Today, when I look back on my years of sobriety and see how the Lord has changed me, I am happy and proud of who I have become. |
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Speculative, whimsical thoughts are not compatible with the sobriety required by most issuers of credit. |
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He also failed a field sobriety test and was additionally charged with evidence tampering. |
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For any recovering alcoholic, one of the biggest lessons of their sobriety is to learn how to have fun without alcohol in the bloodstream. |
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It is difficult to review this interview without the greatest sadness and sobriety given recent events. |
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This was followed by a series of rapid texts establishing their respective levels of sobriety. |
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And we certainly have witnessed many people who have started to drink after years of sobriety and go downhill very, very quickly. |
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Losing his battle with sobriety, the fictional Ellis drinks vodka like a fish and snorts cocaine. |
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There is a fine line between maturity, sobriety and patience, and indifference, alienation and disgust. |
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The Catalan region taught me a lesson in sobriety and discipline but also to love its freedom. |
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His first album since 1996 reflects his new-found sobriety, its country-rock sound revealing that his melodic sense is happily undimmed. |
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The sobriety of the streets is relieved by bridges with self-important towers or slightly pompous lions and griffins with gilded wings. |
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And so I think that the sobriety and drunkenness is kind of like a yin and a yang. |
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These outlaws made aqua vitae available to a populace disgusted by its sobriety. |
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Since its foundation AA has helped hundreds of suffering alcoholics to achieve daily sobriety. |
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I would listen to the euphonies of life and the sobriety of earth beleaguering me. |
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Kindness, sobriety, manfulness, courage, morality, intelligence, religion, and duty mark her destiny. |
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The Gujaratis are a friendly, appreciative lot of people, hospitable but at the same time they practised simplicity and sobriety. |
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Alcohol and drugs are banned from powwow sites, and some powwows are organized to celebrate sobriety. |
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The slow-witted criminal of the week is a guy who fled a sobriety checkpoint in New Hampshire after handing over his license and registration. |
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Judging from the tone of their utterances, the women and men who argued for respectability and sobriety sincerely believed what they said. |
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The earlier excesses of the movement were soon abandoned and they acquired a reputation for sobriety and peaceableness. |
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It also indicates whether or not the person is endowed with wisdom, sobriety and calm. |
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What or who created the environment that would allow unconstitutional sobriety checkpoints, bar raids and the incarceration of staggerers? |
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Halfway through a king size cut of steak she seemed to make progress toward sobriety. |
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A survey by Channel 4 revealed a surprising degree of sobriety and principles among the nation's youth. |
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It was a day when she forgot her own rule about sobriety and seriousness and they both had laughed so. |
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As in most recovery narratives, the road to sobriety leads crookedly but fatefully to rehab. |
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Additional motivation for sobriety came from Sam's probation officer who demanded frequent urinalysis to test for drug use. |
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Stewart suggests using the photo to strengthen credibility by favoring sobriety over glitz. |
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At no stage have we shown, or sought to show, any competence, insight, initiative, wit, sobriety, sincerity or indeed any capability at all. |
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Its proclamation requires sobriety and seriousness, for it relates to the realities of the Lord's own presence and the judgement to come. |
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But there was also another layer of culture that was the character of Roman life with the accent on sobriety and order. |
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If he put me through a field sobriety test, I'd pass with flying colors unless he asked me to recite the alphabet backward. |
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If they're wrecked at work, especially if public safety relies on their sobriety, fire them and, perhaps, also prosecute. |
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The islanders had the physical sturdiness, the sobriety, the practical skills and the independence of mind to cope with life in remote places. |
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He's a teetotal, drug-free vegetarian, passionate about sobriety and the focus it has given his life and career. |
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Fields in Castile and Lanzarote, which Concha Ibáñez knows so well, are painted here with sobriety within their sobriety. |
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Twitter, like the national debt or Lindsay Lohans's sobriety, is in a constant state of flux. |
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We would see a new age of sobriety in the arts, and cinema and TV, especially in the US, which would reflect reinvigorated family values such as family and patriotism. |
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At one time the BBC was renowned for its standards and sobriety, indeed, much of its worldwide eminence sprang from its coverage of great royal events. |
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Around him swirls a text incapable of ever stiffening into sobriety, a flailing, noisy hash of jokes, cool cultural references, pull-quotes, lists and roaring italics. |
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People were accused of entering into the donnybrook without experience, knowledge, good faith, rationality, sobriety or even their own hitherto recognisable identities. |
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Bastions gates, half-moons, ravelins, forts... all give the walled enclosure the sobriety and sophistication of this kind of defensive system. |
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There is always the risk of reviewing the TTM with an unimaginative sobriety, or of using it with an overindulgent enthusiasm. |
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With this bill, however, if they feel the driver is not in a fit state, they can use these standard field sobriety tests. |
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Mr. Blass delivered highflying clothes but always with corrective doses of sobriety that inoculated them against accusations of glitziness. |
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This easily offended blonde assumes with elegance and a voice without any artifice, the classical sobriety and gleaming pop gimmicks. |
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She dispatched flitting trills with sobriety and care, and played earnest melodic lines with powerful, sweeping strokes. |
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Addiction is a tenacious disease with tentacles — family problems, legal problems, financial problems — that do not disappear with sobriety. |
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At the beginning of my experiment with sobriety, even I never really believed I'd give alcohol away forever. |
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With sobriety and dignity the director replied: 'I do not know, it's quite possible. |
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The demeanor of the disciples must be imbued with sobriety, simplicity, poverty in food, clothing, daily needs and interpersonal relationships. |
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Four boxes for stocking pans made out of solid wood and without any moulding frame the oven with sobriety. |
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A collection of olfactory poems, with sobriety and intensity, which freely explore new facets of emotion. |
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On national level, several SEMCs are also geared up for a greater energy sobriety. |
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Most would probably like to be the sort of person who values sobriety and substance over style and schmaltz. |
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A beautiful residence with an elegant sobriety in a particularly residential area, just a stone's throw from Paris. |
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The entry of the Swedish musicians is faithful to the honesty and sobriety of the band: simple, unadorned and devoid of any stage effects. |
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Now, like any recovering addict, he tackles sobriety one day at a time and hopes that his journey will pave the way for others. |
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In my early days of sobriety I drew an enormous amount of help and inspiration from others further along the path. |
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Rachel Black, author of Sober is the New Black, writes a popular blog about her own journey to sobriety. |
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The transparency of the plexiglass and the sobriety of the steel gives G2L'O an originality and unique aesthetic look. |
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Geometry, rigour and sobriety for this sculptural and mobile object that highlights the plant in the home. |
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Guitar and vocals: Guitar and vocals mark the return of a certain form of melody and sobriety. |
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It is not for the sake of austerity or sobriety, but we can raise our civilisation to new levels by taking the knowledge-based society seriously. |
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States with tougher laws, more sobriety checks, and heavier taxes in relation to alcohol were characterized by lower levels of these behaviours. |
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A sign of elegant sobriety satisfying the requests and wishes of the most innovative architectural concepts. |
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Other positive changes included access to basic living provisions, modern utilities, sobriety and lifestyle changes and new skills development. |
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And while classical sobriety always governs Amadeo's inventions, here we are truly confronted with a sculptural equivalent of Ercole de' Roberti. |
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Their terrible sobriety bears witness to the sufferings which, every day anew, we inflict on our children. |
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What kind of sobriety and solidarity can we practise personally and in Fraternity? |
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Our primary purpose is to stay sober and to help other alcoholics to achieve sobriety. |
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The sobriety of the cast iron original contrasts with the highly decorated and colorful mantel. |
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The class discusses getting a sponsor, abstaining from romantic relationships for at least a year after sobriety and the importance of attending 90 meetings in 90 days. |
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As they have been realised, the dreams themselves have assumed a peculiar character of sobriety, of the spirit of positivism, and beyond that, of boredom. |
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And so after many years of sobriety, Hoffman checked himself into and completed a 10-day detox for drug abuse. |
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The trouble with this sobriety lark, which I embarked upon at the start of the year, is that I find my critical facilities have been restored after some 30 years' suspension. |
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He shared his secrets about relapse and sobriety with Oprah, emphasizing persistence and perseverance. |
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These days, beyond simply maintaining his sobriety, the actor has turned into something of a gym rat. |
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When he slurred and smelled of alcohol, they ordered him out of the car for sobriety tests. |
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Therefore teach sobriety to all and show it forth in your own lives. |
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We told Betty that we loved her and we were going to help her and the net result was she believed us and as Steve said she's had 18 years of wonderful sobriety. |
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I chose sobriety for once and spent the night sipping on water. |
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Coffee houses were a reflection of the emerging middle class, with its emphasis on discussion, exploration of ideas, sobriety and refined sociability. |
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My reasons tend to vary according to my mood and level of sobriety. |
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We've never been into sobriety at all, I don't like playing sober. |
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Everything was done to make us throw away sobriety of thought and calmness of judgment and to inflate all expressions with sensational epithets and turgid phrases. |
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You feel more inclined to take the safe option, more inclined towards sobriety than excess, more likely to settle for the sensible and the pragmatic. |
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Those who are still partying through the night are either gripped by the catatonia of the truly drunk or have talked their way back to sobriety and are curiously calm. |
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He has covered his subject with sobriety and fair-mindedness and thus has succeeded in meeting the challenge of impartiality. |
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Imperious without being pretentious, it embodies with extreme sensitivity the indescribable grandeur of what was just becoming the Renaissance style, hesitating between the quill and the sword, between sobriety and glamour. |
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Most definitely the joy of colour inherited from fauvism, the key role he gave to drawing, and sobriety shorn of extravagant gestures or virtuoso acrobatics. |
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But as any addict will tell you, every single day is a fight for sobriety. |
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Now, sobriety does not mean unsmilingness. A man can be just as sober when he smiles as when he does not. |
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The particularly expressive second theme is taken by the piano alone, its romantic ardor supported by a flurry of left-hand arpeggios, before the violin returns to the first theme with sobriety and subtlety. |
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Today, living with sobriety makes life much easier. |
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The preoccupation with sobriety no longer exists. |
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A large prominent cross within the dome and a cross vault in the apse essentially make up its interior decoration, the sobriety of which stands out against the opulence of its exterior ornaments. |
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We are invited to adopt new ways of sobriety and austerity in a world that is characterized, paradoxically, by shameless squandering and inhuman poverty. |
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The aim was to make attractive the drawings and the pictures with sobriety and discretion, thanks to the empty spaces, and thanks to the size of the page. |
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His troubles did not end with sobriety, though. |
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The sobriety and good taste of the era are brought to the fore, with modern materials harmonising perfectly with the nobility of the original ones. |
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My thoughts and feelings around drinking and sobriety continue to evolve. |
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Based on this philosophy we have been devoted to banquet and reception for years, with sobriety and efficiency. We always take into consideration your expectations which are at the centre of our attention. |
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Its compact size, with a 42 mm diameter, means that it can be worn by gentlemen, whose preferences will tend more to sobriety and classicism, but also by ladies. |
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Providently, not all of these poisonous missives reached their targets in the cold light of next day's sobriety. |
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It has three naves, with a stain glass decorated dome and walls of a great sobriety, in which diverse niches are embedded, as well as, chapels and altars, carved in wood or modeled in brass. |
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After a personal annus horribilis, a few days of spirituality and sobriety seem a more appropriate way to start 2009 than making unkeepable resolutions over flaming sambucas. |
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I learned that sobriety is about more than putting down the glass – it's about addressing the issues that made me feel like I needed the drink in the first place, which I've done with some assistance. |
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And even now, after years of sobriety, I sometimes still feel pressure to explain my history to every stranger who politely and casually offers me a glass of something. |
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While sobriety bracelets aren't cheap, they are cheaper than putting a person in custody, and would prevent the long-term damage that often occurs when a person spends time in jail. |
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In the last decades of the century this trend towards sobriety intensified. |
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A certified officer could demand a physical sobriety test or take a saliva or sweat sample at the roadside based on the reasonable suspicion of drug impairment. |
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When we step outside for a smoke, the cool air brings a snap of sobriety. |
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I would suggest that the member lay off the Liberal wine for a while and get some political sobriety so he can really see what is happening to his party. |
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By freezing time and details of a situation with sobriety, it's one of the strongest symbolic tool to express the complex realities of human relationships at all scales. |
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From a crafted work of Art to a museum piece, we invite you to discover our different furniture collections that date from the 17th to the 20th century, that have all been chosen for their elegant sobriety. |
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I went through it on my own, for a while, and I was moved by the sobriety of the place, the professional awareness that preponderates in the organisation of the rooms, the spaces for reflection. |
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Those of the crew who overindulged were often forced to spend the night on Jail Island until they regained their sobriety. And hence, Jail Island got its rename. |
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To rediscover the family as the place where one is enabled to live in a balanced sobriety and joyfulness, a place that opens one towards true conviviality. |
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The blue colour of the dome combined with the inclination of the lighting columns provides an impression of lightness, sobriety and blue undulations. |
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He also has a simplicity in the good sense, mixed with sobriety. |
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If you are operating or have 'care or control' of a motor vehicle and have consumed alcohol you are compelled by law to submit to a roadside sobriety test or a breath test. |
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The low energy consumption, low speed of the fan and its non-permanent working provide the hybrid ventilation real advantages of easy maintenance, energy sobriety, acoustics, airflow performances and reliability. |
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Set in the heart of unspoilt countryside, in a peaceful setting, this seductive property demonstrates sobriety and refined lines, proving the success not only of its restoration works but also of its exterior layout. |
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In all sobriety we may say that since money automatically goes into increasing fortunes, it is not available for paying higher salaries and wages or for creating new jobs. |
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The Art deco style, emblematic of the Roaring Twenties, stretched for elegance, sobriety, the precious, the rare and comfort and attracted a refined and wealthy clientele. |
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The harsh climate of Orkney and the Orcadian reputation for sobriety and their boat handling skills made them ideal candidates for the rigours of the Canadian north. |
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In addition to courteousness and sobriety mentioned earlier, meliorating formal virtues include politeness, decency, modesty, hospitableness, and unpretentiousness. |
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At all sobriety checkpoints, the LAPD officers will ask drivers to take up the voluntary test, for which oral fluids from their gumline and cheeks will be collected. |
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The vote on this stinkbomb will be a congressional sobriety test. |
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