The king was intelligent and punctilious in his performance of his official duties and had a regal bearing that commanded immediate respect. |
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The latter is mystical, fideistic, evangelical, and Roman, into pilgrimage, procession, chant, and punctilious liturgy. |
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Ritualism ensues with an unchallenged insistence upon punctilious adherence to formalized procedures. |
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But the methodology is painstakingly punctilious due to the heavy editing involved. |
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As a teenager he was not particularly punctilious in following the observances of his religion. |
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Elsewhere, a less than punctilious treatment of particulars may have more to do with expedience. |
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When it comes to playwriting, he is perhaps the most tormentedly punctilious, and the most celebrated in English Canada. |
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For a punctilious lack of wit and a simultaneous devotion to moralism, few can match him. |
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He became punctilious about small things-bills should be paid and returned the same day they were received-and unconcerned about large ones. |
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This is also apparent in the punctilious playing of the Brussels Jazz Orchestra and the masterful musicianship of the soloists. |
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He is a quiet man, courteous and punctilious on form and protocol. |
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Negligent he may have been in his personal appearance and his domestic arrangements but he was also pragmatic, punctilious and a stickler for detail. |
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As long as the Lord Chancellor is punctilious in keeping his separate roles distinct, the separation of powers is not undermined and the justice system benefits immeasurably. |
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Although ex-servicemen like Malcolm still wear formal dress at breakfast, others aren't so punctilious, and a notice has recently been sent out suggesting appropriate styles. |
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A punctilious listing of every detail produces prose that is prolix. |
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In the end, Knopf declined to enter the lists, but other publishers were not so punctilious. |
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Ms Gillard even managed a punctilious, celebratory kiss with Kevin Rudd, whom she unseated as Labor leader and prime minister just 16 months ago. |
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If that seems overly punctilious in the circumstances, they can at least be told to direct their remarks to the entire group. |
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We are probably a little less punctilious about recognizing that somebody may be coming from Detroit to work in Windsor. |
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My emphasis on a possibly punctilious small problem, but in the very activity of verbs, can be superseded in what semantic interferences induce. |
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She was punctilious in meditating day and night on the Law of the Lord, as stipulated in the Carmelite Rule and by Our Lady herself. |
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Therefore, we could suspend the government's punctilious legal attitude toward legality of UN sanction for the use of force. |
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The resulting form has afterwards its firm outline and punctilious hatching, in some cases even imitating graphic techniques. |
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The Tory revolutionary was so punctilious and respectful of her monarch it was almost embarrassing. |
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Denis Thatcher got on well with the Queen Mother, enjoyed a drink as much as she did, and was punctilious about royal protocol. |
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In an age when so much else has descended into degeneracy, the observance of both Armistice Day and Remembrance Sunday remains as punctilious as ever. |
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And what, in Miller's hoop dance, as she danced angular power and discipline to Bach's punctilious, predictable rhythm, was that arhythmical clicketyclacking? |
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Iran is thinking in terms of not much more than five years, while the Americans and their partners have in mind ten to 20 years of punctilious compliance before Iran could start building up its centrifuges again. |
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In this respect, I congratulate Mr Ortuondo once again on his dedication and his almost punctilious tenacity in developing such a good legislative text. |
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He is a perfectionist in his work, without being punctilious. |
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Our proactive approach takes us beyond punctilious respect of the rules. |
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They walked with the quiet leisureliness of a Sunday school parade, and observed with the most punctilious care the rules of the road. |
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This somewhat punctilious point of view is apparently based on a conflictual perception of development and diplomacy: it is a view which we do not share. |
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