How To Use Calibre In A Sentence
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First, there was what I think could be the type of small-calibre stern gun which was fitted to most World War Two merchantmen.
A DAYSTAR OF FEAR
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The success of our initiative is testament to the high quality calibre of the producers in our region.
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But that just sums up the calibre of the man.
The Sun
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That seems to have been the spiteful remark of an adversary; for at least while Churchill was still in politics, the Congress was staffed, and led by men and women of calibre and integrity.
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There was no doubt that there was a shortage of dan grades, but dan grades of the standard of the Hut took men of a certain calibre and a long time.
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The acting, while not of award calibre, is more than adequate to tell the storywhile the soundtrack is outstanding.
March 2010
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Risk managers are charged with an important function within financial institutions, and to attract calibre candidates, salary levels tend to be competitive.
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The average businessman of the right calibre is not prepared to give up the pleasure and flexibility of private employment to serve and administer a fund that has political strings attached to it.
Peace Through InvestmentA challenge to the Capitalist Countries
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A pension can be an attractive perk, helping businesses to attract and retain quality calibre staff, especially if the firm contributes the bulk of the funds in the scheme.
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He said: 'What matters is the calibre of the player.
The Sun
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I got there in the end thanks to the RNIB and Calibre Talking Book Libraries plus a rota of loyal readers, but the fact that none of the books I chose is currently available on UK commercial audio even as a download is depressing.
Sue Arnold's audiobook choice
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What followed was a succession of high-calibre performances.
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She added power and solid technical ability, reflecting the SFU rowing program's ability to develop top calibre rowers.
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It's very rare that players of his calibre and quality become available
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Only a certain calibre of A-lister can get away with it and Eto'o largely does.
Samuel Eto'o's deadly form for Inter could spell trouble for Tottenham
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So what does an actor of MacLachlan's calibre do to reach the A-list - even if it's just for a fleeting moment?
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She added power and solid technical ability, reflecting the SFU rowing program's ability to develop top calibre rowers.
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We will be continuing to bolster the squad with the right calibre of person.
Times, Sunday Times
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The former touring car champion hits out at the calibre of some of his rivals on the eve of the big event at Knockhill
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It will be a moment of deep sadness that will, unless some bowlers of similar calibre are unearthed soon, herald Sri Lanka's slide down the world rankings.
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The fatigue life and cumulative damage of ammunition feeding spring in automatic naval gun of medium calibre have been analysed.
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They devote an inordinate amount of time, effort and resource to developing high-calibre managers.
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Their eponymous debut album is of a calibre very rarely found in indie music (until this year, seemingly).
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Their investigative chess journalism is also evidently of high calibre.
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Properties of this calibre rarely become available therefore interior viewing is highly recommended.
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The dial has been skeletonised to reveal the perpetual calendar tourbillon calibre 461 in all its mechanical glory.
Times, Sunday Times
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Whilst many lairds ' houses have survived, Stevenson House is particularly noteworthy as very few buildings of this type and calibre have survived.
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Critics are blaming bungled attempts to find the right people to run the new Scottish Manufacturing Advisory Service after pitching the initial salary too low to attract the right calibre of candidate.
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There had been a determined attempt to root out abuses among the clergy and to raise their intellectual calibre.
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The common construction put upon the expression, "_rule with rigor_," and an inference drawn from it, have an air so oracular, as quite to overcharge risibles of ordinary calibre, if such an effect were not forestalled by its impiety.
The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Omnibus
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These songs plumb the depths of vocal technique and of human emotion, and Martel demonstrated a command of her instrument which one is hard put to compare with any other singer of her calibre.
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It is to be doubted whether one of Albert's calibre would have troubled to attack such small game, but it was the firm opinion of the Wrykyn fags and the Judies that he and his men were to be avoided.
The White Feather
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What I would really like is for people to come to know the kind of quality and calibre of artist that exists in Canada.
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The calibre and analytical ability of students have increased due to the curriculum and this is one of the reasons for the increase in demand for the profession.
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Another expensive foreign appointment because we could not produce our own coaches of sufficient calibre.
Times, Sunday Times
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Calibre and resourcefulness seemed to me to be an improvement on fieldcraft and tenacity.
THE GWEN JOHN SCULPTURE
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The competition entries were of such high calibre that judging them was very difficult.
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Further, the prison writing by old leftists tends to be anything but tired, and is apparently of much greater calibre than name calling squeals by fancified fascist fraudsters.
Archive 2009-07-01
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Despite its noble remit, and the broad range of material which must have been available, this is not a definitive anthology in terms of calibre.
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And they are well aware of our real character, our real calibre, and our real commitment to putting the people first.
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You can't go into a race of this calibre with an interrupted preparation so we have decided he will not run.
The Sun
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I do not carry ammo in mine - that's a big NO-NO in California South - but I carry several calibres in "bore snakes" and a collimator, plus a copy of local legislation, to balance that.
My Range Bag
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This collaboration ended dramatically when the Crustacean was holed by a high calibre bullet fired by Desdemona.
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Our mental calibre is much weaker than it was but I suppose that is the normal process of disintegration.
A Press Pilgrim's Progress
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Excessive variability in myofiber size was evident with a pattern of degeneration (multifocal groups of necrotic fibers with variable phagocytosis) and regeneration (multifocal groups of small calibre fibers with a basophilic appearance and of histochemical type 2C).
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The heats of the 400m hurdles should not trouble an athlete of his calibre.
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If teaching paid more it might attract people of higher calibre.
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The Howitzer is equipped with a 39 calibre barrel.
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I recommended opening the document and saving as "RTF" and then re-importing it into Calibre.
Dear Author: Romance Novel Reviews, Industry News, and Commentary
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The quality of the work submitted by candidates for the Test has improved, but more in presentation than in intellectual calibre.
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One should surely understand that wines of this calibre are naturally for those who not only have a thick wallet but also possess an educated palate to appreciate them.
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Original sound recordings maybe variable in quality, but this is of no consequence with performance standards of such high calibre.
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X-Rays showed a .22 calibre bullet lodged in his brain.
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Risk managers are charged with an important function within financial institutions, and to attract calibre candidates, salary levels tend to be competitive.
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Candidates of character and calibre with a sense of dedication and social commitment alone are to be elected.
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However, flipping through the first few authors, I was astonished at the calibre of writing, and amazed by its strangeness.
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He was devoted to his family and his concern, care and affection for them was of the highest calibre.
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Love them or hate them, leaders of high calibre have the ability to grip the imagination; to make people feel that they've been swept up and carried in a direction of great promise.
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While the lopsided score may look discouraging to Warrior fans, it is important to consider the bevy of national calibre talent that McMaster has when passing final judgment.
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It's very rare that players of his calibre and quality become available
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I cater to a large number of people of a certain calibre.
Again the Literary Aspirant
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On Purpose is a leadership programme that helps high-calibre professionals kick-start a career in social enterprise; it combines paid work experience with intensive training and support.
Ariane van de Ven, O2
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Inside is the chronometer-certified Breitling Calibre 32 movement, and the watch can be purchased with a volcano black, Air Force blue, tungsten gray or stratus silver dial.
A Hot Half Dozen for 2010
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This was a large calibre assault rifle which could fire up to 1200 rounds per minute.
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The pistol he used was a 38 calibre Biretta of Italian manufacture; scores of these weapons were captured from the Italians in North Africa and smuggled back to India by Indian soldiers.
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I'm not saying that somebody of the calibre of player we are talking about couldn't do it.
Times, Sunday Times
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They were unanimous in their belief that more rugby of this calibre should take place at the immaculately prepared stadium.
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Each country has a .30 calibre machine gun with a bipod.
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If teaching paid more it might attract people of higher calibre.
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Both Wilson and his gunsmith, Larry Cooper, consulted with John Linebaugh, then had Cliff LaBounty rebore and Dave Adams rechamber the gun to another calibre.
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Love them or hate them, leaders of high calibre have the ability to grip the imagination; to make people feel that they've been swept up and carried in a direction of great promise.
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There is no other player even remotely approaching her calibre.
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He said: 'What matters is the calibre of the player.
The Sun
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A shotgun and a 22 calibre rifle also are believed to still be locked in a cupboard in the house, but police are still making inquiries.
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When arrested, he was found to be in possession of a small-calibre handgun and several rounds of live ammunition.
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They devote an inordinate amount of time, effort and resource to developing high-calibre managers.
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Section 53A of chapter 131 of the General Laws, as amended by chapter 234 of the acts of 1950, is hereby further amended by striking out, in lines 22 to 24, inclusive, the words "; provided, that no firearm other than a revolver or pistol not larger than thirty-eight calibre is used or possessed" and inserting in place tliereof the words: —, pro - vided that no firearm other than a rifle designed to discharge a twenty - two calibre rim-fire cartridge or a revolver or pistol not larger than thirty-eight calibre is used or possessed.
Acts and resolves passed by the General Court
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Where will we find another man of his calibre?
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Still if they can manage to recruit the right calibre of personnel to stand alongside Mayor Nuala Ryan who knows how things may pan out for them.
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Look at the calibre of people who have managed the club and struggled to bring success.
Times, Sunday Times
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There was only enough room in the wings to carry sixty cannon rounds per gun, but they were 20 mm in calibre and usually explosive.
FIGHTER BOYS: Saving Britain 1940
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It regulates the calibre of blood vessels to vary the distribution of blood to the organs, whilst also maintaining the correct blood pressure.
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The latter may well cause the amount and the calibre of the load to alter.
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He is a man of the highest calibre and integrity, leading a professional team of officers acting entirely independently and objectively in pursuit of the criminals concerned.
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There is no other player even remotely approaching her calibre.
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Candidates of character and calibre with a sense of dedication and social commitment alone are to be elected.
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Ultimately, however, the finished product is a notably unstylish cross between toothless naughtiness and almost school play-calibre theatricality.
Times, Sunday Times
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A shotgun and a 22 calibre rifle also are believed to still be locked in a cupboard in the house, but police are still making inquiries.
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It regulates the calibre of blood vessels to vary the distribution of blood to the organs, whilst also maintaining the correct blood pressure.
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This is very pleasing to me - someone who is grateful for mature stirring by a public medium such as Crikey, but who generally finds severe limitations and shortcomings in the calibre of the stirrers and the quality of their comments.
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I noted a cogged structure, presumably a mounting for the lighter-calibre machine guns that would have been alongside the deck gun.
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The singing, too, while it could hardly be described as Broadway standard, is of a high enough calibre to keep the punters happy.
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‘If we cannot get good calibre forensic pathology applicants for our office, standards will not be maintained,’ he said.
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Nor does rugby offer that many opponents of the right calibre.
Times, Sunday Times
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He was impressed by the high calibre of applicants for the job.
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To produce a report of this calibre in the space of one year was an achievement of which we at Charlestown are very proud.
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May I hope, however, that some of your magazine's future escorts might be of a slightly higher intellectual calibre?
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The Howitzer is equipped with a 39 calibre barrel.
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What was it like to get your first feature film credit in such a high calibre film?
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I always imagined anything sold on an infomercial would be of the highest quality and calibre - that's why you can't just buy one anywhere.
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Meantime stone projectiles were replaced by cast iron shot, which, owing to its greater density, necessitated a reduction in calibre, that is a narrowing of the bore, consequently lighter and smaller guns came into the field, but with
Marvels of Modern Science
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The tax profession has lost not only a practitioner of the highest calibre but also a very good friend.
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He is preaching to the converted, modestly leaving out the crucial factor: anyone can butcher the standards, it takes an artist of his calibre to honour them.
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I had practically no experience of small-calibre bullet injuries to the femoral constituent, and beyond the single case of injury to the acetabular margin mentioned on p. 193 I saw no obvious wounds of the joint at all.
Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre
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A center channel of the very highest calibre, it intermeshes perfectly to provide great resolution, yet retains a non-fatigueing articulate presentation that defies description.
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It just shows the calibre of people involved.
The Sun
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What I would really like is for people to come to know the kind of quality and calibre of artist that exists in Canada.
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The tax profession has lost not only a practitioner of the highest calibre but also a very good friend.
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Engineered for a life of sea and sun its construction incorporates high calibre flame retardants, UV inhibitors, colourfast pigments and bacteriostats.
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Still if they can manage to recruit the right calibre of personnel to stand alongside Mayor Nuala Ryan who knows how things may pan out for them.
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Members of Parliament who have already debated and have complained about the quality and calibre of some of the personnel we have sent on foreign missions.
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The quality and calibre of her drawings of Eve make it worth the wait.
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And they are well aware of our real character, our real calibre, and our real commitment to putting the people first.
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The firm needs more people of your calibre.
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SIR - I am sure that it is an utter disgrace to have men of this calibre and quality in jail because they are trying to defend their own and their families' lives.
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Since then, despite showing terrific gumption to answer all the questions asked of them, they have not played teams of this calibre.
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What was encouraging this year was that the overall calibre of entries far-outstripped last year's submissions.
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They want to fish against anglers of their own calibre and know they have a fighting chance.
The Sun
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Alongside that he has managed to oversee a set of brasseries plus two more sophisticated restaurants, each with a Michelin star, and he is shortly to open another of the same calibre.
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X-Rays showed a .22 calibre bullet lodged in his brain.
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Original sound recordings maybe variable in quality, but this is of no consequence with performance standards of such high calibre.
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On Sunday, the Classic Calibre Lever Action Postal Rifle shoot is at the SSAA range, Rifle Range Rd, Casino.
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There aren't that many people in world rugby of the quality and calibre who are readily available.
Times, Sunday Times
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The British battlecruiser's main long-range armament usually consisted of eight guns which varied in calibre from 12 to 15 inch.
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There is no way I am ever going to measure up to the fabulousness that is Andre (though he can't see it in himself) or the calibre of his other guests.
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The calibre, if you are using Western ordnance, is and has been for decades, 155mm, as can be seen from Reuter's "picture of the month".
Conflicting signals
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A rifle is usually classified on the basis of the type of action it employs and on the size or calibre of ammunition it fires.
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While the lopsided score may look discouraging to Warrior fans, it is important to consider the bevy of national calibre talent that McMaster has when passing final judgment.
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But legalised corruption aside, the calibre of the "teabag party" Republican candidates are just plain scary.
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There's too much of this kind of prima-donna diving going on in football already and to see a player of Kelly's outstanding calibre resort to that kind of hokum is as disappointing as it is pathetic.
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This was a large calibre assault rifle which could fire up to 1200 rounds per minute.
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What would the Lawn Tennis Association would give for a player of here calibre?
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No need to apologise for anything performed with ensemble like this and commitment of this calibre.
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In the modern era, players of their calibre would surely have followed the professional trail.
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The calibre of teaching was very high.
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This was a large calibre assault rifle which could fire up to 1200 rounds per minute.
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If teaching paid more it might attract people of higher calibre.
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Improved projectiles were as important as larger calibres and longer barrels.
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The competition small bore .22 calibre and the .177 calibre air rifle were a major contrast to the Army issue Steyr.
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There was no evidence whatsoever that anything coming remotely similar to a .22 calibre sawn-off rifle was used in either one of the robberies.
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The quality of the work submitted by candidates for the Test has improved, but more in presentation than in intellectual calibre.
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There had been a determined attempt to root out abuses among the clergy and to raise their intellectual calibre.
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But in all cases, the native authority of the highest calibre is forgotten, omitted, if not silenced.
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Its other output may not be of the same calibre but it all adds up to a significant shift away from reliance on the music video.
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The likely calibre of the people joining the new agencies was also seen as an issue.
Times, Sunday Times
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Serving with a parliamentarian of Richard Prebble's calibre has been a rare honour and privilege.
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I think we have the right calibre of squad.
Times, Sunday Times
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The challenge now is to continue sourcing the right calibre of employee so that the business can develop and deliver on its expansion plans.
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What was encouraging this year was that the overall calibre of entries far-outstripped last year's submissions.
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A carronade is a short cannon of large calibre, but of very short range.
The Naval History of the United States Volume 1 (of 2)
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Both factions were firing anti-aircraft guns and large-calibre machine guns indiscriminately at civilian housing.
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You may well find that a life-affirming experience like seeing writing of this calibre produced to this standard will compensate for a lack of rigour at its core.
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J'ai une assez bonne idée de la fourchette (comparé à d'autres événements du même calibre) et clairement, on va pas chercher dans les tarifs Web2.0 Expo ou LeWeb3 (ou même LIFT), mais on ne va pas non plus pouvoir faire un événement commercial à “très bas prix” (la conférence à 99€, ça va pas le faire).
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He is preaching to the converted, modestly leaving out the crucial factor: anyone can butcher the standards, it takes an artist of his calibre to honour them.
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The crucial connection between high calibre jobs and high quality leisure and cultural facilities may have been grasped earlier in Dundee than other cities.
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You can also simply press Return to accept the default value, /opt, which will create the /opt/calibre directory and install Calibre in that location.
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A senior police source said: 'If they do not pay the right money they will not get the right calibre of person.
Times, Sunday Times
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They were unanimous in their belief that more rugby of this calibre should take place at the immaculately prepared stadium.
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SIR - I am sure that it is an utter disgrace to have men of this calibre and quality in jail because they are trying to defend their own and their families' lives.
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John was a true gentleman whose commitment to his chosen career was of the highest calibre.
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He is a man of the highest calibre and integrity, leading a professional team of officers acting entirely independently and objectively in pursuit of the criminals concerned.
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Sadly of that trio only Cusiter will start the championship opener against France, with the other two still injured, but if Scotland can produce players of this calibre and character then there is hope.
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That seems to have been the spiteful remark of an adversary; for at least while Churchill was still in politics, the Congress was staffed, and led by men and women of calibre and integrity.
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So what does an actor of MacLachlan's calibre do to reach the A-list - even if it's just for a fleeting moment?
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They devote an inordinate amount of time, effort and resource to developing high-calibre managers.
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Mathematicians of the finest calibre were essential for what then seemed the almost impossible task of breaking a code with astronomical permutations.
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The excessive contraction of the circular muscles closes the calibre or bore of the gut, and the excessive contraction of the longitudinal muscles shortens the length of the gut, thus throwing the mucous membrane into abnormal folds which increase the depth of the sacculi, or cavities, between the fibrous folds.
Intestinal Ills Chronic Constipation, Indigestion, Autogenetic Poisons, Diarrhea, Piles, Etc. Also Auto-Infection, Auto-Intoxication, Anemia, Emaciation, Etc. Due to Proctitis and Colitis
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Members of Parliament who have already debated and have complained about the quality and calibre of some of the personnel we have sent on foreign missions.
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Serving with a parliamentarian of Richard Prebble's calibre has been a rare honour and privilege.
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It is a fair reflection of the calibre of the contest.
Times, Sunday Times
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The hoteliers, restaurants and bars are more than happy with this development and are bubbling with enthusiasm for the calibre of their new hard-working recruits who actually volunteer for overtime to reach their saving goals.
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They included bone, teeth, and melted lead which weighed the same as a .32 calibre bullet.
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We will be continuing to bolster the squad with the right calibre of person.
Times, Sunday Times
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Our temporary political masters may denigrate his ideals and smash the organisations for which he worked, but men of his calibre will be honoured when his denigrators are mere footnotes in the sordid history of these times.
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Engaging in a public dialogue with ‘someone of his calibre’ may in the end enable them to salvage their dignity and the respect of the faithful.
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The absurd description is one of a raft of euphemistic job titles dreamt up by modern managers desperate to attract a higher calibre of candidates, but which give little insight into the position on offer.
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J'ai une assez bonne idée de la fourchette (comparé à d'autres événements du même calibre) et clairement, on va pas chercher dans les tarifs Web2.0 Expo ou LeWeb3 (ou même LIFT), mais on ne va pas non plus pouvoir faire un événement commercial à “très bas prix” (la conférence à 99€, ça va pas le faire).
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Mental states occasion also changes in the calibre of blood-vessels, or alteration in the heart-beats, or processes more subtle still, in glands and viscera.
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With players of that calibre reaching full fitness and Duff still to be unleashed, the next couple of months could well prove extremely interesting.
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And one way to secure that is to make sure that we have a high calibre workforce.
Times, Sunday Times
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On examining more minutely with the magnifier, open-mouthed bronchial twigs, and very small blood-vessels, were seen plugged up with solid and fluid carbon, and, from the appearance of the morbid structure, it was manifest, that the ulcerative process had effected a complete disorganization of the _bronchial_ tubes of every calibre, while the smaller _arterial_ vessels had alone suffered, leaving the larger ones entire. [
An Investigation into the Nature of Black Phthisis or Ulceration Induced by Carbonaceous Accumulation in the Lungs of Coal Miners
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You may well find that a life-affirming experience like seeing writing of this calibre produced to this standard will compensate for a lack of rigour at its core.
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An artist of this calibre urgently needs a better instrument to allow greater projection of sound into a hall.
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But in fact it is a significant problem for many men seeking a partner of suitable calibre.
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It told everyone you drove a vehicle of calibre and quality - and that you knew Ford sold all the cheapest replacement parts in Halfords.
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Given the calibre of many of the people already there, I believe we can safely answer that with a resounding Jamesian affirmative.
Education needs a new gaffer – call Lord Fergie | Harry Pearson
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In terms of calibre, it delivers at least a triple whammy.
Times, Sunday Times
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This spirit is strengthened by the courage and inspiration of our leaders and colleagues in South Africa's jails - on Robben Island and elsewhere; by revolutionaries of the calibre of James April, by the vast mass of silent, invisible supporters of the struggle who form part of the ANC underground all over South Africa; by~ the militant morale of activists and leaders released at the end of their long terms of imprisonment.
January 8 Statement - 1972
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Last year's Regatta grew to a record 138 high-calibre racing yachts with over 4000 competitors and spectators.
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To perform these tasks effectively, while contributing to the general activity of the department, requires staff of very high calibre.
Basic Marketing. Principles and Practice
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But in fact it is a significant problem for many men seeking a partner of suitable calibre.
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The competition small bore .22 calibre and the .177 calibre air rifle were a major contrast to the Army issue Steyr.
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Bringing horses of that calibre to Scotland remains the elusive dream.
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It is noted for its very high calibre loyalty and involvement in the local community.
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Its other output may not be of the same calibre but it all adds up to a significant shift away from reliance on the music video.
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Of course some popular genre fiction - fantasy, science fiction, crime - can be of a high calibre as well.
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He repeats himself, something broadcasters of his calibre rarely do.
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He was still outnumbered by 18 ships to 16, but thanks to his mighty carronades (large-calibre cannons) - built on the banks of the Forth - the British prevailed.
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Certainly world stars of this calibre would have filled the stadium a year ago.
