The Body Mass Index, it now turns out, is a useless indicator of healthy weight, since it unfairly penalises women for their natural pear-shape. |
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She pointed out to them that the class was unfairly divided between the sexes and that the situation would soon change. |
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Her supporters said she was unfairly singled out because of her celebrity and because of bias against female executives. |
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Cllr Michelle Mulherin said she knew some people levied with commercial water charges who felt they were unfairly billed. |
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Free and unfettered, the press can shut people out, ignore their views, or unfairly constrict debate. |
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These members felt that the use of Twi unfairly privileged the Ashanti ethnic group over others. |
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Conservatives question whether TV ads for a new film blasting the president could unfairly impact voters. |
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Trade has been unfairly skewed in favour of rich nations for decades now, the idea is to start skewing it in the other direction. |
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Companies cannot act in concert if they feel another member company is acting unfairly. |
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An earlier complaint had claimed hog farmers in Canada were unfairly subsidized. |
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The standards committees get blamed unfairly for the actions of their individual members. |
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It is difficult to face irate parents who insist their child has been dealt with unfairly. |
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It was implied that he had colluded unfairly with Manchester United in his side's defeat last Saturday. |
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They get involved in a bout after the Celtic striker unfairly challenged the stopper. |
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It was a singular, unpreventable event that has unfairly tarred all businesses. |
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She said that the media unfairly depicts celebrities who are publicly involved with politics as narcissistic. |
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A few comments say our view of the new Alpha roadmap is either hopelessly optimistic, or unfairly negative. |
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Our case speaks in terms of evidence of identification being excluded if it would be unfair or if it was undertaken unfairly to the appellant. |
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After a long legal battle workers were vindicated when an industrial tribunal unanimously decided they had been unfairly dismissed. |
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Advocates say voodoo is a legitimate African-based religion that has been unfairly maligned in movies and popular culture. |
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If it is not, it will unfairly brand staff as failures while making no difference to the quality of service. |
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They nurse a belief that life has treated them unfairly, much worse than they deserve. |
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Travellers who camped out at St Michael's Hospital claimed they were treated unfairly by residents, before they moved off the site. |
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The Tories have unfairly omitted to mention that the government is treating refugees appallingly. |
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The reason, publishers said, was because members of the Cayuga Nation believed the essay unfairly analyzed the Cayuga land claim case. |
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It's just that if one sees the rights of the foetus as taking priority then one is subjugating the right of the mother unfairly. |
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And those who raised concerns about the sweeping powers of the bill were unfairly dismissed as radicals who were against copyright in general. |
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However, insurers say they need to see the results to prevent people cashing in unfairly on huge insurance payouts. |
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Just as you must be diligent in increasing your link popularity and your ranking, you must be equally diligent to avoid being unfairly penalized. |
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Physicians and hospitals fear the practice could unfairly penalize practitioners and say there's no way to benchmark quality accurately. |
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Previous reports had shown the British haulage industry was unfairly penalised. |
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Others simply whined that though their site contained commercial material, it also contains valuable content and was unfairly penalized. |
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This means that a privatised health care system would unfairly penalise women. |
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Legal sources expect a challenge to this treatment under European law on the grounds of discriminating unfairly against cohabiters. |
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I have a dear friend who is being unfairly targeted by colleagues he used to be in business with. |
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He claims he was treated unfairly and inconsistently with the way in which other people have been treated. |
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Nevertheless, it is widely believed that that current laws disproportionately and unfairly favour women. |
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To some, Title IX is a quota law, designed to destroy men's sports by unfairly favoring women. |
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Critics claim that the Indian government unfairly favors the IITs when education dollars are doled out. |
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If it feels unfairly singled out, it should remember that this is a comparison it invited upon itself. |
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They've been unfairly pigeonholed as a team that kicks to the corners all the time. |
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But acting inquisitorially does not mean acting unfairly, as paragraph 17 of the Scheme makes plain. |
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Any justification very likely can appear or be made to appear judgmental, discriminatory, unfairly harsh, insubstantial or even anachronistic. |
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Brinkley offers no evidence that the numbers were cooked or the questions were unfairly worded. |
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Now the management is avoiding fulfilment of its duties toward the workers and unfairly dragging out the negotiations, he claimed. |
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He told me that, in his experience, most of the time when one party feels unfairly treated in a prenup, the marriage ends in divorce. |
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The string section of the Ulster Orchestra is equally impressive, as is the player of the prepared piano who, unfairly, remains anonymous. |
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The Government has been accused of targeting the drinks industry unfairly to divert public attention from more pressing issues. |
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She thinks that doping investigations are unfairly prosecutorial, and that the punishments are less about the athletes and more about politics. |
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I don't know if he is an unfairly vilified man or if any of the denunciations of his morals and motives have some truth to them. |
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This unfairly punishes students from lower income backgrounds twice, because they depend more on financial aid. |
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This unfairly punishes students of lower income twice, because it is students of lower income who depend on financial aid more. |
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By going to this extreme you are unfairly punishing the individual in the pursuit of spiteful gossip. |
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Patti Fritz argues that such a fee unfairly punishes elderly residents who put away savings for their retirement years. |
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They believe that exam boards unfairly raised grade boundaries for exams taken in summer to prevent severe grade inflation. |
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If a client feels he or she has been treated unfairly, there is the option of filing a grievance. |
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A decision-maker may have unfairly regarded with disfavour one party's case either consciously or unconsciously. |
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I won't name you because I don't want to unfairly bring dishonor to your organization. |
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Tens of thousands of people who were mis-sold endowments are having their claims unfairly rejected by insurance companies and banks. |
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They have been unfairly targeted and the BBC has set out to try to entrap them. |
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It has the effect of unfairly disadvantaging some individuals and communities, while unfairly advantaging other individuals and communities. |
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The record is a stunner, offering a glimpse at a once-famous composer who has unfairly suffered a bad rap. |
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A number of those who did try to understand him got hold of the wrong end of the stick and, often unfairly, used it to beat him with. |
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A contract was let unfairly and we contested it in front of a Federal judge. |
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He was first lionised by the press and then held unfairly responsible for the subsequent slew of inferior rip-offs by other directors. |
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He said at least two articles run by the newspaper recently unfairly portrayed the council in a negative light. |
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I actually ran my opinion by my solicitor friend today, and she agreed I was being unfairly treated. |
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They will say that criticism of his record on security-related issues unfairly impugns his patriotism and is therefore a low blow. |
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He was happy to tell me everything he knew about lower class being unfairly dismissed. |
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Most small business employers aren't callous mongrels who sack workers unfairly or at the drop of a hat to gain a sense of power. |
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So, I think unfairly, that employers were penalized by the system that was put there as a safety net for employees. |
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We're both lefties, and we're both been tagged unfairly as no more than just shooters. |
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While eggs may have an unhealthy image, the evidence suggests they have been unfairly maligned. |
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She is currently suspended from duty but she believes she has been unfairly scapegoated and is taking a High Court case to be re-instated. |
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I am quite temperamental and if I think I've been treated unfairly it can cook up and then I boil over. |
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She talked off how the military marched around the streets and how unfairly they treated the people. |
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Most people can sense when they have been dealt with unfairly by their employer. |
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Are we unfairly neglecting the up-and-coming in favor of the old and infirm? |
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Around this time, he was reprimanded, unfairly, on two counts of dereliction of duty. |
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The style and drafting of the Constitution also are unfairly caricatured. |
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Once it was unfairly expected of women that they should remain sober and ladylike while men were given whatever leeway was necessary to drink themselves under the table. |
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It says this unfairly penalises fans of big clubs, who are charged more. |
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The union is so angered by the appraisal system, which it says has unfairly downgraded many workers, that it is taking High Court action against the Government. |
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Sean Hannity teed off on NPR, and had pollster Frank Luntz ask a focus group whether Williams was fired unfairly. |
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Dr Fundanga said all that was needed was a comprehensive framework for enforcement rather than on an ad hoc basis because this would end up punishing some members unfairly. |
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Our medical researchers are in desperate need of real, human subjects to experiment with cures, as they have been unfairly restricted to the use of white rats. |
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And too many men have been unfairly stereotyped and falsely accused. |
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These issues pertain to the testing and identification of substances intended to enhance animal performance that alters unfairly the results of racing. |
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Unfortunately, fairly or unfairly, the way this has been done has created the impression in some minds that the President is running for a fourth term by proxy. |
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Civil liberties groups and music fans say the bill unfairly targets electronic music and might bring about unforeseen consequences for both promoters and participators. |
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When the only option for carrying a handgun is to carry concealed, it unfairly discriminates against women and professionals. |
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Fairly or unfairly, the public took against him big-time from the start. |
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Some retired Gurkhas have claimed that despite their renowned contributions in Britain's military exploits they have been treated unfairly by their paymasters. |
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Portuguese is a largely neglected cuisine, and I think unfairly. |
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The first past the post system always unfairly rewards the largest parties, but the results become particularly arbitrary when their share of the vote is relatively small. |
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Workers said they oppose the rule because it unfairly punishes companies, many of which are forced to hire more staffers than they would otherwise need to compensate. |
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And when you work in the White House, stuff happens, like a Gulf oil spill that, fairly or unfairly, tarred his presidency. |
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A Ste Anne-area man convicted of torching his own property nearly a year ago is taking his insurance company to court, claiming it has treated him unfairly. |
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The fines have already caused a backlash among some residents who fear they will be unfairly penalised for leaving their rubbish out for collection. |
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I specifically tried not to unfairly impugn the motives of anti-war types. |
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The new system, which was introduced on Monday, uses a new three-dimensional map of the UK which some viewers also think unfairly misrepresents the North. |
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Those motorists issued with a ticket unfairly, and unlawfully, are thus left with the onus upon them to write an appeal, to justify their excusal for a lawful activity. |
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But owners pleaded that they built ships to the standards applicable at the time of construction, and that their early demise would penalise them unfairly. |
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Do you feel you have been unfairly stereotyped by the press? |
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If you feel you've been banned unfairly, just drop me a note and if you promise to keep the debate at a more elevated level, I'll be happy to unban you. |
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Abraham, a yellow cab driver and student, feels that blacks are targeted unfairly by the police. |
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The only sensible explanation is that Bollywood films are unfairly held to a lower standard. |
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Lancaster, 54, had been unfairly blamed for the failings of an antiquated and underfinanced department with a long history of corruption, inefficiency and missing records. |
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When he accepted the prize, he delivered a speech that has been unfairly ignored because his delivery was so muted. |
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It's time for pro-choicers as well as the media to start framing this issue accurately, in a way that does not unfairly categorize people. |
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In October 2004, Sarah Forsyth claimed that she had been dismissed unfairly by Eton College and had been bullied by senior staff. |
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It has been suggested that this test is unfairly beneficial to the prosecution. |
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The court intervened to reapportion the voting districts that had been unfairly laid out under the controlling party's regime. |
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The carnival games were unfairly difficult, and hardly anybody won a prize. |
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At the police station, the union leader reports that he was searched unfairly for drugs and incriminatory evidence. |
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The associations want a NAFTA panel ruling finalized that stated Canadian softwood lumber is not unfairly subsidized. |
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This phoney war must stop, it is now time for the Government to put up or shut up on helping those being unfairly penalised by banks. |
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On macroeconomic policy, I think Alan was unfairly criticized. |
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She has proposed a new law to protect people from being evicted unfairly. |
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But Mack took the copycat level-headedly, quoted by Chortle news as saying, 'this Australian comedy genius is being unfairly treated. |
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The district manager of BFI wrote that the Daily News unfairly misrepresented BFI's role in the local community. |
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He's been unfairly labeled as a cheat, although he's only ever cheated once. |
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Jinnah repeatedly warned that Muslims would be unfairly treated in an independent India dominated by the Congress. |
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Those with political connections unfairly gained large wealth, which has discredited privatization in these regions. |
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In gerrymandering, constituencies are deliberately designed to unfairly increase the number of seats won by one party at the expense of another. |
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An employment tribunal in July 2005 found that she had been unfairly dismissed and criticised Burke for bullying her and for repeatedly changing his story. |
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In the Romantic era, Jonson suffered the fate of being unfairly compared and contrasted to Shakespeare, as the taste for Jonson's type of satirical comedy decreased. |
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A tort is a civil wrong that unfairly causes someone else to suffer. |
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The actors give it their all, especially Knightley, whose jaw-jutting, heavily accented and unfairly criticized portrayal gives the film its fighting spirit. |
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Although often unfairly written off as a cheesy bunch of balladeers, Crowded House at their best are versatile and affecting and Neil Finn had plenty of good banter. |
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However, these cannot be larger than the losses incurred, and Brussels thinks DP has been featherbedded, helping it compete unfairly with private carriers. |
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In 2004 an employment tribunal ordered Turner to pay back compensation to Colin Hedgley, a former office manager who was found to have been unfairly dismissed. |
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The legislature's redistricting, announced in 2012, was quickly challenged in court, on the grounds that it had unfairly benefited Republican interests. |
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For example, relevant evidence may be excluded if it is unfairly prejudicial, confusing, or the relevance or irrelevance of evidence cannot be determined by logical analysis. |
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Tony, from Barnsley, South Yorks, claims he was unfairly dismissed and is planning to take furniture manufacturers Metalliform to an employment tribunal. |
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It is among the sovereign's duties to uphold this right impartially, but the subject is given no means of redress if his property is unfairly seized or distrained. |
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