| The planetary germ-plasm is a commons befalling generation on generation, and it is at risk. |
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| He recalls a similar fate befalling Tim Flowers, who was carded for abusing a referee or assistant referee while warming the bench for Blackburn. |
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| Such a dire situation befalling Canadian residents is unthinkable to Canadians today, but this was not the worst of it. |
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| Can we take the recent bargain sale of hard-bound editions at hugely reduced rates as a signal heralding the impending tempest befalling the book market? |
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| At present, however, the strongest case for America to stay is its duty to prevent an even worse calamity from befalling Iraq's people. |
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| One of the aims of politicians is to prevent public misfortune from befalling their people. |
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| We continue to monitor these and other tragedies, in our attempts to prevent similar fates from befalling other women in and from prison. |
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| But is peace possible? Or is war an unavoidable destiny that keeps befalling humankind? |
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| This opportunity has resulted in a larger client base and has helped us overcome the current crisis befalling Canada's forest industry. |
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| In a pinch, the third person can keep production shooting in the event of a sudden emergency or sickness befalling a sound person. |
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| We have to make holy water with garlic to prevent further harm from befalling us. |
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| Portugal did not have a previous house price boom but, rationally, that should not protect its housing market from the adverse events currently befalling it. |
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| It became apparent that the budgetary allocation to the Department of Civil Protection needs to be boosted in line with the diverse emergencies befalling the country. |
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| As a result, some uncertainty might exist as to the reporting obligations befalling educational institutions between the date on which the Regulations are made and the date on which the first tariff is certified. |
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| Although sickness had broken out among the troops, Nicholson was preparing to move up Lake Champlain when news arrived on September 19 of the disaster befalling Walker's fleet. |
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| The risks of an unsuccessful suit have been highlighted by a series of expensive disasters befalling people such as Neil Hamilton, a former Conservative MP, and Gillian Taylforth, a television actress. |
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| And within this greater Vietnamese populace, Viet Tan wishes to be a tidal wave in the great ocean that will wash away the pain and suffering befalling our people. |
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| At the committee hearing, they spoke of their heart-wrenching loss and also clearly articulated their desire to prevent a similar tragedy from befalling another family. |
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| Finally, the problems befalling small commercial outlets are given special emphasis by Member States who are aware of the administrative load and high costs, especially with respect to controls, that arise for such operators. |
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| I am therefore very disappointed that Zimbabwe is still, despite the misery befalling the country, involved in the war in the Democratic Republic of Congo. |
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| The seriousness of the violence was represented elsewhere – such as by grave consequences befalling those involved or the violence being contextualised by the disapproving reactions of onlookers. |
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| On the one hand there is the continuing harm befalling all those who are victims of these conflicts, while on the other hand we cannot forget that specific past circumstances are affecting the present. |
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