How To Use Emphasise In A Sentence
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A little pyrotechnics display tacked on just serves to emphasise its lack of cutting edge.
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He emphasised that there is no personal animosity.
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The contrast or brightness of the image can be varied to emphasise areas or tissues of interest.
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Let me emphasise the point that the establishment of such a society is not some kind of utopian dream.
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But they emphasise the importance of relinquishing some of what you've been struggling to keep afloat.
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In a country where universities emphasise competitive sports sometimes even more than academics, Notre Dame, in Indiana, was long the paragon of undergraduate football excellence.
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The team emphasised that their study could not prove that anxiety caused heart disease.
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Though humans are never present in the photographs, human presence is emphasised through foregrounding the conscious activity of design.
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It has quite a kick, emphasised by a pungent aroma that brings tears to the eyes and a hanky to the nose.
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But he underlined the need for the party to re-emphasise its tax cutting instincts.
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Mugabe, speaking on the second day of the OAU summit, emphasised that the pillars of the AEC were the African regional integration bodies specified in the Abuja Treaty adopted in June
ANC Daily News Briefing
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He also emphasised that it took years for an army to build a good logistics system to supply its forces.
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The danseuse's grace emphasised the flavour of Odissi, marked by the bends in the body, neck, knees and waist.
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Just like the rock art, Pharaonic Egyptian art emphasises the clothing and accoutrements rather than the physical features.
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Prehaps if unemployment continues to grow, which i beleive it will, with these public sector cuts and the increasing emphasise on profit that companies have checkout machines, reducing/combining job posts etc. then we could very well have a revolution.
University applications rise as candidates race to avoid higher fees
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Its naval forces since then have emphasised the importance of aircraft carriers, defended closely by submarines and destroyers.
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The guidance emphasises that restraint should be used as a last resort within a caring and disciplined home environment.
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They emphasised that volunteers must be non-judgmental in their dealings with people and non-directive in their counselling.
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The benefit of this hybrid form for the writer is that it frees up the texture of the book, avoiding the build-up of clogging documentation, and allows him to hurry over or emphasise themes at will.
A Man of Parts by David Lodge – review
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She emphasised diction and clarity of speech and Una recalls students emerged from a multi-cultural education talking as if they had been to RADA.
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His work emphasised the emotional as well as the physical well-being of children.
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Their increase in urgency after the interval only emphasised their apparent lack of motivation beforehand.
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It was emphasised by him that the usufructuary rights that were referred to, which may not have been proprietary in character, nonetheless, depended wholly on the community title.
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They emphasise that local people stand to gain far more than they lose.
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It does, however, seem probable that Luke has to some extent glozed over the asperity of the controversies within the Church, notably the opposition to Paul and his views as described by Paul himself in Galatians and II Corinthians, in his attempt to emphasise the fundamental unity of the early Church.
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Likewise she argued that the feminist versions of Althusserian concepts of ideology overemphasised textuality at the expense of social and economic analysis.
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I take the area distorted maps produced by cylindrical projection, we often see them when someone wants to emphasise the artic and antartic areas, and transform them into area undistorted rectangular maps.
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Unlike Jean Piaget who saw children's play in primarily cognitive developmental terms, Parten emphasised the idea that learning to play is learning how to relate to others.
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The incident emphasises the gulf between the president-elect and his own supporters.
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The captain emphasised that a slow pitch made batting awkward for all those new to the crease.
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This masculinity was emphasised by her uncompromising coiffure, her grey hair drawn tightly back and screwed into a straggling bun.
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The loosely chronological but thematic hang is designed to emphasise the continuities and contiguities of the underlying concepts.
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What needs to be emphasised is that it refers to both self poisoning and self injury.
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To such vandals we can only emphasise the remarks we have already made about the market value of a "priest-hole" nowadays.
Secret Chambers and Hiding Places Historic, Romantic, & Legendary Stories & Traditions About Hiding-Holes, Secret Chambers, Etc.
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Because we emphasise instrumentality rather than ‘that which God does’, it might well be that the Almighty has already left us alone to discover our helplessness.
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But some speakers emphasised the importance of crime prevention, community liaison and education.
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The lengthy pause after the last person strolls past emphasises both the void and provides a sense of fullness and weight.
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In order to prove that it is not only a matter of reciprocally fruitful economic co-operation, we have decided to emphasise the cultural sector.
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Calm is emphasised by silence, and by the equable temperature.
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The findings emphasised research that suggested house sparrows and starlings were declining, though the reasons for the slump remain unclear.
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Even Elizabeth's image was not so very different from that of her male predecessors and contemporary kings; like them she emphasised her regality, religion and role as carer of her people.
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She emphasised that they should give careful consideration to the way in which furnishings and furniture are placed in a room.
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But he emphasised: 'I would like that the best people in the world would behave beautifully because what about the other millions of coaches?
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I doubt the drafters of the document would have "emphasised" the preamble if they had not thought it worthy to be "affirmed".
John Terry’s sacking as England captain tells us something interesting...
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He emphasises that the statutory offence requires a deliberate intentional act.
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The wonderfully constructed opening montage sequence, consisting of flashback action coupled with newspaper headlines and photographs, emphasises the centrality of Daisy's kidnapping to the plot.
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Later critics have also emphasised the way in which viewers interpret advertisements differently, depending on their experiences and cultural knowledge.
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We all know that Paul's letters emphasise salvation by grace through faith.
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He emphasised it was logical to expect them to hover around the end of 2006 or the beginning of 2007.
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It emphasises that the old corroboration regime has been dismantled.
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Other verses emphasise the same truth - the God who chooses us predestinates us.
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The frills will add detail and shape, while the belt emphasises your waist.
The Sun
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The MoD emphasised that the vast majority of employers loyally supported reservists working for them.
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The responsibilities of the food sector in producing safe food and providing accurate information on the label should be emphasised.
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Like many critics of Federation Square, this guy emphasised the harshness, angularity and general uninvitingness of the development.
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I must emphasise we need to question this man regarding the murder and two attempted murders of police officers in Leeds.
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His explanations have invariably emphasised the transitory nature of the problem.
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Furthermore, the need to promote friendly relations with the other nations cannot be overemphasised.
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The great photographer and documenter (gallery) of West London Charlie Phillips documented many black funerals at Kensal Green: somehow the black and white photos seem to emphasise the coldness of the ground in which people born under a warm Caribbean sun were buried.
January « 2009 « Squares of Wheat
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This case emphasises the importance of an adequate environmental and dietary history in uronephrological disease and highlights the dangers of unregulated herbal therapy.
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It emphasises virtue and happiness and the values of humanism.
The Collins History of the World in the 20th Century
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They emphasised they had no problem with residents extending their houses or converting their garages for family rather than commercial reasons.
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The term 'bed blocker' tends to imply the patient is the cause of the problem, but Dr Donald emphasised that was not the case.
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This was an attempt to suggest respectability, an effect emphasised by a large, rusticated entrance arch.
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Mazimhaka emphasised the importance of getting peacekeepers on the ground in Somalia as soon as possible: "African countries do not consider it necessary to have a place stabilised and then send in troops.
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To emphasise the lack of incident, City didn't carve out an effort on goal until more than 30 minutes had passed but at least when they did it brought rich reward.
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It was emphasised that only in those circumstances could the buyer be said to be on an equal footing with his seller in terms of bargaining strength.
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The posters emphasised that the judges who had pronounced the death sentences were themselves Uighurs.
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Mr O'Dwyer, however, emphasised the issue was still live and would have to be dealt with.
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The four anaemic trees along Bedford Hill only emphasise the cheerless prospect.
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It is important to emphasise that changes in economic circumstances may again make it necessary to take appropriate monetary measures, which may not be in consonance with the present easy liquidity conditions.
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Haggar displays fine use of mise-en-scene, and the film-maker/academic Noël Burch has emphasised his effective use of off-screen space.
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The contrast or brightness of the image can be varied to emphasise areas or tissues of interest.
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He is also sorry for the colourful language used to emphasise the point.
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They emphasise that local people stand to gain far more than they lose.
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The same sources emphasise that the American has not yet formally tabled any bid for any further shares, never mind the Irish pair's vast holding.
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Berg managing director Matt Webb admits that many are "angsty" about it because it re-emphasises those controversial simplified league tables, but he also says they have worked hard to present a fair picture of each school.
Schooloscope: The 4ip-funded project to make Ofsted tables accessible
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As a vocalist, however, he only emphasises the insipid nature of his songs, most of which are reminiscent of mediocre 80s pop.
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The intense pallor of his complexion, tightly cropped ginger hair, and prominent Adam's apple, only emphasised his lack of stature.
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The school therefore does emphasise the use of signing, in particular Makaton and Sign Along.
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In acute care there will be pressure from rapid bed turnover, which emphasises the importance of early preparation for discharge.
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He was wearing black pants and a green vest that emphasised his muscly physique.
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They emphasised that their equipment was for peaceful and not military purposes.
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She emphasised the status of housework as a moral code rather than a logical practice.
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It also emphasised how England destroyed the mystique that has surrounded Chabal here.
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Merger boutiques , such as Lazard and Greenhill, will emphasise their stability to pick up business.
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I know that my inability to act is my fault, based on several long-running problems, but being with them emphasises it.
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They emphasised that CURA volunteers must be non-judgmental in their dealings with people and non-directive in their counselling.
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The absence of Hawes was emphasised when Britain wasted five penalty corners in the first 15 minutes.
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Indeed, the responsibility and necessity for such action to defend children against parental mistreatment is strongly emphasised.
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Although keen to emphasise the cosmopolitan nature of British gastronomy, she insisted that cucumber sandwiches still had their place.
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But publicly at least, Parliament's senior media handlers are at pains to emphasise that they will show no favour.
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Dark, dandyish, dashing, brooding – it combined an extraordinary mixture of male arrogance and almost feminine beauty, emphasised by vivid clothes, peacock hairstyles and smouldering glances.
Thomas Lawrence: The new romantic – review
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So first, let me emphasise that I really am, despite any subsequent assertions, counter-claims and nit-picking objections, recommending this book: it is enormous fun, and its authors' hearts are in the right places.
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Parents and schools must emphasise the importance of mutual respect and tolerance and warn of the damage bullying can do.
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All these writers emphasise the resilience and diversity of unemployed protest, from the peaceful petitioning favoured by moderates to the mass resistance of anti-eviction struggles and dole strikes.
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She will emphasise how much richer the UK would be the rest of the country was productive as the capital is.
The Sun
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The programme emphasises a developmental perspective, on issues pertinent to providing counselling.
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Simple displays that emphasise the activities of the household, such as an armoire stacked with an assortment of crockery, can be used to provide a restorative background.
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He is keen to emphasise the positives and to look forward and for the industry to stop moping and get on with delivering results.
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It asserts the value of a socialist ethic that de-emphasises self-promotion.
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To do this, they emphasised the practice of zakat, or alms giving.
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The summers of recent years have also been very disappointing and this has emphasised the need to get amenities in place to keep tourists entertained when the weather is bad.
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Thus, his designs emphasised the unadorned colours and textures of metal and concrete, and often left structures such as pipes and ducts visible.
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I cannot emphasise too strongly the vocal results of this disc from two accomplished divas of this order.
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Education and self-development have always been emphasised in our home.
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It also emphasises that the worker wants to get it clear.
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The right style of swimsuit can help to hide, minimise or emphasise what you want it to.
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Some of them, and I hasten to emphasise ‘some’ are a disgrace to what ought to be a noble profession.
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More fundamentally, the nascent threat of pharming re-emphasises the need to revamp DNS systems and domain registration that critics argue is long overdue.
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This emphasised that the structure is not in fact circular, but built in straight segments that may indicate radial walls or buttresses.
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Aunt Em was working at a new piece of French tapestry, her slight aquilinity emphasised by tortoise-shell spectacles.
Over the River
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But they do a lot of work in training with me and we emphasise hitting the target and making the keeper work.
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It emphasised that ‘the courts are not the place to prove new medical truths’.
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Low rates, to re-emphasise, are not the only reason for weak productivity.
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Maybe that is why people watch talk shows that emphasise problems.
The Sun
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Popper emphasises both the importance of questioning the background knowledge when the need arises, and the significance of the fact that observation-statements are theory-laden, and hence fallible.
Karl Popper
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As if to emphasise the point, the report prints the comment in bold type.
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One of the biggest causes highlighted by the ABI was "tailgating" - driving too close to the car in front, and it called for the government's proposed new framework for learner drivers to emphasise safe following distances.
British Blogs
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Of course the Résistance was militarily ineffectual from a conventional standpoint: It was a guerrilla movement, with a large civil component that emphasised civil desobedience and sabotage.
Think Progress » On Today Show, O’Reilly Compares Murtha With Hitler Sympathizers
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I would like to emphasise the following guidelines: First, there is a positive mandate to create wealth.
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The north-south divide is emphasised by the fact that directors in the north-east and East Midlands also get up to 12 per cent below the average.
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It was emphasised once again that it was the function of the courts to determine the true nature of the substance and reality of the transaction.
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These are themes which we are now very familiar with - and the production, with its very colloquial and rather free translation of the original, emphasises them too much in its wish to make the play ‘relevant’ to our times.
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In acute care there will be pressure from rapid bed turnover, which emphasises the importance of early preparation for discharge.
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The words which I have emphasised replace the words of the section as enacted in the Compulsory Purchase Act 1965.
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They emphasised that their equipment was for peaceful and not military purposes.
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I wrote one sentence over the whole surface of the green form, in big black letters with silver outlines and emphasisers.
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139 It should be emphasised that the enumeration of the first paragraph of article 15 is by way of example.
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As she rises from a low chair at which she has been playing the clavichord, she disentangles the folds in the capacious dress which emphasises her tiny form.
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Delegates at the assembly were careful to emphasise that they didn't seek independence, but a semi-autonomous enclave within a federal Iraq.
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Transition from maidenhood to what is called the matronly had been too rapid; it was emphasised by her costume, which cried aloud in its excess of modish splendour.
The Crown of Life
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At Imperial we emphasise that our culture is one of collaboration and mutual support, rather than students competing.
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Redmayne's costume (an elegant gown with a high, beehive hairdo) gave him an aristocratic deportment which he emphasised with graceful movements and slow, sonorous speech.
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So if you knew me 15 years ago, I'm still happy to be a first-syllable emphasisee; new friends hit hard on the "lins".
Don't Argue With the Beeb
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Flying over the high mountain ranges emphasises why road travel is so tortuous, but the sight of these peaks and ravines is awe-inspiring.
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As Clark also emphasises, that debate placed demonology at the centre of many contemporary preoccupations about the nature of both the world and the divine purpose.
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This is because the other two novel strategies would ignore, or potentially underemphasise, whether the treatment was having any effect.
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We are also keen to emphasise that there should be no cash donations, only cheques, bank drafts or credit card payments.
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I will not dwell on that, but I think it needs to be emphasised that the availability of information to winegrowers and exporters - the people who want to get out there and do the job of selling our product to the world - is very, very important.
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It also emphasises that these aspiring entrepreneurs need access to the right support.
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That she never did any sport before May 2001 only re-emphasises the achievement.
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As politics retreats from grand ideology to technocracy, it has become increasingly important for politicians to emphasise their distinctive values.
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What was emphasised all round was the priority of preaching the gospel supported by godly living.
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They have emphasised that the walks start in town and finish in town and involve a circuit but short cuts can be taken back to base at many stages on the circuit.
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But I emphasise that in terms of the key features of the Reserve Bank, which are related to its single focus and its independence from Government control, this bill does not entrench upon those matters at all.
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To emphasise her point, she picked up her rifle, sighted and fired in one motion, neatly clipping off the end of a branch high overhead, sending it and its leaves fluttering down about them.
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The flickering cine emphasised the tangibility of alighting on this terrible horror.
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Two cases emphasise the need for the use of cautions in connection with police undercover operations.
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As in domestic politics, when you are uncertain about the substance, emphasise the style.
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A crisp edit would usefully emphasise their greatest asset, namely Cedric Gasaida's honeyed falsetto vocals: they're enticingly seductive on Into the Night, while Reckless With Your Love gives the delicious impression that he spent some fruitful time in his youth pretending to be Grace Jones.
Azari & III: Azari & III – review
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Jon shoveled pasta salad into his mouth to emphasise his point.
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His skill is to emphasise the play's class politics by turning the servants into a chorus, a bubbling undercurrent.
She Stoops to Conquer; Henry V, The Winter's Tale – review
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It emphasises the need to develop a holistic approach to heritage issues and sets out the relevant skills that are required.
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However, the scholarship of revivals has not emphasised the possibility of significant invariant qualities in appropriated or ‘revived’ folk culture.
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I feel that some such brief examination is necessary if we are to understand correctly the ætiology of some of the most troublesome disorders of childhood, such as enuresis, anorexia, dyspepsia, or constipation, disorders in which the nervous element is perhaps to-day not sufficiently emphasised.
The Nervous Child
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It is essential here to emphasise that commissions are not simply paid by product providers to those giving advice; notionally, they are funded out of the product the customer is saving into or paying for.
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North Yorkshire police are right to re-emphasise today that this is one of the safest places to live.
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It emphasises virtue and happiness and the values of humanism.
The Collins History of the World in the 20th Century
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But it's astonishing to enter a space, straight off the street, that is so long relative to its width, and whose height is emphasised by vertical slashes of windows.
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We need to re-emphasise the benefits of sport and physical activity to children and young people, through positive first experiences at school.
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Dr Ryan has emphasised throughout his period as bishop the importance of involving the laity in parish and church affairs.
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Instead of preferring to dwell on the unutterable ecstasy, contentment, and bliss of the experience, he is far more anxious to emphasise the fact that "all that pleased earst now seemes to paine.
Mysticism in English Literature
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The hospital of St Katherine was under royal control and this link emphasised the royal attributes of the saint.
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They can also emphasise features which belong exclusively to that one country.
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Mainstream media reports have tended to emphasise the violence of protesters, highlighting images of masked men smashing windows, throwing rocks and torching cars.
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I must also emphasise that the answer I give to the question before me will be of general application.
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There is also something importantly wrong here that goes to the heart of libertarianism- and Randianism- and America- and ‘Western civilisation’ which I wish to emphasise is not the same as ‘liberal civilisation’ or cosmopolis- too often an unknown ideal.
Shameless Self-promotion Sunday #45
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The man in the pinstriped suit and bowler hat is tapping his silver-topped cane on the breakfast table to emphasise each key point of his masterplan for the future well-being of the nation.
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I agree with not underlining in dialogue, but I disagree with authors not underlining words they wish to emphasise at all.
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We can either emphasise this intolerance, as extremists and fundamentalists do, or we can make a concerted effort to make the compassionate voice of religion audible in our troubled world.
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He emphasises that it is not just Normandy veterans who are invited to be at the showpiece event but men and women who served in any capacity in the services during the Second World War.
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I want to emphasise that non-standard analysis was not a sudden tangential direction in which the researcher moved.
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Sufism emphasises the more mystical and ascetic aspects of the religion.
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Downing Street sources re-emphasised the government's position on the Euro, stating there was simply ‘no change’.
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The body is elongated to emphasise a twisted head and an outstretched forceful arm.
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For the harpsichordist the ornaments, the trills and extra notes, are partly there to prolong the note, to emphasise it or give it a certain colour, and on the piano that can be done with the instruments natural sustain and dynamic range.
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Elaine Hanson, spokesperson for the Centre, said: ‘I cannot emphasise enough the unacceptability of our current position.’
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A programme of refurbishment at Pullman Court includes work on original features such as the pink faience tiling that emphasises many planes of the blocks and research into the interior colour scheme.
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From the beginning I emphasised to Donald that I was asset rich and cash poor.
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They emphasised the need for taking urgent reformatory steps against the fast growing social evils.
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The importance of sellers was emphasised when after the draw it was decided to distribute lots of five lottery tickets to all who had sold two cards or more.
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He wants to emphasise that he did not reject his familiars — they rejected him.
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Police emphasised that all the toxicology tests had come up negative so far and the cause of the spy's death was not yet known.
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It emphasises how we have the ability to laugh at ourselves, rather than at each other.
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Saints coasted to a very comfortable 60-16 victory, after a devastating first-half performance which emphasised the gap between the top and bottom of Super League.
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Organisation within the school emphasises whole-staff participation in management, cross-phase teams in curricular areas and whole-school planning strategies.
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The point was to emphasise, for better or worse, that you live well, you survive, when you learn restraint, self-discipline and separation.
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The Law Commission emphasised that an award of punitive damages should be seen as a remedy of last resort.
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But he also emphasised the importance of character and direction from the top.
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I print this in capital letters merely to emphasise the tone of incredulity with which my colleague, Michael Grant recounted this tale to me from Orlando.
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Growth will not be at the expense of the environment, as the five-year plan will emphasise efforts to clean up pollution.
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To accentuate his point, he referred to the Gospel which emphasises forgiveness.
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Circumstances could clearly alter the balance in favour of one group rather than another and emphasise some considerations more than others.
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The captain emphasised that a slow pitch made batting awkward for all those new to the crease.
Times, Sunday Times
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Friendship Association, Mbeki emphasised the need for Africa to beneficiate its raw materials, particularly the continent's mineral wealth, if it was to meet the ideal of an African Renaissance.
ANC Daily News Briefing
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Our program emphasises self-help.
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I was trying to gee them up but I was wrecked after playing just 15 minutes which just emphasised for me the effort everybody had put in.
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Mdladlana emphasised that the full development of tripartism
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