The best argument for keeping the BBC is to imagine what we would gain by abolishing the corporation or forcing it to accept adverts. |
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Mum Claire had taken him to McDonald's at Clifton Moor, York, to help him gain confidence with the walking frame he needs to get about. |
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This, combined with poor prospects for economic gain by the British, resulted in a de facto abdication of many responsibilities of governance. |
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If we can hire foreign coaches why can't we go abroad to gain more experience and improve our form? |
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On a sprint day, each athlete races against the clock to gain a qualifying time on the course. |
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Its best performance two years ago saw 25 per cent of children gain five GCSEs or more at grade C or above. |
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With a bit of overclocking on the memory you should, by rights, be able to gain an average frame rate above thirty frames per second. |
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Those corporations aren't losing in this process, so there's no loss corresponding to a stockholder's capital gain on stocks. |
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Nutritionist and trainers escorted players assigned to lose or gain weight to the buffet line and sat with them. |
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In the late 1980s several generic-drug companies were caught fabricating data and bribing FDA officials to gain approval. |
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Will Rachel gain admission to Fantasy Island or be booted off, or flee in revulsion? |
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She stuffed herself with chocolate cake, hot dogs, and bologna sandwiches to gain back some of her lost weight. |
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Yes, it would gain much-needed protection for LGBT people who can be fired simply for being gay, bi, or trans. |
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What could audiences possibly gain from watching Hollywood personnel go through the motions of adhering to an Asian precursor? |
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In an effort to gain early attention, he focused his attention on the Iowa precinct caucuses, which had never mattered much. |
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Insurgents are trying to gain control of the country's transportation system. |
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To recapitulate what was said earlier, we need to develop new ways to gain customers. |
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Just minutes earler, a chap wearing a Prince William mask tried to gain entry to the hospital via the main entrance. |
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An important area of future investigation would be microwear studies to gain insights into the nature of the food that abraded animals teeth in the few days before they died. |
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In a situation like the Bahamas, huge multi-nationals with headquarters elsewhere are walking off with our monetary resources, while calling it a gain for us. |
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I'm not sure how I managed to gain 5 inches on my waist that fast. |
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How these gestures will be interpreted by the electorate is not clear, but it is clear that they will do anything, even abase themselves in public, to gain power. |
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Regarding academic medicine, it has become increasingly difficult for a Freud or a Mendel to gain recognition without university affiliation or corporate sponsorship. |
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In subsequent years, two attempts were made to gain Quebec's approval of the constitution. |
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Stoats regularly climb trees to gain access to birds' nests, and are common raiders of nest boxes, particularly those of large species. |
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These two principal forces, economic gain and political security, have been behind enlargements since. |
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At the same time, the SNP were to gain an unprecedented 11 MPs, unseating a number of Conservative MPs in rural constituencies. |
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In England, Labour made a net gain of 21 seats, taking 25 constituencies from the Conservatives and two from the Liberal Democrats. |
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By 1943, the Allies began to gain the upper hand in the Pacific Campaign's air campaigns. |
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Animals with a zinc deficiency require twice as much food to attain the same weight gain as animals with sufficient zinc. |
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If so, Offa's intervention was probably intended to gain control of this relationship and take over the dominance of the associated kingdoms. |
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From the early 1900s, however, Labour candidates began to gain ground and dominated local government from the 1920s onwards. |
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Voice choirs were a natural progression from chapel society, and brass bands would eventually gain acceptance by the movement. |
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In addition, the division's snipers were able to gain the upper hand over their German rivals. |
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The entire 115th Brigade soon rallied, and achieved their initial objective while the 113th were able to gain a foothold near theirs. |
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When the German offensive failed, Falkenhayn ordered the capture of Ypres to gain a local advantage. |
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The First Battle of Passchendaele on 12 October was another Allied attempt to gain ground around Passchendaele. |
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The second stage began on 30 October, to complete the previous stage and gain a base for the final assault on Passchendaele. |
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This change was vital in order to gain the support of Plaid Cymru and the Welsh Liberal Democrats in the event of a referendum. |
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If most people vote 'yes' in this referendum, the Assembly will gain powers to pass laws on all subjects in the devolved areas. |
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A valid ticket is required to pass through a barrier and gain access to the platforms. |
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The Finished Work, however, would ultimately gain ascendancy among Pentecostals. |
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According to this theory, storytellers repeatedly elaborate upon historical accounts until the figures in those accounts gain the status of gods. |
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In 1759, the founding of the Guinness brewery resulted in a considerable economic gain for the city. |
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The top three teams in each conference, excluding the South African teams if necessary, will gain qualification into the Champions Cup. |
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A good start saw Feeney gain 21 points from his first 12 games but results then worsened. |
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These nations, particularly Australia, would go on to excel in the sport and gain significant influence over it over the following century. |
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The fight took place in a converted loft in front of a select crowd of about sixty, who were balloted to gain their tickets. |
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The band went on to gain critical and commercial success in spite of his absence. |
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Nutrient dilution, which occurs when plastics displace food in the gut, affects the nutrient gain and consequently the growth of sea turtles. |
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Seabirds fly low over water but gain altitude when crossing land, and the reverse pattern is seen in landbirds. |
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Some pups may try to steal extra milk from other nursing mothers and gain weight more quickly than others. |
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Britain's open-door policy on foreign takeovers is a net gain for the economy. |
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Wind turbines also gain some energy from the impulse of the wind, by deflecting it at an angle. |
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Enlightenment ideas began to gain ground among some of the kingdom's elite and monarchy. |
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From the early 16th century, a number of dikes were built against the storm floods and to gain arable land. |
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Patterns of extinction and patterns of species migration can also be studied to gain insight into ocean conditions. |
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This plan was hoped to quickly gain victory against the French and allow German forces to concentrate on the Eastern Front. |
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He never sought to gain or augment the confidence of his followers by concealing facts, minimising difficulties, or overcolouring expectations. |
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Optical cavities are a major component of lasers, surrounding the gain medium and providing feedback of the laser light. |
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The Spanish ships turned, allowing Tromp's squadron to turn also, gain the wind, and escape the danger. |
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At 6 pm, Tourville was able to use the tide to gain a respite, and Shovell used the same tide at 8 pm for a fireship attack. |
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The outflanking attempts had resulted in a number of encounter battles but neither side was able to gain a decisive victory. |
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On June 10 Italy declared war on both France and the United Kingdom, but did not gain any significant success in this campaign. |
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The first priority was to eliminate the Royal Air Force and gain air supremacy. |
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To gain recognition by the native Egyptian populace, they named themselves as the successors to the Pharaohs. |
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The receiver's gain is automatically adjusted to maintain a constant level of overall visible clutter. |
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In the past, radar AGC was electronically controlled and affected the gain of the entire radar receiver. |
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Most strength coaches agree that to gain an inch on your arms, you have to pack on at least 10 pounds of body mass. |
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At the race circuit, the presenters were to gain a point for every car they overtook and lose a point each time they were overtaken. |
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Tokugawa Ieyasu served as regent for Hideyoshi's son and used his position to gain political and military support. |
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In another part of his work, Pliny describes the use of undermining to gain access to the veins. |
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Edward made his household gain more control over finances and even investigated old records to see that payments had been made. |
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In January 1488, in Parliament, James tried to gain supporters by making his second son Duke of Ross and four Lairds full Lords of Parliament. |
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If the mother does not gain enough weight to survive through the winter, the embryo does not implant and is reabsorbed into the body. |
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Economists have recently shown that there exists a large productivity gain due to locating in dense agglomerations. |
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The Norway maple also suffers less herbivory than the sugar maple, allowing it to gain a competitive advantage against the latter species. |
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Both partners gain water and mineral nutrients mainly from the atmosphere, through rain and dust. |
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According to archaeological and genetic evidence, North and South America were the last continents in the world to gain human habitation. |
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In order to gain a better understanding about the variability, numerical sea ice models are used to perform sensitivity studies. |
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Thus a person with an underactive thyroid can gain weight even on a low-calorie diet. |
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Under his command the Ottoman Empire was able to gain and keep control of the eastern Mediterranean for over thirty years. |
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Rhode Island started enlisting slaves in 1778, and promised compensation to owners whose slaves enlisted and survived to gain freedom. |
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By warning that free blacks would flood the North, Democrats made gains in the 1862 elections, but they did not gain control of Congress. |
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However, some studies suggest that leading fish gain certain feeding benefits. |
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Thorfinn and Thorkel sail to Norway to visit and gain the friendship of King Olaf. |
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His 1152 marriage to Eleanor of Aquitaine allowed the future Henry II to gain control of his new wife's possessions of Aquitaine and Gascony. |
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Without a large central authority and its laws, the pirates themselves started to gain much influence. |
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In 2008, Nader formed Independent Parties in New Mexico, Delaware, and elsewhere to gain ballot access in several states. |
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Many participants use these trips to boost their resumes, travel with friends, and as a way to gain world experience and see new countries. |
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Generally, only net gain from sale of property, including goods held for sale, is included in income. |
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It is also easier to gain access to local labour resources and heavy equipment such as floating cranes and barges. |
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In September 1994, Beckham went on to gain his first full appearance in the club's first team against Port Vale in a League Cup fixture. |
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On 2 February 2010, Vestel became the first manufacturer to gain Freeview HD certification, for the Vestel T8300 set top box. |
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Among the first wave of performers to gain mainstream success as rap rock were 311, Bloodhound Gang, and Kid Rock. |
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Chandler later admitted that he engineered the tour in an effort to gain publicity for Hendrix. |
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However, males of all species are aggressive towards each other during mating season, to gain access to females. |
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However, entomophagy would solve most of the former problems, and may start to gain popularity among society in the West. |
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This intensified British efforts to gain control over the indigenous peoples. |
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Professional anglers are not engaged in commercial fishing, even though they gain an economic reward. |
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Domitian was apparently unable to gain support among the aristocracy, despite attempts to appease hostile factions with consular appointments. |
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Learning to make a pinch pot is a great way to gain some experience with manipulating soft clay. |
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Gibbon's Memoires Litteraires failed to gain any notoriety, and was considered a flop by fellow historians and literary scholars. |
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The actual story in Beowulf, however, is that the Geatish king helps a Swede to gain the throne. |
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Some raiding, however, was necessary to gain initial control of the towns and regions that they developed into centers of economic activities. |
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Of all the New World plants introduced to Italy, only the potato took as long as the tomato to gain acceptance. |
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Genoa began to gain autonomy from the Holy Roman Empire around 1096, becoming a medieval commune and participating in the First Crusades. |
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Morocco has had strong ties to the West in order to gain economic and political benefits. |
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In 1125, the Jin dynasty founded by the Jurchens overthrew the Liao dynasty and attempted to gain control over former Liao territory in Mongolia. |
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Dominant males gain mating access to females, which bear the sole responsibility for raising the young. |
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Males must wait until they are at least seven years old to gain the opportunity to mate. |
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In this way, surgery was no longer regarded as a lower practice, but instead began to be respected and gain esteem and status. |
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Mercantilism is an economic policy that emphasizes the goal of each nation was to gain as much money as possible by whatever means. |
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Fellows are elected for life, and gain the right to use the postnomial Fellow of the Royal Society title. |
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In 1651, the war between Spain and Portugal encouraged another Paulista attack to gain territory for Portugal. |
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In the wake of World War II, decolonization movements began to gain momentum in the empires of the European powers. |
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Baseball was one of the first sports to gain widespread popularity in Puerto Rico. |
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The Aztecs regarded the Spaniards as already defeated, and were looking to gain glory from capturing live Spaniards to sacrifice to their gods. |
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In the meantime, the Guard began a series of populist measures that would gain support for the coup. |
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Alvarado's regime undertook radical reforms aimed at fostering development, but failed to gain widespread support. |
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People loyal to Atahualpa created a new capital in Quito, so they could follow their preferred ruler and gain favor within the government. |
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I hope he will gain as little thereby as he has done in the past, and that the French will calm down. |
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In an attempt to gain public support, he created the citizens commission the Council of Twelve Men. |
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In 1558 Ivan launched the Livonian War in an attempt to gain access to the Baltic Sea and its major trade routes. |
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During that period, the goal of political activity was to gain influence over the sitting autocrat or to place one's own candidate on the throne. |
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The Cossack National Movement of Liberation hoped to gain an independent Cossack state, to be called Cossackia, after the war. |
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Factions in the Polish Commonwealth saw him as a tool to extend their influence over Russia, or at least gain wealth in return for their support. |
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In the ensuing turmoil, three states tried to gain predominance in the period of the Three Kingdoms. |
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Other pest and diseases can gain entry through the physical damage caused by gall formation, leading to rots. |
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One field worker gathering material claimed they had to dress in old clothes to gain the confidence of elderly villagers. |
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The second attempt, the Charlottetown Accord of 1992, also failed to gain traction. |
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The failure of Conciliarism to gain broad acceptance after the 15th century is taken as a factor in the Protestant Reformation. |
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The pope may have utilized the forged Donation of Constantine to gain this land, which formed the core of the Papal States. |
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Attempts by the Presbyterians, led by Richard Baxter, to gain approval for an alternative service book failed. |
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During the latter part of the 1660s, the Portuguese tried to gain control of Kongo. |
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The Portuguese in the latter part of the 16th century tried to gain control of Ndongo but were defeated by the Mbundu. |
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Johns managed to gain foothold on the island, but failed to reach the summit. |
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These norms are said to gain their strength from universal acceptance, such as the prohibitions against genocide and slavery. |
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Nonetheless, enslaved African Americans escaped to Union lines to gain freedom without waiting for official action. |
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In addition, many members of the English elite would gain personally if Dutch ships were captured. |
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He survived to ultimately gain control of all of Mewar, excluding the Chittor Fort. |
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When authority is granted to the few over resources on which many depend, the few gain power over the goals of the many. |
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The government of the day must achieve the confidence of this House to gain and hold power. |
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He also predicted the Conservatives would gain in strength if an election were called. |
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The term rotten borough is sometimes used as a pejorative epithet for electorates used to gain political leverage. |
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Chamberlain felt that it left open the option of either Asquith or Lloyd George as premier, dependent on who could gain greater support. |
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The first hereditary peer to gain a seat in the Commons under this provision was John Thurso. |
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Stream wheels gain little or no advantage from head, a difference in water level. |
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Most of the energy gain is from the movement of the water and comparatively little from the head. |
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Some individuals acquire the new information before others and recombine the resources to gain an entrepreneurial profit. |
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This new definition recognizes a mutualistic relationship in which both partners gain benefits. |
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Owen attempted to gain support for his socialist vision among American thinkers, reformers, intellectuals, and public statesmen. |
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In addition, he delivered lectures in Europe and published a weekly newspaper to gain support for his ideas. |
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This is called the gain of the carriage, its purpose being to eliminate all irregularities in the fineness of the thread. |
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The charade was only useful in order to gain more time and resources for the project but not to create interchangeable parts. |
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The meaning of reduction then became generalized to include all processes involving gain of electrons. |
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Anyone could form a company, gain investment and submit a Bill to Parliament. |
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Their goal was instead to gain a better bargaining position with their employers. |
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Itagaki sought peaceful, rather than rebellious, means to gain a voice in government. |
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What I see from my world is your indecisiveness, you 'underfeel and undertell' to gain their support, is that not where you are my lady? |
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The one-year access course offers an opportunity to gain a qualification to progress to a wide range of degrees and higher education. |
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Dietary linoleic acid elevates the endocannabinoids 2-AG and anandamide and promotes weight gain in mice fed a low fat diet. |
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I have moved to Silicon Valley to gain real-time, warmware access to heroes of a truly virtual community. |
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It turns out that's way more gain than you need for a keyboard, but you don't have to use all of it to benefit from the sonic characteristics. |
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Using those two axes, you gain a broad view but also one that has depth. |
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Aa HCAC has become the third health care accreditation organization in the world to gain all three international accreditations set by ISQua. |
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Positive gain is when both the input and the output are increasing, while negative gain is when the input increases, while the output decreases. |
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Annexation was supported by American border businessmen who wanted to gain control of Great Lakes trade. |
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Thus, stag profit is the financial gain accumulated by the party or individual resulting from the value of the shares rising. |
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Derivative products or instruments help the issuers to gain an unusual profit from issuing the instruments. |
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Only when companies realized that they could gain power through government did monopolies begin to form. |
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To leave the loop, the driver contacts control to gain authorisation to enter the next single track section. |
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Most of the larger cable ferries angle themselves in the stream to gain part of their propulsion from the current, as a reaction ferry. |
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Finally Coledale Hause can be used to gain the main ridge between Crag Hill and Grasmoor. |
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An alternative bypasses the subsidiary summit to gain Cat Bields from the south west. |
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From here the long valleys of Grisedale and Glenridding can be used to gain access deep into the fells. |
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The potential for plant growth is net photosynthesis, the total gross gain of biomass by photosynthesis, minus the biomass lost by respiration. |
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Haydon Bridge was the last village on the A69 in Northumberland to gain a bypass. |
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In the previous 2013 election, the County Council was Labour controlled, a gain from the Conservatives. |
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In an attempt to gain the rewards of such a reputation, the forger often engages in two distinct activities. |
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The Pyroloideae are mixotrophic and gain sugars from the mycorrhizae, as well as nutrients. |
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If he swore not to escape, he could gain better accommodations and the freedom of the prison. |
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But stymied by a rockband, you are forced to traverse left instead, following cairns to gain the fire road between two large cairns. |
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Kasparov sacked his queen early on in the game to gain a positional advantage against Kramnik. |
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How do they expect that by preventing a shitton of rich honkies from going home will gain support for their cause? |
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If Collins smells a rat, you might gain nothing and tempt the gang to persecute you and your daughter. |
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As a lesson horse she needs to gain confidence in her rider, or can become spookish over the jumps, dodging out of them. |
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To deprive the enemy of any advantage they might gain at night, he had star shells which could light up the entire countryside. |
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On the other hand, in sham-operated or starvated groups, fetal body weight gain was not suppressed. |
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The politician timed his announcement to stunt any surge in the polls his opponent might gain from the convention. |
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The Population Factor is a dissipator or swamper of the gain in per capita income and hence of the redressal of poverty to that degree. |
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Texiters would gain freedom within Texas but lose influence within the rest of the United States. |
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I desired Titus, and with him I sent a brother. Did Titus make a gain of you? walked we not in the same spirit? walked we not in the same steps? |
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A new formula has been formulated by CB-1 Weight Gainer, which is more than doubles its weight gain strength and decreases the needed dosage. |
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Stick a photo on your page showing you drunk as a skunk and widdling in the gutter and you'll gain 1000 followers. |
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Add to the obeisance of the yea-sayers the quiet capitulation of the majority, and injustice and untruth will gain the upper hand. |
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It aims to highlight the use of anabolic androgenic steroids across all levels of sport and gain an accurate picture of the problem. |
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Androgenic anabolic steroids are used worldwide to help athletes gain muscle mass and strength. |
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Carcass performance and weight gain in culi cows with anestrus induced by surgical versus mechanic ways. |
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Beyond paying her a few charming compliments and amusing her with gay conversation, had he done anything at all to try and gain her affection? |
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Trainees will be required to gain proficiency in venipunctures, angiocaths and medicut in our laboratory. |
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Path traversal occurs when directory backreferences are used in a path to gain access to the parent folder of a subfolder. |
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It is the old problem of what a victor is to do with the vanquished, if the the latter is to gain the bare minimum of economic independence. |
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Do you want to go out there and do the right things or do you want to make that big hit to gain a big name? |
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You'll have to live on almost nothing, cashwise, but you'll gain a lump sum upon completion that can be applied to college tuition. |
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It can hardly be conceived that the Chair would fail to gain the support of the House. |
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The resolution, which speedily passed the Senate, was unable to gain a majority in the lower chamber. |
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The settlement is circumvallated by a stake-fence, so decayed that one may gain ingress at a dozen places. |
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Their compactibility, neat yet attractive appearance, always gain admirers, and being made of small power they are much in demand. |
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The project took a few days to gain momentum, but by the end of the week, things were really cooking. |
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Staghorn ferns, with their antlerlike leaves, are really curios of ferndom and never fail to gain attention. |
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They must gain access, engage in field-work, and finally leave the field to carry out analysis. |
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Cyan full-burned the thrusters to gain speed, turning the shuttle away from the planet toward the distant moons. |
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What is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? |
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Going forward we plan to leverage our core competencies to gain market share. |
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The purpose of these was generally not to gain territory, but rather to capture resources and secure prestige. |
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The Spanish uprising in 1808 at last permitted Britain to gain a foothold on the Continent. |
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Hitler and Himmler sought unsuccessfully to gain possession of the Codex Aesinas. |
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Ulysses justifies endangering his sailors by the fact that his goal is to gain knowledge of the unknown. |
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Agrippina had motive in ensuring the succession of Nero before Britannicus could gain power. |
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Membership of the senatorial order was a prerequisite to attain positions within the cursus honorum and to gain entry into the Roman Senate. |
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He may also have planned with Alaric's help to relaunch his attempts to gain control over the Eastern court. |
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In the view of historians David Dumville and Janet Nelson he may have agreed not to marry or have heirs in order to gain acceptance. |
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The Lords Appellant were able to gain control of the council in 1388 and tried, unsuccessfully, to reignite the war in France. |
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Cromwell continued to gain the king's favour when he designed and pushed through the Laws in Wales Acts, uniting England and Wales. |
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Charles continued peace negotiations with the Scots in a bid to gain time before launching a new military campaign. |
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The war then settled into a complex and asymmetric strategic deadlock where all sides struggled to gain the upper hand. |
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His patron, Suckling, had risen to the post of Comptroller of the Navy in 1775, and used his influence to help Nelson gain further promotion. |
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A fragmented China provided easy opportunities for Japan to gain territories piece by piece without engaging in total war. |
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The Liberals then fought and won two general elections in January and December 1910 to gain a mandate for their reforms. |
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From July until September 1940 the Luftwaffe attacked RAF Fighter Command to gain air superiority as a prelude to invasion. |
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Destroying RAF Fighter Command would allow the Germans to gain control of the skies over the invasion area. |
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The Luftwaffe lost 18 percent of the bombers sent on the operations that day, and failed to gain air superiority. |
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By now, the imminent threat of invasion had all but passed as the Luftwaffe had failed to gain the prerequisite air superiority. |
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Although there is no casual access to the interior of the Palace, there are several ways to gain admittance. |
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His campaign did not gain wide support until his speech, delivered without notes, at the 2005 Conservative party conference. |
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They failed to gain a single Member of the European Parliament at this election. |
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In London, the party won four seats, a gain of two, holding seats in Camden and Lewisham, and gaining seats in Islington and Lambeth. |
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We sailed landwards, hoping to gain the shelter of the cove before the storm hit. |
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In a bid to gain Newcastle and the Tyne, Cromwell's allies, the Scots, captured the town of Newburn. |
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Since the Thatcher era, the Conservative Party have since struggled to gain support in the area. |
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In modern practice, competitions are held for cities that wish to gain the distinction of a lord mayor. |
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However, from 6 April 2008, the rate and reliefs applicable to the chargeable gain differ between individuals and companies. |
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The gain is then subject to tax at the applicable marginal rate of corporation tax. |
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Issuer services help companies from around the world to join the London equity market in order to gain access to capital. |
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In December 2014, the government announced that the park would gain enterprise zone status by being added to Nottingham Enterprise Zone. |
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Crick had failed to gain a place at a Cambridge college, probably through failing their requirement for Latin. |
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Adaptation may cause either the gain of a new feature, or the loss of an ancestral feature. |
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Calculus is also used to gain a more precise understanding of the nature of space, time, and motion. |
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A combined approach was initiated in 2014, comprising managed motorway system and lane gain scheme. |
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As with the cars, new models are often exhibited by manufacturers at prestigious industry shows to gain new orders. |
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The company did not succeed with its effort to gain a subsidy for it to continue. |
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In October 2016 it was announced that Nexus was to submit a bid to the Department for Transport in order to gain funding for new trains. |
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Proposals to reopen the route began to gain momentum in the 2000s, led by the East West Rail Link consortium. |
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Many graduate students also participate in teaching practica or clinicals, which provide the opportunity to gain experience in classrooms. |
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Uncertainty in economics is an unknown prospect of gain or loss, whether quantifiable as risk or not. |
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By such means, a hypothesis may gain acceptance, although in a probabilistic, rather than certain, sense. |
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He set up an appointment with Lufthansa South East Asia, with the aim to gain them as 200ml bottle customers. |
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Later, in 1547, Charles signed a humiliating treaty with the Ottomans to gain himself some respite from the huge expenses of their war. |
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These symbols gain their meaning from the scriptures or cultural traditions. |
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To gain an Oppidan Scholarship, a boy must have either three distinctions in a row or four throughout his career. |
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First, the master wishing to Send Up For Good must gain the permission of the relevant Head of Department. |
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Emperors often built baths to gain favour for themselves and to create a lasting monument of their generosity. |
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If a rich Roman wished to gain the favour of the people, he might arrange for a free admission day in his name. |
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Wealthy merchants had no status within the hundred courts and formed guilds to gain influence. |
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Longchamp capitulated to John after just three days, deciding he had more to gain from surrender than prolonging the siege. |
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However, in March, 2016, Prince Andrew ignored these rules and tried to gain access to the park by ramming the gates in his car. |
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In an attempt to gain foreign support, in May 1605 Fawkes travelled overseas and informed Hugh Owen of the plotters' plan. |
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Marriage is seen as the ultimate social achievement for women while men can go on to do many other great things and gain societal recognition. |
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Yet he failed to gain a position that he thought would lead him to success. |
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Franklin provided letters of introduction for Paine to use to gain associates and contacts in France. |
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It was not until the second folk revival that the full range of song from the region began to gain attention. |
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The Jacobites failed to gain further support, and the French reneged on a promise of help. |
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She did her best to gain him the attention of influential society, though with limited success. |
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Quiet and contemplative, and requiring little virtuosity from the soloist, the piece was slow to gain popularity among violists. |
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Los Angeles band Steel Panther managed to gain a following by sending up 80s glam metal. |
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He also obtained another Best Director nomination at the annual Saturn Awards, which also saw the film gain a Best Fantasy Film nomination. |
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The main responsibilities of the forward players are to gain and retain possession of the ball. |
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The player who is unable to return the ball will not gain a point, while the opposite player will. |
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Other players who play enough games during the year can also gain Incremental contracts. |
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Led by Peter McAlister, who was attempting to gain more control of tours from the players. |
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Uncontracted players remain eligible for selection and can be upgraded to a Cricket Australia contract if they gain regular selection. |
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After 7 games each the teams finishing 1st, 2nd and 3rd will gain qualification to the next years Super League season. |
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The field for the Open is 156, and golfers gain a place in a number of ways. |
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In 1986, Honda introduced the successful Acura brand to the American market in an attempt to gain ground in the luxury vehicle market. |
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Davis himself now plays upon this image and says it helped him gain acceptance from the public. |
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The defeat of Pisa, which never fully recovered as a maritime competitor, resulted in gain of control of the commerce of Corsica by Genoa. |
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Of the other princes, only Tancred remained with the ambition to gain his own princedom. |
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The slave trade was, therefore, a means for some African elite to gain economic advantages. |
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Though it creates winners and losers, the broad consensus among economists is that free trade is a large and unambiguous net gain for society. |
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The economic theory of David Ricardo holds that consumers would necessarily gain more than producers would lose. |
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Disraeli wanted the power a majority would bring, and felt he could gain it later by leaving the Liberals in office now. |
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He also invaded Portuguese Mozambique to gain his forces supplies and to pick up more Askari recruits. |
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Adolf Hitler was able to gain popularity by utilising German discontent with the still controversial Treaty of Versailles. |
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Hitler and the NSDAP prepared to take advantage of the emergency to gain support for their party. |
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The canal eased commerce for trading nations and particularly helped European colonial powers to gain and govern their colonies. |
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Politicians were accused of selling crown land for personal gain and misusing public funds. |
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In the 2009 European election the party fielded Alban Maginness as their candidate and failed to gain a seat with 78,489 first preference votes. |
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At the general election in 2007 the party had expectations of substantial gains, with poll predictions that they would gain five to ten seats. |
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The Welsh Conservatives emerged as the largest opposition party with 14 seats, a net gain of two, but party leader Nick Bourne lost his seat. |
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