| His blocking and ball carrying have been better than expected, and he has brought leadership to a young locker room. |
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| Alan and I are going to do our first lead climbing with the security of a top rope, Alan first then I. Everything went better than expected. |
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| For him a better than expected result marks a personal vindication and certain reconfirmation as party leader. |
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| The remix sounds much better than expected, though rear speakers were not utilized much. |
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| It was better than expected and has more European characteristics than you find in most beers from Central and South America. |
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| And while the out-turn on the public finances for 2001-02 may be slightly better than expected, the bigger picture is not so good. |
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| Revelations that some schools are performing better than expected might halt the drift towards fee-paying grind schools. |
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| As such, funds were released during the course of the fiscal year when it became apparent that the outcome would be better than expected. |
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| Thanks to the lower interest rates the financial results were ¤ 0.8 million better than expected. |
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| An appraisal well was drilled and tested in the third quarter of 2008, resulting in better than expected production rates. |
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| With a bowel obstruction, things may go better than expected, but it's important to prepare for sudden, unexpected changes. |
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| The steel erector says the frame went together better than expected, but says the success of the job hinged on the ironworkers' dedication and six to eight months of planning. |
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| It also found that, despite a significant dropout rate, upwards of 87 per cent found their college experience better than expected or as good as they had hoped. |
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| All things considered, the trip had been better than expected and they even had time to spare. |
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| Accept that parts of your time off will work out better than expected, while others are bound to fizzle. |
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| Foreign bonds would therefore perform better than expected which would go against our current strategy. |
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| Prices have been general falling as more reports show yield and quality to be better than expected in North America, Europe and Australia. |
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| Second half revenues were somewhat better than expected, bucking the negative seasonal trends that are usually experienced. |
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| In Lafon, the first crop was also a failure, but ratoon sorghum crops were better than expected. |
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| Prices also gained after a better than expected result from the Empire State Manufacturing survey. |
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| Revenues have come in better than expected, including revenues from the pension fund yield tax as well as from oil and gas exploitation. |
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| At an annualized rate of 14.52 million, those sales were better than expected. |
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| However, officers at the scene said that, although a number of the fans were arrested for being drunk and disorderly, the day went better than expected. |
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| Various studies examined schools that seem to be doing better than expected. |
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| The 1997 deficit is better than expected, but the improvement in the debt ratio was somewhat less favourable than envisaged earlier. |
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| I wish us all a positive vote tomorrow, and I wish you all a better than expected New Year. |
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| Investors' risk appetite persists as the flow of better than expected economic data continues. |
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| Some things in life turn out to be far better than expected and this experience was one of them. |
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| In this scenario, riskier cyclical assets outperform more defensive assets and bonds perform better than expected in the baseline scenario. |
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| Traders will be paying close attention to today's announcement as a better than expected result may continue to boost the EUR in today's trading. |
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| When we look at the earnings levels of companies, the reports generally have been better than expected. |
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| Again, growers are reporting yields that are variable, but generally coming off better than expected in most locations. |
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| The CWB says the North American milling wheat supply situation is not as bullish, with U. S. spring wheat yields better than expected. |
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| Passenger business was better than expected, although that at Brading was disappointing. |
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| Financial institutions benefited from a better than expected strengthening of global economic activity, a bolstering of the balance sheets of large firms and a continued appetite for risk on the part of investors. |
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| They performed better than expected, winning three of their nine games, and finishing eighth in the Northern conference. |
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| Is it possible that our electoral system performed better than expected in the recent election, and that some of the pressures to reform it will begin to abate? |
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| We have had unanticipated and better than expected times. |
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| The U. S. dollar started the week off down against the euro and yen, but better than expected results for the American Employment Report on Friday allowed the greenback to take back lost ground. |
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| The wheat market has grown tired of supply shrinkage and is now dealing with better than expected spring wheat yield ideas versus discounted ideas and normal harvest pressure. |
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| Spot Crude Oil traded higher for the second consecutive day after better than expected consumer confidence numbers, though the gains in spot Crude Oil prices were held in check by a stronger Dollar. |
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| As her current bloke was turning out better than expected, I didn't see much of her lately. |
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| On one hand, better than expected Japanese Retail Sales figures and a better than expected Non-Manufacturing Index have shown that the Japanese economy might be doing better than many analysts claim. |
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| The move was short lived as US Initial Claims numbers were marginally better than expected and equity markets used the news as a reason to rally, leading to the continuation of the dollar selloff. |
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| The on-board systems are all working at least as well as predicted and in some cases significantly better than expected, which will have an enormous impact on the results of the mission. |
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| Excluding the write-back of the provision for Home Ownership Savings Plans and Accounts and the impact of specific elements in the financial year, the development of the PNB is slightly better than expected. |
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| The U. S Dollar advanced against the EUR and the Yen on Thursday as better than expected U. S. weekly jobless claims helped spark a rally in the market, rekindling appetite for riskier assets. |
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| The USD fell against the EUR by 75 pips to 1.4128. This comes about as Germany and the Euro-Zone released better than expected unemployment and consumer confidence figures. |
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| Elsewhere, Mr. Santorum does better than expected. |
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| Earnings have been mostly better than expected. |
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| Demand had been better than expected, particularly from the sushi trade, but awareness of cobia remained low, said Carlos Massad, CEO of Marine Farms Vietnam. |
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| The company released a positive update, announcing that mooncake sales, which account for the majority of the company's profits, were better than expected. |
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| Bodisen experienced better than expected sales growth in the second quarter of 2006 due to strong customer demand for its environmentally friendly bio fertilizer products. |
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