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Blue rescue retains its color all winter, as do yuccas ' sword-like leaves.
He retains a detailed knowledge of uniforms and parade punctilio, and his sartorial finery is legendary within the Waitati Militia.
He is fast running straight ahead, and he retains his speed even while zigging and zagging across the field.
Yet the squad still retains some of the frailties which provided the ammunition for the critics.
As one walks up the Max Reger Weg, houses become more modern, but the road retains a rural aspect, being broad, grassy and lined with hedges.
It's a funny, dimensional turn in a film that doesn't always work, but retains an overall appeal despite its shortcomings.
Unlike the single chain precursor of insulin, proinsulin, this new construct retains up to 40 per cent of insulin activity.
Although resolutely cheerful in his reworking of genres, he retains traces of the anxiety and high-minded intent of his predecessors.
If the ball goes out of bounds, then the shooter's team retains possession, so what was gained?
In a previous era he'd have been a gardener on a large estate, and still retains all of his deference to people he considers his betters.
The lake acts as a gigantic solar panel, and a ring of mountains retains the heat.
A double bedroom to the back of the house retains the original mahogany surround cast-iron fireplace and an en suite bathroom with a bath.
Set on a quiet street, this 102 square metre redbrick period house has been extensively refurbished but still retains its original charm.
Anything that retains water is an absolute gift in places like Tony's ranch, which gets only 13 inches of precipitation a year.
Phosphate has remained the largest revenue earner among Jordanian export commodities and still retains its prime importance.
Old Town has changed a lot but Highworth still retains its Georgian character.
The gelada is the only cercopithecoid examined that retains the potential for exonization, while all Great Apes retain this potential.
Even construction is now mostly metal, although the airframe retains some prepreg carbon-fiber materials.
Even today, in the modern world, India retains its position of pre-eminence in spiritual leadership.
The darling of the French public retains his popularity with most, although he is lampooned by some for his melodramatic 18 months of denial.
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Eustache always retains a trace of dandyism, whereas Pialat is fundamentally a proletarian.
Centurion, even in the damp, retains an open and friendly atmosphere that is undoubtedly linked to its lack of formal structure.
The slip seat retains its original leather covering and foundation upholstery underneath modern blue damask.
The state retains easements that entitle the public to certain recreational uses.
In the face of war and mass slaughter, he has proved it retains the ability to shock us with the sheer frivolity of its efforts in futility.
His short reminiscence was written immediately after his return in 1810 and retains the freshness of his memory.
It retains many of its original Georgian features including sash windows, crown glass, ornate ceiling cornicing, dado rails and picture rails.
The frater, or refectory, retains its wall pulpit from which the monks were read to while they ate in silence.
The company retains an investment-grade credit rating of BBB and throws off huge sums of cash.
At the end of a hand, the dealer retains anything that is left in the pot, and the deal passes to the next player.
Her music, soft, almost folky, retains enough rhythm to be labelled rock, but throwing any clumsy label on it is not any critic's place.
The interconnecting dining room is also floored in wood and retains its original cast-iron fireplace with tiled inset.
However, we note that neither test retains significance after correcting for multiple comparisons over genes.
Although far from isolated, it has generally avoided tourist inundation and retains a rich cultural identity.
But when it is warm, the rubber is pliable and retains high elasticity, even when being stretched hard.
Despite the monumental scale of the program and spaces, this church retains a sense of warmth and intimacy.
The borrower retains ownership of the pledge except on default on the loan, and then the pawnbroker has the opportunity to sell those goods.
Her work remains sensitively attuned to women's issues, but retains an element of playfulness alongside its edginess.
It retains a number of original features, such as cast iron fireplaces and ceiling plasterwork, and is in excellent decorative order.
The dining room behind also retains its period plasterwork and tiled fireplace.
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I was proud that the president of my university retains the inquisitiveness of an academic.
For all his sophistication, he retains an extremely likeable quality of innocence.
Like a magnet, the crystal retains the polarization when the field is turned off.
Even though the character is completely fictitious, it always retains some of the qualities of the player.
The United States today retains a commanding military edge over all other nations.
Our Place article shows how the traditional architecture of Yemen retains its incomparable identity and urban spatial qualities.
We incent every employee with equity, which retains our entrepreneurial culture.
Some 80 years after its initial release, this wildly over-scaled silent melodrama retains a certain hothouse fascination.
As he points out, imagination is not just the passive faculty that retains the imprint left by sensation.
As such, this is one aspect of the space opera genre that Vinge retains faithfully in his novels.
Still, the stories seamlessly and skillfully intercut, and the film retains a hypnotic coherence.
Another feature of the cleat retains one of the best features of SPD-R cleats, namely walkability.
However packed it gets, this great civic expanse always retains its symbolic force.
The room retains its original tiled fireplace with carved mahogany surround and is fitted with spotlights.
An exposed brick chimney retains the fire's warmth for hours, supplementing the home's central, water-based heating system.
The Hearst Corporation retains the right to develop a boutique luxury hotel and 27 owner homesites across the ranch.
Despite some superficial and unfounded criticism about the fact that the manual would be outdated, much of it still retains significant validity.
The homeowner retains the right to reside in the property for the rest of their lives.
It retains its character as an indictable offence and it is not a summary conviction before a Court of Petty Sessions.
It is in these circumstances that state responsibility retains an important subsidiary role.
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Their behaviour and pretensions were overblown but they put out a good deal of material that retains vitality more than 30 years later.
Britain retains sovereign rights over two areas to be used as military bases.
The company retains the right to practice its licensed antisense patent technologies and to sublicense it to collaborators.
The subconscious mind retains its values, and thus one cannot be made to do something that you simply would not do.
The name Odeon, on the other hand, retains an air of tradition, elegance and style.
It is through war that a hereditary prince retains power and a private citizen rises to power.
Lemond does a fine, herby rotisserie chicken half that retains a measure of crispness in its delicious skin.
Needless to say, the ormolu retains its original gilding, and the Blue John body is richly hued and striated.
According to the bank's organization chart, the president reports to the board, which retains all authority to make decisions.
The thin aqueous cataplasm retains a moisture-protecting effect on the skin and provides comfortable feeling in its use.
It is frequently reported that a crystalline enzyme retains some catalytic activity.
Another problem, if one retains four full seats, is a significant cut in the boot space so as to provide stowage for the folded roof.
The temptation to purify the old steelwork has been resisted and it retains some of its patina, the paint peeling in places.
The film, not the band, is a delightful little offbeat story that still retains its strange power to move me after 30 years.
Even with its size, it retains a sense of delicacy, a handmade quality that creeps out of its obsessive folds.
The society retains possession of the library but can now be reassured that it is in safe hands and can be so much more widely used.
Scrutiny by English Heritage experts is ensuring the listed building retains its place in history.
The plaintiff retains the burden of proof, but the jury is instructed that acceptable proof to satisfy that burden can take one of several forms.
She retains the vice presidency and would take over the presidency if Estrada were to resign or be forced out of office.
Some commentators, most notably Winkler, suppose that Berkeley retains this view of causality in the published works.
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In addition, Alliance retains legal counsel to vet its business practices, including diversity initiatives.
He retains much of the briskness and forthrightness of his early naval career.
This brassard also still retains its original safety pin for securing the brassard to the sleeve of the medic's uniform.
We have stated that we support business as long as it retains an ethical outlook with a concern for social responsibility and the community.
The city retains its heritage, culture, architecture and environment and the people seem to be relatively unscarred as well.
He prefers it to the topside roast, as the bolar retains its moisture a lot better.
With this leave-it-to-chance flair and in a few other ways, The Wolf Knife retains some of the mumblecore energy of her first feature.
It retains the brushed metal bodywork synonymous with the Ixus range, and this gives it a sturdy feel despite its proportions.
A skeuomorph is a derivative object which retains ornamental design cues to a structure that was necessary in the original.
It's one of the few six-guns I own never to be fired and still retains the band around the hammer.
She says fritters cooked simply is the best way to make it so it retains its unique flavour.
In sweaters, for example, the blend's wool component retains body heat and imparts thickness, while cotton makes it comfortable to wear.
The 5.1 track still retains some of the lo-fi hollowness of the original mono, but is overall an excellent mix.
The music retains its easy tunefulness, but inside many of the songs lurks a desperation that seems new to the Clientele world.
It retains its original wooden floor and period fireplace, and overlooks St Alban's Road through shuttered windows.
Arums will grow in sun or shade but do best in a cool leafy soil that retains moisture yet doesn't become water logged.
In woody plants, the cambial layer in the trunk, branches and roots also retains proliferative capacity.
She retains the curve to suggest, in combination with her bird-like gaze, a charming whimsicality.
Continue to do this until most of the egg has set, but still retains a soft shiny surface.
Today Minton retains its reputation as one of the finest china manufacturers in the world.
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Set up by the city's most famous poet in 1919, it still retains the musty, order-through-chaos atmosphere of a true bibliophile's den.
Past experiences leave corresponding traces in mental space, suggesting how the mind retains but transmutes its sensory sources.
Author retains copyright, though she contracts not to devalue the original work with subsequent editions, transcripts, or synopses.
However, he retains his professorial title and benefits at the University of Washington.
It retains its elasticity even though frozen and it insulates the ice cream.
This room retains its original tiled fireplace and is fitted with a double wardrobe.
Chana masala is an intense dish of chick peas in a hot and spicy masala sauce, which retains a lush mealy quality, often served with pilau rice.
One of the most interesting things about Daniel is that his voice retains its masculine character no matter how high he sings.
He's not lazy, they say, he just can't stop eating and his metabolism retains everything.
This retains features within the bandpass of the microscope while suppressing noise components with higher spatial frequencies.
This lowly-ranked wine still retains the terroir of the region, of the Les Setilles vineyard and of Oliver Leflaive, the winemaker.
The Temple of Jerusalem still retains a remarkable hold on the human imagination.
He has always liked to stitch his folk songwriting to a muted electronic backbeat, and he retains that sense of cautious experimentalism here.
Dubai retains its awe for much of the area's people, offering the traveller a multitude of reasons to visit.
The Marathas built this in the 18th and 19th centuries, and the city still retains its ancient, ageless character.
Black tea is high in tannic acid, which retains moisture and keeps lips smooth and taut.
Throughout development the macrogamete retains a normal pellicle which possesses numerous micropores.
In contrast, the sedimentology of an autochthonous fossil plant site retains a primary paleoecological signal.
It retains the split tail to allow independent movement of the two halves of the wide saddle platform as the legs swing up and down.
Bar, foyer and backstage are all much improved but the red-plush auditorium retains its intimate charm.
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His voice retains its evenness in all registers, and he cleanly articulates Vivaldi's most difficult runs and fioriture.
Arthroplasty can be performed with an approach that retains the posterior cruciate ligament.
Although he retains the painting style that he taught himself, Kox is no stranger to other contemporary artists, or to art history.
Her voice retains that bleach-drunk roughness that made her so appealing in the first place.
The UK also retains the use of a listening post at the top of Mount Olympus, the island's highest peak.
Always a rugged charmer in days gone by, he retains these traits as a loveable rogue in this film.
It has thinner bore walls, stronger bulkheads, and retains cast-in-place iron cylinder liners.
You are hereby placed on notice that Paisley Park retains proprietary rights in the names, images, likenesses and performances of Prince.
At Flint Hall there is a cricket pitch which retains its ridge and furrow ripples, painful for fielders.
Still, he retains his special status among the older intelligentsia and many Western anti-communists.
Thompson retains the lines but abandons their judicial context, thus depriving the play of its retrospective irony.
Downsizing, however, cuts deep and employees with a decade or more of service are laid off, while the firm retains those with greater seniority.
The house retains its original twin windows and granite sills but is in need of renovation.
The more water a place retains throughout the year, the more complex an ecosystem it can support.
Whereas Mozart famously detested Salzburg, Zehetmair retains much fonder memories of his home town.
Countrywide also retains the right to collect mortgage payments, which generates income from fees.
This model retains the expertise and quality assurance of the laboratory process while decentralising at minimal cost to primary care.
It retains many of its original features, has been well maintained over the years and is decorated in warm colours throughout.
Although the United States vacated its bases, it retains the right to defend the canal against an attack from any source.
When coupled with a synthetic stock to prevent warping from moisture, it retains zero well and can withstand substantial abuse.
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Do you know of a site to post photos where one still retains ownership of their photos?
Modern Greek also retains from the ancient language a system of three pitch accents.
It retains the facade of the old wash houses formerly occupying the site, a place where women gathered and worked.
The project retains the distinct sense of a well-used weekender and summer holiday house filled memories of times past.
This is a well-proportioned house which retains a number of period features.
Not only does he still hold the controlling interest, he remains the chief rainmaker and therefore retains the eponymous firm name.
The Supreme Court still retains the traditional British robes, wigs, and format.
On the upside, the Olympiad still retains relatively healthy membership figures.
Made of highly figured mahogany it retains its original large brass handles and keyhole escutcheons.
Only in this manner can we hope to reduce the risks of adventurism and miscalculation in a world that retains many thousands of nuclear weapons.
As far as Russian folk belief is concerned, during this liminal period the body still retains some vestige of life.
When annuitants die, the income dies with them, and the life company that offers the annuity retains any surplus from the lump sum investment.
After many modifications, the end result is an extremely tough, durable and sturdy blade that retains a keen edge over many years.
Bur rather than settle down and start producing a bland composite, he retains his enthusiasm and keenness to experiment.
In the end, the independent operator retains the right to sue, and it's not hard to figure out who's going to pay.
The fourth reception room, the dining room, is located across the hall and also retains its period fireplace.
Unlike those who are rallying behind the president, Vidal retains his withering contempt for the man.
The Army has learned through painful experience and proudly proclaims that it recruits soldiers, but retains families.
He may be less optimistic now, but Fukuyama retains an uncompromising belief in human exceptionality.
Most impressive of all, Armantrout retains, nine books into her career, the ability to wrong-foot her reader entirely.
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Andriessen's bellwork, like his clockwork, retains rather more of Dionysian abandon than of Apollonian detachment or serenity.
For the League sides however, the Cup run retains its allure as a route to excitement and glamour.
The halide retains the electron pair of the carbon-halogen bond when it leaves.
It has now been rendered into very readable English, and trimmed in a way that retains the real essentials of the work.
The Home Secretary would add that the organisation retains its capacity for terrorist acts and has not renounced terrorism.
Built in 1910, this Edwardian house has been completely restored in recent years by its present owners and retains numerous original features.
It does occlude with this tooth in what appears to be a fully functional manner, and it retains the pattern of its cusps.
His design retains the north and south brick facades of the old building and inserts the new structure of six main floors and three mezzanines within them.
The leader fails to supervise subordinates applicably. The leader inconsistently recruits, trains, supports, or retains highly competent personnel.
Dmitri had been a basso profundo singer, and to this day retains a commanding voice as well as a keen ear.
It retains its own culture, for good or for worse, setting it apart from the glossy westernized cultures of Mumbai or Delhi and some other big cities.
Bustling Pescara on the Adriatic coast seems a world away from the mountain villages, but the character of the people retains the same openness and honesty.
He retains a central place in Tea Party demonology, his name often mentioned in the same breath as George Soros and Saul Alinsky.
If Reeves processes his sounds comprehensively, he retains the melodic nature of his sources, enabling his compositions to develop in multiple directions at once.
The couple has taken the greatest care to preserve the character of the farmhouse, which retains the original wide yellow pine floorboards, doors, and moldings.
The first generation retains vivid memories of and fidelity to the traditions of the home country, while their children are increasingly Americanized.
During her time as a pharmaceutical rep she travelled south again to cover the Kerry and Cork regions and retains some colourful memories of that time.
The eleven-year old retains his zest for the game and he responded gamely to Ruby's urgings and stayed on well to beat Frezenium by three lengths.
Blasphemy remains interesting only so long as it retains the power to enrage.
He retains his wonderful sense of humor and continues to make his sardonic comments on life, as it is lived in the ballet world of George Zoritch.
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This light-filled house retains a number of attractive period features, such as high ceilings and ceiling coving, and is new on the books of Sherry FitzGerald in Ranelagh.
His 1965 book, A Thousand Days, retains its vigor, and has never been excelled as a study of those years.
Market socialism retains but restricts the power of the market.
Designed in the 1950s, it retains some quirky detailing from that era and offers views of the sea as well as the clubhouse, greens and fairway of the nearby golf links.
This two bedroom duplex apartment has a private entrance hall and retains original Victorian features including high ceilings, decorative architraves and period fireplaces.
And it retains aristocratic liveries, a ceremonial jargon derived from Norman French and a strict code of manners that can be traced to the laws of chivalry.
This is the oldest assemblage of modern humans in Europe which retains many portions of the skeleton plus archaeological objects from the Aurignacian period.
He retains a semi-stunned look of restrained disgust at the shoddiness and unearned smarminess of the proceedings.
What is astounding about his voice is that it retains the robust, manly quality of a true bass, every note straight from the diaphragm, throughout his range.
The ability to read with visual aids depends on the size and density of the central scotoma and the degree to which the person retains sensitivity to contrast.
Yet, in spite of historiographical shifts, and the steady drift of population to the cities, pastoral Australia retains a treasured place in the national imagination.
During growth, the masticatory system, as a static-lever apparatus, retains its initial characteristics of force transfer, despite the considerable changes in skull shape.
This famous hotel dates back to 1891, when the British frequented it en route to the colonies, and it retains an air of the grandeur of those days.
To the right the living room retains its original tongue and groove floorboards and features a cast iron fireplace with carved wooden mantelpiece.
I like it mainly because it cooks up al dente like pasta should if you are paying attention, and then retains its toothsomeness instead of turning to mush.
Beyond this, the small kitchen retains the original quarry-tiled floor as well as a Belfast sink, wooden wall and floor units and recessed lighting.
Across the hall, the kitchen also retains its original wooden floors and is fitted with pine units, a Belfast sink and a colourfully tiled splashback.
His adaptation retains the honesty and lyricism of the book but sharpens it up into a riveting confessional stream of crackling, dinner conversation-sharp dialogue.
In spite of that, the aural evidence affirms that Pole's new music largely retains the distinctiveness of the old, in spite of its radical shift in direction.
Although the soundtrack has been remastered in Dolby Digital 5.1, it retains the shallow, trebly quality of what once was presumably a vanilla stereo source track.
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This example retains the broad, shallow bowl and ribbed rat tail of the earlier trefid form but without the characteristic notches in the terminal of the trefid.
Once the NSA has the metadata in its system, it retains it for five years, before destroying it on a rolling basis.
Despite the missteps it has made over the past four years, the United States still retains enormous material power and considerable global influence.
The mixture goes through a series of vast tuns until it reaches the small oddly-shaped stills, which the family-run distillery retains to ensure consistency of the whisky.
The dominant voice throughout the narrative is a sensitive, somewhat misguided young woman who assumes various monikers, yet retains the same endearing, familiar tone.
Somehow, the town itself, retains its air of mystery, and mediaeval ambience, despite the cell phone shops, supermarket, and mini shopping mall opposite the car park.
Bavaria retains a strong sense of nationhood and rich local traditions.
This reviewer retains a sneaking feeling that he may be too generous.
It retains not only its original octagonal stamped English brasses and ivory escutcheons but also most of its gray-blue paper drawer and cupboard lining.
It retains its original brasses, finials, and decorative carving.
The American edition retains the piecemeal lightness of the original experiment.
They have recently developed the only permanent, non-iron shirt using Vapor Phase technology giving a garment that retains its ironed look wash after wash.
He sent a cable to this effect to Washington, which he still retains.
Despite his 25-kilogram weight handicap, he retains the upper hand.
This staging certainly retains the futile but widely accepted cuts.
The USA also retains residual regulation concerning captive shippers.
It retains over 2,000 words from the pre-Cyrillic Old Slavonic tongue.
The film was originally shot on 16 mm film stock and retains a very worn, rustic look that actually helps the film achieve a quasi-documentary feel.
The resulting material has six times the strength of unprocessed copper yet retains most of the metal's characteristic ductility, or stretchiness.
Csusa owns and retains all right, title and interest in and to the Logo and all intellectual property rights therein, subject only to the limited license granted hereunder.
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Built in 1901, it played host to Edward VII on a number of occasions, and retains an air of exclusivity while at the same time avoiding any sense of stuffiness.
It has often been noted that German society retains a small town ethos, which arose in the early modern period under conditions of political and economic particularism.
More specifically, the Estonian model, like the other eastern European states with flat taxes, retains social security payments as a separate impost.
The second inconsistency is found in Calvin's insistence that the fallen will retains neither power to choose between good and evil nor any inclination for goodness.
Heading back towards the line, past the holds and the wheelhouse, the starboard companionway retains a little more of its wooden cover than the port side does.
The actress could have been degraded by the exploitation material, but somehow she punches through the stereotypes and retains her dignity and poise.
If storing a bicycle, you should hang it off the floor, otherwise the rubber perishes and retains the flatness regardless of how hard you pump the tires up.
Karmellae are asymmetrically segregated at mitosis, such that the mother cell retains karmellae membranes and the daughter cell inherits an unelaborated ER structure.
If he retains that level throughout the season, Gray will not have to pre-qualify for the World Championships at The Crucible in Sheffield in April.
I have tried to show how the philosopher retains his prophetic character.
If bred for show, the English setter usually retains his hunting instincts as a personal gun dog, working sufficiently close so that the hunter can follow on foot.
In Llandudno in Wales, he bought a public house on the Great Orme, which today retains several genuine artefacts from his career.
The palace is owned by the monarch in right of the Crown and for ceremonial purposes, retains its original status as a royal residence.
It retains a representation in the UK Parliament and the British monarch is its Supreme Governor.
He has taught at the university and retains an involvement with the James Tait Black Memorial Prize.
Clay can be easily compressed as a result of dehydration, while sand retains the same volume and becomes relatively less dense.
An advantage of this borated oil is that it always retains a slight stickiness, and so gives a good joint when wrapped around wires, etc.
Spain and Italy have system of devolution where regions have autonomy, but the national government retains the right to revoke it.
As of 2014 Qatar retains the death penalty, mainly for threats against national security.
In practice, he or she holds office as long as he or she retains the confidence of the chamber.
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It retains a portion of a prominent labial style and is broken lingually, but its transverse width can be estimated to have been ca.
Within his definition, the physical environment retains a central significance, as the medium with and through which human cultures act.
Although it has developed along with the entertainment attractions, Kissimmee still retains a close-to-nature appeal.
If those hurdles can be overcome, the material could be useful in the Arctic because it retains its sponginess even in extreme cold.
Front Street in Tynemouth retains many features of a traditional village such as individual shops, including Razzberry Bazaar.
But while many Jambos have refused to renew their season tickets, the Lithuanian retains the loyalty of one dyed in the maroon fan.
Sometimes amber retains the form of drops and stalactites, just as it exuded from the ducts and receptacles of the injured trees.
For example, the northern dialect of Kua has lost palatal clicks, but the southern dialect retains them.
Allofill retains the native extracellular matrix components of adipose tissue and over time it will be remodeled into native soft tissue.
It retains the hatchback's wedgy rising beltline, with the result that the side windows to the rear of the car are really quite tiny.
You can do it instinctively, but the golden section is a dividing line between two unequal parts, yet it still retains a sense of balance.
The former name was later corrupted to Red Bay, the name the fjord retains to this day.
Inconel 718, a nickel-based superalloy, retains a 220ksi tensile strength up to 900 degrees Fahrenheit.
We provide examples, for a cold atom system, for which our thermometry protocol retains accuracy and precision at subnanokelvin temperatures.
Defence and foreign affairs are carried out by the United Kingdom, which also retains responsibility to ensure good government.
The United Kingdom Parliament retains responsibility for Scotland's defence, international relations and certain other areas.
It was established in 1878 and the school retains log books dating back to those dates.
The ground floor of the State Apartments retains various famous medieval features.
The speech of Royston contrasts with that of nearby Barnsley, as it retains some Black Country features.
Although all government and parliamentary acts are decided beforehand, the privy council is an example of symbolic gesture the King retains.
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When broken, slate retains a natural appearance while remaining relatively flat and easy to stack.
It stops the movement of the original beach material through longshore drift and retains a natural look to the beach.
Otherwise the Low Weald retains its historic settlement pattern, where the villages and small towns occupy harder outcrops of rocks.
Macau still retains its own dialect of Portuguese, called Macanese Portuguese.
Ghana retains and exercises the death penalty for treason, corruption, robbery, piracy, drug trafficking, rape, and homicide.
In the UK, this is a master's degree level qualification that retains the title of bachelor's for historical reasons.
Hanover Insurance was founded in 1852 and retains its headquarters in Worcester.
On any future negotiations with the PM, Shalom is only to act on behalf of Netanyahu who retains the foreign portfolio.
The UK Parliament retains the ability to legislate for the Crown dependencies even without the agreement of the insular legislatures.
As of 2010 Although much altered, it retains the original wheels which crushed Huskisson.
The Park Estate in Nottingham retains much of its original character, including the original gas lighting network.
Parliament retains authority to pass laws regulating the Church of England.
To this day, the town retains an army base at the Royal Artillery Barracks and Napier Lines Barracks.
By contrast, a gift is complete if the donor retains only the right to alter the time and manner of enjoyment of the gift by the donee.
If he retains the account, and permits several mails to pass without objecting to it, he will be held to have admitted its correctness.
As the youngest in his class he's the only one who retains every one of his milk teeth.
For example, Bhutan has abolished the death penalty, but Thailand still retains it, although Buddhism is the official religion in both.
The French language has historically played a significant role in North America and now retains a distinctive presence in some regions.
Due to the high frequency of their use, their inflection retains a considerable degree of similarity in some cases.
As does English, the Danish pronominal system retains a distinction between subjective and oblique case.
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Although people can't naturally reproduce this way, a woman's egg also retains an extra set of chromosomes in a polar body until fertilization.
In Northern Europe, European sprats are commonly smoked and preserved in oil, which retains a strong smoky flavor.
The UK Parliament retains parliamentary sovereignty over the United Kingdom as a whole.
The word room, which was spelled as roum in Middle English, retains its Middle English pronunciation.
It retains all sizes of snapper, rubberlip morwong and silver trevally in the NSW fishery.
The festival retains vestiges of this tradition such as the Green Fields area, encompassing the Green Futures and Healing Field.
The church retains its original function and Plateresque facade, but the monastery area has been converted into a museum.
The Daur language retains some Khitan substratal features, including a number of lexemes not found in other Mongolic languages.
Vanuatu culture retains a strong diversity through local regional variations and through foreign influence.
However, the UK takes care of its external and defence affairs, and retains paramount power to legislate for the island.
Irish traditional music has remained vibrant, despite globalising cultural forces, and retains many traditional aspects.
The peat retains a great deal of water, but is easily eroded, particularly when it comes near to the coast.
With the 2011 constitutional reforms, the King of Morocco retains less executive powers whereas those of the prime minister have been enlarged.
Due to the absence of human development in its remote habitat, it retains more of its original range than any other extant carnivore.
Norway retains a restrictive fisheries policy in the zone, and the claims are disputed by Russia.
It retains vestiges of these traditions, such as the Green Fields area, which includes sections known as the Green Futures and Healing Fields.
Aged 18 months before filtering, Primero retains the oak notes and smoothness of a barrel aged tequila, according to the company.
In contrast, the new Keynesian approach retains the rational expectations assumption, however it assumes a variety of market failures.
In 1610 Jonas Poole explored Bellsund, giving the fjord the name it retains to this day.
The modern village retains part of the Roman street plan and the church stands on the site of the forum.

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