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How to use patches in a sentence

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When they do take to the air, their size, their deep wingbeats, and the black patches on their wings and neck make them easy to recognize.
The living room contained two couches, both worn out with patches sewn into them.
The advisories are typically practical advice in applying system patches and better configuring systems to be more secure.
Most of the news reports and advisories told people to make sure their security was up to date and their patches current.
Also, avoid using astringents containing alcohol on anywhere but the most oily patches of skin.
It is here, on the calcareous soils, that patches of karroid scrub veld are to be found on the Reserve.
The only preparation done before shooting was to run a few dry patches through the bore and properly lube the gun.
Dams were one solution, both to slake the thirst of livestock and to feed patches of green lucerne for ostriches.
Usually, to make the problem tractable, the molecules are assumed to be spherical and the reactive patches are assumed to be circular.
So he has these alabaster white patches of wrinkled turtle skin holding him together.
He has tried everything in the book from patches and sub lingual tabs, to plastic cigarettes and hypnotherapy, and he is still trying.
He was a big white cat with tabby patches and he was like a member of the family.
And there he was, long tail cocked, hooded with black, decorated with patches of deep and brilliant blue.
They had been trekking for three days so far, stepping through knee-high grasses, fording crystalline streams, slipping on patches of pebbles.
When warmer weather arrived I found the clear patches had become a little weedy, old weed together with the beginning of new green growth.
These blisters eventually burst to reveal small wet patches of red skin that may weep fluid.
Unfortunately for me, I developed early and, in the course of doing so, sprouted rampantly growing patches of thick, dark fur all over my body.
Drivers are being warned to look out for especially shiny patches of road and to take extra care, or to avoid the section of road altogether.
Asymmetrical patches of growing feathers were considered adventitious replacement and not scored as molt.
Remnant patches were very similar in structure, tree composition, and mean diameter.
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The other problem from which these remnant patches suffer, he says, are invasions by weeds and introduced plants from developed adjacent land.
It didn't have the latest patches and anti-virus signatures, so when he connected it to his cable modem at home, it became infected.
Besides, maintainers of filesystems rarely accept feature-enhancement patches to their stable filesystems.
Thousands of landmines have made patches of the fertile land into no-go zones.
The bare patches around the goal posts with sparse, tired-looking yellow grass were soon carpeted green.
Flames rush through patches of cane, burning off extraneous tassels and blades, leaving only the sucrose-rich stalks.
Together with the trunk's slits, twists, folds, convolutions, and knars these patches sometimes resemble human faces.
The garden has large patches of bright green moss, fleshy fungi, galloping weeds and, worst of all, a mighty infestation of woodrush.
Or cut away infected new growth and scrub any remaining woolly patches on the bark with a toothbrush dipped in methylated spirits.
Maybe you are tired, got troubles on your mind, dry patches on your face, a little pain in your heart.
Adults are generally mottled light-and-dark underneath, with dark patches at the wrists.
These patches may have a thick silvery-white scale of dead skin on the top, and may be itchy.
Laid out on the bed was a long sleeved, shapeless, faded black dress with patches at the bottom.
Many of the intrusions contain veins and irregular patches of xenocrystic hybrid rock and granite.
Scratch up the surface of any bare patches in the lawn using a garden fork or metal rake.
Amongst them were contrasting patches of colour from common and jewel anemones.
His brindled hide had lost its luster, the short hair mottled by patches of dried blood.
They're so plagued by lice, fleas, dander and mange that their coats are spotted with huge bald patches and pocked with weeping sores.
The bridge was a line of old barges that had been crudely tied together, the deck a mishmash of welded patches of dented rusting metal.
Some monkeys had bald patches caused by over-grooming, a compulsive behaviour caused by stress.
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A cat with little bald patches is unattractive. And I do so like my cat to be cute.
Obesity may be seen as bald patches in certain areas where the feather tracts have separated because of large deposits of fat under the skin.
A spaceship was lying on 4 jacks in the middle of the shed, patches of the hull and fried wiring lying around.
Patients can also have plaque-like hematomas and achromic patches on the retina.
The lesions consisted of round achromic patches of two to three centimeters in diameter.
Then there are the holes he wore in his jackets after putting them on for thirty years, or the mismatched patches she would use to sew them up.
Bitterbrush, sagebrush, and rabbitbrush predominate in a mosaic where patches of blackbrush and mormon tea are common.
We drove past brown, sandy hills crowned by patches of cacti with round, thorned leaves.
Fertilizer in irrigation runoff has caused the normally small cattail patches to spread densely over thousands of acres.
The patterns are made up of rough, raised patches of skin called callosities.
The town's community had recently imposed a rahui and banned patches on a local marae.
If you are lucky enough to visit in the summer when the rata is flowering the deep green vegetation is brightened by patches of rich red.
Put a few drops of peppermint oil on the thumb patches of your gloves, so you can sniff on the fly.
And without the rivers, the campesinos could not irrigate the tiny corn patches that fed their families.
While it poured from great, dark thunderheads, long patches of blue sky could still be seen.
On small patches of coloured construction paper, you can find names that have gone unspoken for decades.
The glue-on patches have been just as ineffective, with most failures coming when the glue hardens and cracks and the patch peels away.
The jacket is manufactured from wool and has khaki cloth patches on the elbows.
I can tell what I've been up to by analyzing the patches of scunge that are sticking to various parts of me.
There are similar patches of tape on the hood and on the trunk, the boot of this vehicle.
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I did notice some scratches and odd patches of flicker, but otherwise Warner outdid themselves on the transfer.
Their fur was thickest in patches on the head and groin, elsewhere it was thin and limited.
Price paints the forms with patches and dots of color, sands down the surface and repaints.
And their centers had turned into brown patches where it seemed even the little toadstools I had stupidly admired had trouble growing.
From there we zigzagged up a sometimes steep but relatively easy path, and crossed a few patches of snow to reach the lake.
Rake over and re-seed bare patches on the lawn and sow new lawns by the end of September.
Avoid dung or urine patches and areas where fertiliser or lime was heaped or spilled.
Anastasia set the picture down on her nightstand and picked up her shoulder bag that was covered with patches of bands she liked.
Her maids had curled her hair and powdered it with gold dust, and were finishing an application of painted patches to her face.
For this reason any patches of leukoplakia should be regularly reviewed by your dentist.
She said the attackers wore green ribbed pullovers with suede patches on the shoulders and ski-type masks.
Many of the works are, as usual, rich in flaking patches of rust, but, in a departure for the artist, several are also highly polished.
He said crews aggressively attempt to plug leaks, but new leaks frequently open where patches had earlier been applied.
I started getting patches of it in the crook of my elbows, on my neck and around my eyes.
Just a couple of years ago, the vegetable patches yielded some of the sweetest spinach this side of the Yangtze River.
He's got a nice big backyard to roam through, with ivy to tunnel through and a couple of dirt patches to dig in.
There was nothing else nearby, not a single plant or animal, apart from a few patches of moss growing between the cobblestones.
Several darker patches on the horizon suggested the many islands that made up the archipelago.
Their regulated breaths became shallow and rapid and wet patches of perspiration started to blotch their chests and their backs.
Apache is white with black patches over his left flank, under his chest and neck and over the top of his head, around his eyes.
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And a pair of tight hip hugger blue jean flares with star patches all down the sides.
By doing so, he patches up an unorthodox story with a heart-warming resolution.
This species inhabits both the open heaths and the woodland borders and often takes advantage of patches of heath that have recently been burnt.
The pond is actually quite a large lake, fringed with extensive reedbeds and patches of willow scrub, surrounded by heathland and birch scrub.
A pack of skeletally thin dogs, which have followed their owners, sniff the wet patches of grass for scraps of food.
When he came to patches of open water, he donned a special swimsuit over his winter clothes and then swam across, dragging the sled behind him.
They walked on in silence after that, blindly stumbling through the patches of thick mulga scrub.
He asks whether he should spend his time between fog patches switching his lights on and off.
A mosaic of heather, grass patches and burned-off gorse in the Ladder Hills creates a fashionable camouflage effect.
As in several other works, he left small patches of the background unpainted to let the whiteness and luminosity of the ivory shine through.
The Black Hills are the eastern limit of the Ponderosa pine forests and about the only place you can find pristine patches of montane grasslands.
The trick in overcoming this is to punctuate the display with patches of darker, richer colour such as dark pink, magenta or deep red.
On mixed ground where you have stones and patches of sand, try half a small sandeel, which I've found good for the biggies.
These small patches can be concatenated together when distributed to project maintainers.
Examining his arms he found that they were peeling in a very disgusting fashion, large patches of skin flaking off.
Psoriasis usually appears as red or inflamed patches of skin which are covered in a silver or white scale.
It causes large red or purple patches on your skin, with scaly skin on top of them.
The swamps include sago palms, mangroves, and patches of tropical rain forest.
The going at the track was described as good to soft, but frozen patches were still affecting the back straight yesterday.
The researchers found that the patches didn't affect people's cravings for boiled sweets, savoury snacks or alcohol.
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Their tradition of slash-and-burn farming demanded that they leave behind used-up corn-fields every three years to clear new patches of forest.
This form is most common in children and involves red, itchy patches on the scalp, often leaving bald patches.
In place of Aryan glory I'd grown patches of wiry baneberry thistles interspersed with industrial size brillo bathtub scrubbers.
Fifth instar caterpillars pupate under rocks or in the litter beneath host plant patches in mid-June to mid-July.
Seedlings became established in patches in new locations in each successive mast year for several reasons.
The dance was silly, unplanned, and cut short when both simultaneously slipped on patches of wet grass.
I used to rely on topical hydrocortisone creams for patches of seborrhea on my arms, chest and hairline.
The area comprises of thornveld, with forest patches along the cliffs and drainage lines.
The majority of studies on melanin ornaments cited in Table 1 measured only the size of discrete patches of melanic feathers.
On the few patches of dry ground, tropical rattlesnakes lie low, and in shallow pools, spectacled caiman doze just beneath the surface.
He was still handsome, but he had patches of greasy skin on his face, and parts of his hair had been dyed blue.
Repeat to add toggles to the remaining four patches with matching grainlines.
There were patches of band logos and patterned fabrics sewn on with varying colors of thread and tooth floss.
It has the habit of swimming in small shoals around patches of flotsam, or floating logs, and is attracted by rafts or drifting boats.
Patch boundaries overlapped each other, and many contained older or younger aged patches within their boundaries.
Some distant street lights are casting patches of yellow criss-crossing branches as an overlay on the swirling flat ice surface.
The figures of three adults, a baby and a dog are constructed of patches of cloth stitched with a sewing machine.
The paint had almost completely rusted off and the few remaining patches of color were a putrid shade of green.
The forest floor was covered with fallen leaves and needles, and had patches of short grass in a few places.
Compost heaps, log piles, rockeries, garden ponds and long grass patches provide cover and food for visiting grass snakes and slow-worms.
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The telltale sign is the appearance of itchy patches of skin that flake or crack.
The church sisters wrapped him in a quilt made out of patches of John's clothing.
The patches become itchy and painful, causing both physical and psychological discomfort.
Testosterone can be given intramuscularly or topically with transdermal patches or gel.
Melasma is a skin condition in which brown patches occur primarily on the cheekbones, forehead and upper lip.
The vegetation is a mix of grasses, annual herbs and isolated patches of mesquite, cholla, ephedra and yucca.
Potentially suitable patches were determined from aerial surveys and ground checks.
Every house had a last for putting tips on heels and patches on soles but they were brought to the cobbler when new soles were needed.
Golden-winged Warbler territories usually included a shrubby field with patches of herbs and shrubs, a field-forest ecotone and adjacent forest.
Journalism professors raised themselves up on their suede elbow patches to tsk-tsk.
The gut-associated lymphoid tissue includes the appendix and Peyer's patches in the small intestine.
The images are striking because of their simplicity and the vivid patches of colour on them.
It has a thin, black bill, dark gray to blackish legs, dark patches on either side of the upper breast, and dark ear patches.
Big black patches had settled under my eyes, and my lips and cheeks were horribly colorless.
Mixed patches of H. wrightii and T. testudinum were found along much of the margin between monospecific stands of these two species.
The most exciting bird of the flight was a houbara bustard flying up from the dry desert scrub showing large white patches on its wings.
The sky was black, blanketed in rolling clouds of smoke that glowed with patches of baleful red, from burning cinders.
The grass was less than perfect, parched patches dotted the lawn, and numerous dandelions stuck up here and there making the landscape ugly.
Salmon parr in the wild will naturally come across patches of substrate of similar color to the marble chips used in this experiment.
Since yesterday more flowers had blooms, and now there were patches of white amongst the grass, and many more different flowers by the brook.
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Wooden fencing round the gardens on the ground floors, already broken down and rotting, the patches inside still uncared for.
There were no grey areas, no muddy patches of confusion to catch you off guard.
There were mended patches all over the coat and she could tell it was very old, it smelled nice though.
You sew new patches on old, fragile cloth, it will tear around the patch and make the hole bigger.
For extra attention, select a cardigan with small pockets or leather patches on the elbows.
It's charcoal gray with light gray stitching, elbow patches and a large star patch on the front.
It was made of cheap leather patches haphazardly sewn together pieces of tanned hide.
All I need is a cheap tweed coat with leather patches at my elbows and I could be dodgy salesman of the year.
They're usually so docile, chess players, with their pasty skin, skinny necks, elbow patches and eyeglasses.
Many wore American flags in straw hats and American patches over their hearts.
Even among other service members who may wear combat patches on their right sleeves, the U.S. flag patch is always supposed to be at the top.
The Marines don't have all the funky badges and patches that the Army has, so they don't have the same issue.
The front of the jacket is decorated with leather patches depicting all five units involved in the Doolittle Raid.
We rely on the identification patches on there to distinguish between the good guys and the bad guys.
Speaking of history, I notice the Orioles wearing 50-year anniversary patches on their sleeves.
The army cleverly arranged to have inserted among the legitimate insignia properly designed patches for most of the notional formations.
Smokers could go for alternatives such as sunflower seeds, apple slices, raisins, nicotine gum and patches to help them quit, he said.
Transdermal patches are thin medicated patches which are attached to the skin with adhesive.
Similar to a nicotine replacement patch, insulin patches placed on the skin would provide a continuous low dose of insulin.
For more serious travel sickness your doctor may prescribe patches containing hyoscine.
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During the Enlightenment, fashionable dress, masks and masquerading, corsetry, and the wearing of beauty patches were part of everyday life.
The English and French gentry used patch boxes in which to keep beauty patches as well as patches to cover pox scars.
Siena's characteristic angular outlines and patches of light and dark carry well over a distance.
I look around at Briggs Stadium, at the worn patches in the outfield, the flakes of rust on the bolts that hold the seats in the concrete floors.
The heavily snow covered trees with a few patches of green looked spectacular.
Older leaves develop a characteristic mottling, or patches of discoloration.
Also, try to steer clear of the shoulder, bumpy patches and potholes, which can be tough on your tires.
Watching her shake her head, he noticed to bright patches of red on her already bruised neck.
It does best in disturbed forest patches with large amounts of edge or open canopy.
Sharp-tailed Grouse live in grassy areas with patches of trees in the northern Columbia Basin.
Using the maps as a guide, farmers can treat just the weed patches with minimal amounts of the appropriate chemical.
Icy patches will occur in areas of seepage, otherwise no problems expected.
It covers a large area in terms of several hundred square kilometres, but it's only in very small patches within that area.
It was a wild-eyed grey, still young judging by the dark patches still covering its coat.
Under experimental conditions, roots have been shown to respond to patches of fertility through increased branching of higher order laterals.
Although the patterned bilayer patches undergo a slight area expansion, they are then stable for weeks at room temperature.
His crop was planted over a wide area in small patches with a fair amount of tree cover.
Further, types of edges that delimit grassland patches vary from one area to another, which can influence area sensitivity.
The possibility that the economy is going through one of its regular soft patches should not be discounted.
We're talking five-minute patches of overdriven Moog, bass-thumping and off-time drumbeats.
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I should be concentrating more on when particular synth patches reemerge, as I think this would be interesting.
The unitary conductances in patches with a single active channel are stable for the durations of the recordings.
I tried all of the reverb patches on drums, vocals, electric guitars and keyboards and found them to have good dynamic responses.
This is a feature in Windows that downloads the software patches automatically onto computers.
I also assume the reader is comfortable applying source patches and compiling programs.
Everything was a forest green or a clear blue, with patches of sunlight here and there.
On the shaded parts of the lane that led to the pub, there were still icy patches where he had to slow.
The cloud cover had lifted a little, broken by patches of snow-colored sky.
Threadbare patches in her fur and mane shone dull against the her tawny pelt.
He grew into a strong, timber wolf with a thick, healthy gray pelt with brown patches on his muzzle, ears and tail tip.
And we walked through churchyards at night, coming upon little patches of graves that were lit by flickering candles.
The sun is now hidden behind clouds and patches of unmelted snow are appearing on the ground.
And today it was revealed that community officers will begin to patrol their own patches from April.
Last Tuesday morning the diggers arrived to scrape away earth to form 14 rectangular patches of soil opposite the residents' homes.
Even though his face was so gray, red patches of fever burned in his cheeks.
When you see the stack of unsewn patches go down you kind of get in there to finish them all off.
This condition causes increased dark patches on pale or untanned skin and light patches on tanned or darker skin.
More possibilities lie ahead for heart patches and repair of the dura mater tissue that protects the brain and spinal cord.
She was soaking wet and had bald patches as well as open cuts and sores around her back legs.
He now had two patches of grain and maize while apricots, cherries, plums and quince hung heavily from boughs covered in thick, grey lichen.
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The wet patches gradually shrink, the bubbles subside, the dryness steadily encroaches.
A stunned silence followed, then a small group began to applaud, speckled patches of clapping joining from across the auditorium.
Her duster was a dark purple and her shirt was a black tight top with a few patches of color on it.
For 15 years she has had symmetrical patches of vitiligo on her hands, elbows, hips, and neck.
Scott had a big splotch of red dye on his forehead and patches of green and purples decorated his cheeks.
All this means that applying patches is a non-trivial and increasingly expert task.
Baggy white pants with patches and a shrunken, buttonless vest was not his idea of a good costume.
The canvas is covered with squarish patches of paint, a lot of them light blue but also greens, yellows, oranges and reds.
Spots of snow still lurk on northern slopes while glacial lilies unfurl in patches of sunlight.
He also showcased a new and innovative take on evening wear with double denim covered in sparkly patches and badges.
The grout anchors bolts, dowels, and reinforcing bars, and patches and caulks concrete block.
The shape and colour of Phloeidae are such that they are homochromous with the tree trunk or mimetic, resembling patches of lichens.
Most of the country is covered by steppes, with desert areas and some patches of cultivated land.
Doctors call these drugs vasodilators and they are available in a variety of forms, including tablets, sprays, skin patches and ointments.
It causes cracks in the corners of the mouth and white patches on the tongue, palate, lips, and insides of the cheeks.
Their minds are, that is, circumvolved about them like soap-bubbles reflecting sundry patches of the macrocosmos.
Even when a propshaft has been salvaged, there are normally strengthened patches on the keel where the bearings would have been mounted.
Staff from Thames Water are preparing parrots, peg legs and eye patches for their 10th charity pantomime.
Those bright patches of colour certainly stand out from the dismal grounds of the estate.
There are a couple of patches where the paint's gone, but nothing that can't be filled in with touch-up paint, or a blue felt-tip pen.
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Another possible reason for the skewed distribution of genet size within patches is intraspecific competition among the genets.
He had long, brown, spiky hair, a spotty complexion and stubble and wore a white polo shirt and baggy blue jeans with white patches on them.
Although the royal corgis weren't in evidence, there were those sparse looking patches of grass familiar to any dog owner!
First, males may incorporate postures that highlight specific color patches during display.
The sky was creamily overcast, but the sun still shone through at patches of cloud that were not as thick as others.
This high-intensity crown fire killed almost all trees in the area, leaving only small patches of unburned forest.
By cutting patches in the path of the beetles' eastward spread, loggers hope to stall their expansion.
Unlike the symmetrical spots of the Dalmatian, the patches are jagged and irregular.
They often have cloudy whitish patches on the throat, near the umbilicus, and in the genital area.
Moderate scoring shows up as a characteristic wear pattern, often in patches on the addendum, dedendum, or both.
The tonsils and the back of the throat may look red, swollen and dotted with whitish or yellowish patches of pus.
The Teledu or Malayan stink badger or mydaus javanensis, of Borneo, Sumatra, and Java has a wide stripe or a row of patches running down the back of his small body.
A three-year research project aims to identify factors determining the occurrence of malimbes in forest patches within the range of the Ibadan malimbe.
Anticipating actual legal reform, the development of cannabis beverages, lozenges, skin patches or other forms of delivery could be encouraged to diminish pulmonary hazards.
An hour-and-a-half away by train and then taxi, the rural hamlet is accessible only by dirt roads that are lined with low-rise houses, vegetable patches and wild-looking dogs.
Inspired by a trip to England, Pat's son Brian built the gate pillars with salvaged bricks and concrete blocks, made rustic with patches of mortar.
Users are strongly advised to download and install the latest software patches from Microsoft and to update their anti-virus definitions as soon as possible.
Upon successful completion of the patch testing, we develop our deployment notification to customers and then launch the patches via scalable automated processes.
I've two long patches of kaffir lilies consisting of three varieties.
Because the heads bear distinguishing patches of rough skin, called callosities, a good overhead view allows scientists to recognize an individual whale, year after year.
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As Dan followed the Rottweiler puppy deeper and deeper into the darkness of the trees, he felt a chill pass through him and saw patches of snow still unmelted on the ground.
The horse was still sporting several bald patches due to a skin rash that has clustered near his flank, croup, and hip, but the condition has had no impact on his training.
Slowly we progress across the crimson lakes of sand, silver pools of sand, enormous hillocks of sand, skirting giant rocks and stubbornly vibrant patches of thorn bush.
While out digging, put in a few patches of winter pansies or a clump of ornamental cabbages to give a little brightness as other plants finally die back or lose their leaves.
You know it makes sense, there are places and people available to help you, patches that wean you off nicotine slowly, help groups that support you through the bad times.
The Love Street pitch had apparently been like an inland sea only 48 hours before kick-off but apart from a couple of extended patches of sand the waters had subsided.
He had done a lot of wood repair in the aileron and flap bays so there were patches of silver dope on the fabric and it was not really looking so good.
Both artists sketch loose geometric shapes in the surrounding field, only minimally suggesting background scenery with large patches of intense color.
Walking around, you can see soldiers wearing patches from scores of units.
Bronchoscopic examination performed within 1 day or 2 days of menses disclosed multiple purplish-red submucosal patches bilaterally that bled easily when touched.
The dimensions of all patches were measured with digital calipers.
They are also aided in avoiding detection by dark bands and patches of dorsal color which act as a form of camouflage when the fish is viewed from above, especially by birds.
These programs enable you to manipulate text patches easily in all sorts of useful ways, and they have saved kernel developers many hours of tedious work.
In fact, badges or patches tended to disappear altogether, as the GI traded in his original issue field uniforms for replacements at irregular intervals.
Here lie the remains of Rudolph's winter camp, a collection of small living stations scattered over an acre of terrain, camouflaged by patches of hemlock and laurel.
The three girlfriends are chiefly excuses for Bobby's shilly-shallying, so we get glaring patches of clashing color revolving around a colorless blob.
The distribution of pattern elements is nested, such that species with less common elements such as rump patches also have more common elements such as wing bars.
I sat there for a few seconds, staring thunderstruck at the blotchy, indistinguishable patches on my page that had once represented words, and very important ones at that.
Below, wings are mostly buff, and the patches at the wrists are dark.
All I really can do is grow a few patches here and there, and since the comb-over idea didn't go over too well, it would seem as though I'm out of luck.
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The minerals found in Maharashtra are mostly zeolites, some of which occur as tiny tube fillings, spherules, nodules, and patches of zeolitic material in basalt.
Along the way, there are little patches of rock, not even islands, more like mudflats, where there are birds, walruses and seals, and polar bears.
Vegetation of the Lowlands Subregion is primarily low to high marsh forest, with restricted patches of deciduous seasonal forest and cohune forest.
The film could've been a standard comedy of manners, but the story has patches of unsettlingly modern violence that set it apart from other period pieces.
These data thus support the authors' suggestion that mycorrhizae are important in enabling plant roots to exploit nutrient patches that might otherwise be out of reach.
In terrestrial environments, the storage of food in caches or hoards similarly results in valuable patches that can benefit the owner but potentially can be pilfered.
His hair stood up in some patches and on the whole he was just unhandsome.
The trail begins near the entrance to the town, extending through patches of dogberries and fireweed, along a beach filled with driftwood and shells and into a wooded area.
The scattered clouds separate, revealing patches of bare sky.
A thick, dense slice of chocolate deliciousness, dotted with patches of softened amaretti cookies and surrounded by a deep red, tart raspberry sauce.
It features a half-zip mock collar, elbow patches for durability and an extra rugged look, and a contrast trim along the inner collar, sleeves and hem.
If these patches become large and involve the very center of the macula, the individual's visual acuity can fall to the point that they are considered legally blind.
Martin looked around him at the stained sleeping bags covering patches of worse stained carpet and the walls scrawled with tags, taunts and empty boasts.
Under high magnification, lighter patches that can be seen probably correspond with larger crystals or clusters of crystals that have aggraded diagenetically.
The wind was ruffling through her patchy fur and he realised she was as naked as he was, the exposed patches of hide glaringly obvious and peculiar-looking.
The equines wasted no time finding the thickest patches of horseweed.
In fact, drawing is prominent in the paintings, whether jerkily outlining colored patches or visible as the pentimenti of earlier, barely erased marks.
Calmer patches on the way to Claife and Adelaide drew the fleet together before Five pulled away from Kiffs and Zephyr in the lumpy waters of Millerground Bay.
Large sectors or patches which extend from the midrib to the leaf margin are much less frequent, with approximately only one in 100 shoots having such leaves.
The flavor of skiing on a perfect day is spiced by the knowledge and experience of conditions far less ideal, from the early season rock ski to the last patches of corn snow.
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And I'm not a bald, bearded man with leather patches on the elbow, either.
Humor uncaps our inhibitions, unleashes our energies, seals friendships, patches hurts.
We caught butterflies in the patches of wildflowers, encased fireflies in Mason jars, and ran down horned frogs which we'd keep all summer and release before school started.
When he first struck in Heywood, Rochdale, he was wearing a blue fleece with yellow patches on the shoulders and a fawn crew-necked sweater with a diamond pattern.
Through the trees Maria could see deer and birds crossing through the patches of daylight that permeated the dense canopy of the pine and almond trees.
The small chestnut patches on its shoulders are not always visible.
Kirkeby evidently was not above barbarizing them with crude strokes and muddy patches of overpainting when they threatened to become too accessible.
Cherry trees were in full bloom, grapevines grew everywhere, and giant patches of herbs surrounded a centre water feature complete with ducks and frogs.
I have bare patches around the edges and thinning areas in the middle.
About 200-300 unpurified colonies from each selection were inoculated as patches in a regular array on the same selective medium from which they were taken.
Patients with trichotillomania usually present with poorly defined, irregularly shaped, or linear patches of partial alopecia, frequently on the scalp.
I have spoken to the traffic department and they are going to renew and replace the traffic signs warning drivers of the bend as well as putting anti-skid patches on the road.
Reed beds and mini wetlands are also used to clean grey water from baths and sinks so that the filtered water can feed vegetable patches or be used elsewhere in the garden.
The results of analysis of the amphimictic progenies confirmed the proposed earlier hypothesis that the development of black patches in koi is controlled by one dominant gene.
It has dark patches along its sides and back, but perhaps its most telling feature is the long spines that protrude from all over its body, excluding the fins and face.
They then hoe the ground in patches at a prescribed spacing and broad-cast the seed collected from other forests to ensure natural regeneration to a desired extent.
By responding to their past experiences, using sample-and-shift traplining, foragers benefit only when many patches are left unvisited in the habitat.
Other tools include ways to spread activation by using labels with strong information scent so that paths are more attractive and lead to richer patches of information.
The best time to establish a new lawn from seed is in the fall, but many homeowners will need to reseed patches of lawn that have been damaged during the winter.
It has orange eyes and woolly, water-resistant fur, which is colored dark brown to black except for two large, white patches on the animal's back.

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