In terms of the long and chequered history of policing in the North, the extension of his term by the Policing Board is of little consequence. |
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It was relentlessly pro-royal with all critical faculties repressed, despite the rather chequered history of the two main protagonists. |
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Apart from the birth of my two children, there's no better feeling than crossing the line and taking the chequered flag. |
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I was not exhausted at all when I took the chequered flag and I didn't sweat too much. |
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I'm upset that I wasn't able to finish the race and take the chequered flag today. |
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The Heath commonage has had a chequered legal history with local animal owners obtaining grazing rights to the lands owned by the State. |
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However, both drivers were able to take the chequered flag in the 67-lap race. |
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Despite that, though, I'm pleased with the result, and pleased for the team that both cars took the chequered flag today. |
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For the remaining six laps, it was a case of consolidation and a very relieved Carroll took the chequered flag in fourth place. |
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I took the drinks to the table, laid them down on the chequered surface with a forced smile, and returned to my stool. |
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Tom took the chequered flag in eighth place, gaining three points in the championship plus an extra point for leading the race. |
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She was wearing a mini skirt with a chequered pattern and a pink and white string top with a butterfly on it. |
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It was smooth and there were blue lines all over it, set into a chequered pattern. |
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However, Bell's lead was short lived with Jenkins reassuming top spot a few laps later and holding the lead to the chequered flag. |
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It looks European with its patterned chequered floor tiles and light coloured natural wood tables and chairs, with brightly coloured place mats. |
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In 10th Century Anglo-Saxon England, this dynamic had been complicated by a highly chequered history. |
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Ponting himself is relishing the responsibility because he has had a chequered past in that department. |
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But when it comes to work he has a one-track mind and, make no mistake, at the end there waves a chequered flag. |
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The modern game dates from the 15th century, when the board of squares became chequered and the pieces gained their present form. |
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The fire forum itself has had a chequered history and does not attract many members of the public to its biannual meetings. |
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That's a chequered cloth spread on a grassy meadow, carefully arranged to avoid the cowpats. |
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The dispensers have been exclusively branded with a green and black chequered design. |
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Graham McLaren has edited the play into a 105-minute chamber drama, played out on a murky stage chequered with shafts of pale light. |
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He started on pole in both the races and took the chequered flag with comfort. |
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After all, Facebook's record on privacy matters is as chequered as the flag that marks the end of a Formula One race. |
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The frieze and the balustrade consist of mashrabiyya latticework arranged in a chequered or a diamond pattern. |
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Fairfax House had survived a chequered 20th century history which had seen it used as a cinema, ballroom, soldiers' billet, coal rationing office and bicycle shed. |
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Because of the unpleasant nature of dissection on unpreserved and often decomposing material, both anatomy and practitioners followed a somewhat chequered course. |
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Its an old time band with old time instruments and the band dress in a uniform of white strides with bowyangs and a red shirt and red chequered kerchief. |
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An error by the official waving the chequered flag resulted in the race being shortened by two laps. |
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Should the banner have disappeared or been damaged, the finish line shall be indicated by a black and white chequered flag. |
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The riders are usually informed of the start proper by the organiser or commissaire travelling in front of the peloton waving a chequered flag. |
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The German experienced brake problems towards the end of the race, but managed to remain on-circuit right up to the chequered flag. |
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In the Start Navigation page press the chequered flag button to calculate and start the navigation along the saved route. |
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The Sailing Master lowers the chequered flag when the leading yacht comes in after the race time announced at the briefing has elapsed. |
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The finishes will take place in front of the timing station and the chequered flag will be placed at the best place considering the compilation. |
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Finishes will be in front of the timing post and the chequered flag will be waved up before the straight line of the pits. |
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Note: The first turn is at the top of the list and the final turn is at the bottom, identified by a chequered flag. |
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However, it was Pitt who took the advantage on the final lap and managed to make it stick until the chequered flag. |
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Many favourites and also a long list of outsiders. It's impossible to predict who will pass that chequered flag first. |
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After the chequered flag, all the riders will have to slow down and keep their position. |
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Here we marvelled at more of the chequered history of our host country involving the Byzantines, the Romans, and the Ottomans as well as the Bulgarians. |
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With his hauteur and chequered disciplinary record, as well as his sublime talent, he dominated the emerging celebrity culture of English football. |
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However, the order them remained unchanged to the chequered flag. |
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The eventful race which followed concluded with the team crossing the line 4th in class at the chequered flag and thus securing valuable points in the championship. |
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Even though our drivers did not score any points in the race, we decided to pass the chequered flag out of respect for the spirit of the new rules. |
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And then there is Canada, where the Parti Québécois has a long and chequered history of fighting for independence for the francophone province. |
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The first neoplastic paintings: primary-colour or black squares and rectangles arranged into asymmetrical chequered lines. |
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If all episodes of pillage were as easy to explain, the UN might not today be facing what is shaping up as the biggest scandal in its chequered history. |
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We will be debating this when Mrs Paulsen's report comes back for its chequered second reading. |
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The stock is carved instead of chequered with a modified fish scale pattern on both the grip and forearm. |
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Many cities of a substantial age have a mixed or chequered history, with elements of pride and shame, of light and shadow. |
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The foregoing summary reviews a rather chequered pattern of organization and management of common services at Headquarters. |
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The ground floor facades have a chequered appearance with alternate in-lays in brick and sandstone. |
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International peacekeeping operations have had a chequered past, especially in recent times. |
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The chequered life of Clarissa Dickson Wright, the larger of the two stars on the eccentric cooking show Two Fat Ladies. |
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We are back rather in the chequered circumstances of the seventies, in which there was no clear pattern of domestic political alignments in the group. |
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Yet already she had a past more chequered than a bistro tablecloth. |
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There is a great variety of materials in the older buildings but a particular characteristic is the use of Chilmark Stone and a chequered pattern of clunch and napped flint. |
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These days Hamilton has the patronage of the royal family, with Prince Harry effusing sweet nothings down the radio from the pit wall as Hamilton took the chequered flag for the 11th time this season. |
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The starting point is Fritillaria meleagris, the snakes' head fritillary or chequered lily which occurs as a meadow plant in a few protected European water meadows but is an endangered species. |
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Related: Chibok kidnapping: one year on, hope and stoicism as girls remembered South Africa has a chequered history of exporting soldiers of fortune. |
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You can also spice things up a little bit and choose stripy polo shirts or chequered polo shirts or maybe even zig zags, the choice is entirely up to you! |
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Generally, the heroine and the hero remain monogamous after they meet, regardless of whether it is in Chapter Three or Chapter Ten, however chequered their past, and no matter whether they hate each other at first sight. |
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One lesson for such wannabe Parkers and Fannings from their role models' chequered story is that success is about more than seriously wanting to be rich. |
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It is decked out with chandeliers and white sofas, with a silver cocktail bar and a large chequered dance floor. |
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Finely chequered triggers, varnished walnut half-stocks carved at grips with floral scrollwork surrounding four panel scenes of mythological themes. |
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Holo Tetragon has a bold and dynamic chequered pattern, Holo Rainbow a smooth, unpatterned sophisticated look, and Holo Sparkling a fresh and exciting glitter effect. |
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The earliest had either plaited or chequered pattern, with narrow strips sewn together. |
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The record of Keynesian-style fiscal stimulus is chequered. |
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Cardiff has a chequered linguistic history with Welsh, English, Latin, Norse and Norman French preponderant at different times. |
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Thanks to the reverse-order grid system, Malaysian driver Fairuz Fauzy started the first race from pole position before successfully shrugging off attempts to dislodge him to take the chequered flag in first place. |
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The fun began at Silverstone in 1950 where Nino Farina took the inaugural chequered flag. |
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This year's decoration at the Merlion Park consists of a series of 20 chequered flags flanking the Merlion. |
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The interior design style is romantic yet modern and youthful, thanks in part to a semi-transparent chequered effect, rather as if a light fabric like tulle or organdie had been laid over the tiles. |
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Marquetry and bone and ivory inlay have been used on the sides for chequered geometrical knotwork and the floral designs, in the shape of trees of life, crowned by arcatures that decorate the back and the risers. |
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You're taking the chequered flag in the Daily Mirror's pounds 500,000 Vroom Vroom week. |
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These are outstanding achievements, given Europe's chequered history. |
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This chequered course seems to have left its stamp on the local mentality. |
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The Cape Verdean star, hailed as one of the most influential black voices in the world, has enjoyed a truly exceptional destiny, rising from rags to riches in the course of her long and chequered career. |
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Europe's chequered history has shown that the protection of national minorities is essential for the maintenance of peace and the development of democratic stability. |
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Senna never made it to the chequered flag. |
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In the event of problems in fixing the finish banner during bad weather, or in the event of the banner not being available, the finish line is marked by a chequered flag waved by a commissaire. |
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The curious misogyny which chequered Maupassant's gynomania seems to have tried hard to express itself in her portrait. |
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The chequered flag that defines the end of the race is waved when the race manager obtains, on his timer, the time allotted to the round in progress. |
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Huntingdonshire County Cricket Club has a chequered history and now plays informal matches only. |
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For example, the Arnish yard has had a chequered history but has been a significant employer in both the oil and renewables industries. |
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Brian Tuke mentioned in his letter to Cardinal Bainbridge that the coat was lacerated and chequered with blood. |
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Plas Llanina has quite a chequered history including some interesting owners and various stories associated with them. |
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But on the other hand we took great care of the way we handled the car, and the Belgian trio took the chequered flag in 2nd place overall, which also meant 2nd spot in the class. |
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The YART machine went on to control masterfully from in front, maintaining a cushion of two laps over the British outfit to take the chequered flag in first position. |
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Trim elements made from dark, brushed aluminium and the instrument cluster sporting a chequered flag design with red indicator needles provide further touches. |
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Although early adopters of Roman material culture, the Treveri had a chequered relationship with Roman power. |
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He kept on trying and was tenth under the chequered flag. |
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The chequered flag marks the start for this new Tissot Racing model. |
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We are delighted to have found the first Singaporean to take the chequered flag and thank everyone who participated in the activities. |
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Indeed, he was shuffled back to a disappointing 28th place at the chequered flag as he struggled to race the underpowered bike. |
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The 23-year-old Red Bull driver led from pole to chequered flag under the Yas Marina floodlights to chalk up his fifth win of the season. |
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Later a fixed signal was used, with red and white chequered boards on 12 foot high posts being turned to face trains from one direction if another train was ahead. |
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Our minds are, as it were, chequered with truth and falsehood. |
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When placed on a chequered background the fish, by changing its chromatophores was able to assimilate with its surroundings by becoming chequered. |
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When the race resumed, Nico Rosberg led the race until the chequered flag, while Hamilton ultimately finished third after being unable to catch Daniel Ricciardo. |
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But his lead did not last long as Schmid regained his advantage allowing him to control the pace of the race and take the chequered flag largely unthreatened. |
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It was designed by Raymond Loewy and evokes a chequered flag. |
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