholden to a base that, like a capricious autocrat, will turn against them at the slightest provocation. |
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After all, when the MRM decides a woman has transgressed even in the slightest, some of its members tend to go overboard. |
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Any woman scientist who garners the slightest approval from the field or the public wins my respect and admiration, if only because I know how hard it is. |
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A Scorpio will gladly give you the shirt off their back if you need it, but you may get the slightest inkling that they have an ulterior motive for doing so. |
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The emotions of Democrats are on a tripwire, ready to react at the slightest provocation. |
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She wanted him to stop, wanted to plead for her release, but she disdained to beg for him, and she doubted that it would influence his intent in the slightest. |
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There was not the slightest suggestion of any form of persecution at all. |
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She has vigorously supported the prosecution and incarceration of the gangbangers without the slightest public display of hesitation, handwringing, or apology. |
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His rivals in Washington looked for the slightest indication of his famed ego or misbehavior. |
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He's energizing his opponents and driving away moderates in droves because he is a right wing ideologue who refuses to make even the slightest concession to achieve consensus. |
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They look less like domineering control freaks than out-of-control weaklings, capable of producing endless reports and paper laws but paralysed under the slightest pressure. |
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As soon as the statement was issued to the press, however, anyone enjoying even the slightest acquaintance with the player recognised that the words were not his. |
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At any moment, the slightest loss in concentration could see a disastrous tumble. |
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I have the slightest clue what he is talking about, can you fill me in? |
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The sight of Anna, not the slightest bit ruffled, rattled him severely. |
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Over the years, punk, heavy metal, grunge, disco and dance have come and, in some cases, gone, but none have made the slightest impression on Motorhead's brutal oeuvre. |
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They didn't even become in the slightest agitated when O'Neill's men disappeared down the tunnel for the interval without having breached the St Mirren goal. |
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In a time where cars were noisy, smelly, rattling contraptions, prone to throwing tantrums and geysers of steam at the slightest pretext, this was like a chariot from heaven. |
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Personally, I've never had the slightest desire to try wing walking. |
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The attorney general has now given the FBI a blank check to conduct domestic spying without presenting the slightest evidence of actual or potential criminal wrongdoing. |
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Yet they were also distressed and filled with envy over the slightest inequalities that remained. |
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The hinges hadn't been oiled in so long that the slightest movement of the doors sent a creak from the hinge so loud that it could be heard anywhere in the huge home. |
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The great cardinal sin in business these days seems to be missing even the slightest opportunity to shove an ad in people's faces at every possible moment. |
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It is common these days to see workers resort to strike action at the slightest hint of disagreement during collective bargaining or resolution of any industrial matter. |
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The fact that A and B are constantly conjoined, or even necessarily connected, does not have the slightest tendency to prove that A does not exist. |
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She had retaliated by pretending not to notice, chatting enthusiastically with Colin and laughing whenever he said even the slightest thing funny. |
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What that means is his skin blisters from the slightest friction. |
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This lack of rest has caused a radical shift in my personality, making me cranky, irritable, and prone to curse loudly at the slightest provocation. |
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To somewhat console his thoughts he unclipped his bow from his back and set it on his lap, ready to leap into action at the slightest thing suspicious. |
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But if the multimillionaires harbor even the slightest doubts about their qualifications for solving social and geopolitical ills, they don't express it. |
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She did not even have to give the slightest of nods in reply. |
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Three days of nonstop attention to Mitt Romney and his agenda for the nation did not help the candidate in the slightest. |
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The slightest effort at verification of the story would have found what our little Daily Beast group found. |
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Not being here was internal to his impotence, if that makes sense, not that it would have made the slightest practical difference whether he were here or not. |
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The class waited, all attention, pretending to be helpful, ready for the slightest weakness, a lisp, a twitch, wariness, ready to move in for the kill. |
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The days pass, interminable and empty, without the slightest occupation, without any other obligation beyond presence at the roll-calls in the morning and at midday. |
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These rectangular structures sit on top of traditional flat roofed buildings, catching the slightest breeze and funnelling the wind down into the structure. |
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What happened in Darwen proves that is not the case, not in the slightest. |
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Adana Forsyth, 10, whose skin blistered at the slightest touch, was in agony almost every day of her short life. |
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He's a windsucker, which put off one or two prospective bidders but didn't worry me in the slightest. |
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Marriages break-up, lives collapse, and moral compasses go skewiff at the slightest sniff of a suitcase filled with wodge. |
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Marriages break up, lives collapse and moral compasses go skew-whiff at the slightest sniff of a suitcase filled with wodge. |
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The soldiers were not the slightest bit interested that I was hanging out with longhairs. |
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Amid the chintzy Parisian apartments, cigar-chomping men and laborious parlour-room chatter is the slightest of stories. |
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Still, my palate was alive, questing for the slightest mistaste. But there was none. |
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There are advantages to eliminating saliencies in this manner, becoming attuned to the slightest incidents. |
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I remember lying awake, jumping at the slightest sound and going to school feeling totally zonked out. |
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At one of the dim cross-roads they had made a misturn, and were now wandering around without the slightest notion of where they were going. |
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The horse will respond to the slightest pressure of a rider's knee. |
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For a floatier look, opt for lighter fabrics with movement or go structured with heavier fabrics that won't budge at the slightest gust of wind. |
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