How To Use Pedigree In A Sentence

They have a smallholding in Devon which is home to a host of animals, including a flock of pedigree Black Welsh Mountain sheep.
And yet here they are at the mecca of pedigree dogdom. Times, Sunday Times
No doubt Mr Mutley is well aquatinted with the way dogs mate, having mounted the lady dog the chap dog turns around and then they commence to perform the filthy act facing away from each other, having smelt pedigree chum on a dogs breath I cant say that I blame them. Double Jeopardy
He's a Catholic conservative, with a distinctive intellectual pedigree.
While the warmbloods of France, Germany, Sweden, Poland, Hungary and other European countries have produced a number of good individuals, their pedigrees are riddled with recent Thoroughbred, Arabian and other outcrosses.

Burglars hurled pedigree puppies out of the window during a raid on a house in Salford.
Ready availability being the most precious of Prohibition virtues, gin was lifted above the historical pedigree that led Willa Cather to call it “the consolation of sailors and inebriate scrub-women.” LAST CALL
Pedigree animals may incur big bills because of hereditary illnesses. The Sun
Most of the early medieval saints were bishops, abbots, and abbesses with an impeccable social pedigree.
His voice and manner suggested an aristocratic pedigree.
Despite the mansion, the horses and a pedigree that probably reached back a hundred years before the Civil War, she'd bet he was one of the good old boys who thought of women as "honeys" and Only You
Mr. Hall's pedigree is unusual for a politician: He was a member of the successful 1970s band Orleans, and was able to draw on a network of fellow musicians to raise campaign funds and raise his profile. Swing District in Motion Again
With a growing demand for luxury products to reflect pedigree and personality, authentic rarity has become a design trend. Times, Sunday Times
All words have etymologies and all ideas have pedigrees.
There are pictures of uniformed servants, pedigree dogs and an impressive art collection. Times, Sunday Times
So knowing the pedigree of our drinks is a logical next step. Times, Sunday Times
Barry redressed the building, added tower elements and slathered the whole thing with a thick icing of period detail, and voila: The earls of Carnarvon had a house that suggested a long pedigree and hearkened back to the fantasy days of Good Queen Bess. A Victorian fantasy, in stone
Both were direct progeny of that parent, and one of these inbreds had additional backcrossing to that parent in its pedigree.
No orchestra has a greater Mahler pedigree than the Concertgebouw, beginning in the early 20th century under Willem Mengelberg, and continuing under successive music directors – Van Beinum, Haitink, Chailly – right up to the present day. Mahler: Symphony No 3 – review
The current money is on Edward de Vere, the Earl of Oxford, who had the acceptable aristocratic and educational pedigree for the job -- presuming, that is, that you must practice falconry in order to write about it. Who wrote Shakespeare? Author James Shapiro offers an answer.
The reason can perhaps be found in the fact that company law as an academic discipline boasts no long and distinguished pedigree.
Sally with her handler Laura proved that cross-breeds are just as good at obedience and agility as their pedigree counterparts.
After almost 40 years in milk production, John and Sally Hart are dispersing their Hilhoath herd of pedigree Jersey and Guernsey milkers.
For this is the form that every tabulation of family pedigree must assume; and therefore the mere fact that a scientific tabulation of natural affinities was eventually found to take the form of a tree, is in itself highly suggestive of the inference that such a tabulation represents a _family_ tree. Darwin, and After Darwin (Vol. 1 and 3, of 3) An Exposition of the Darwinian Theory and a Discussion of Post-Darwinian Questions
The stealing of exotic breeds of chicken comes amid a wider rise in rustling, particularly pedigree animals. Times, Sunday Times
His precise Irish pedigree is not clear, but his self-made man credentials are impeccable.
To them, £500 seemed an extraordinary amount of money for a team with no pedigree, a bunch of unknowns that would do little to entice the supporters through the gates at Inverleith.
But don't be lulled by this snug, matey pedigree.
Party activists with lower middle class pedigrees are numerous.
Obviously, the implementation of a successful breeding program will require correct pedigrees.
He was a stallion pedigree, physically superior, and proved the point.
Mosquitoes whined for blood, the long grass and swamp land around producing a fine pedigree for aggression and prophylactic resistance. A DARKENING STAIN
In the etchings of artist Nicholas Ward, his pedigree as a draughtsman is clear to see.
And the pedigree cattle breeds of our shires shape their menus. The Sun
Party activists with lower middle class pedigrees are numerous.
In an era in which the very power of national governments of reformist pedigree to deliver reforms is under question, Labour gainsays the question.
This is not a pedigree that predisposes him to accept the necessary limits of the philosophical life. Human, All Too Human
Pedigree animals may incur big bills because of hereditary illnesses. The Sun
Both cats had the shaded fawn bodies and brown points of pedigreed seal-point Siamese: brown masks accentuating the blueness of their eyes; alert brown ears worn like royal crowns; brown legs elegantly long and slender; brown tails that lashed and curled and waved to express emotions and opinions. The Cat Who Knew Shakespeare
'If a prince of Eldorado should come, with a pedigree of lineal descent from some signory in the moon in one hand, and a ticket of good-behaviour from the nearest Independent chapel, in the other' --? The Letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Barrett, Vol. 1 (of 2) 1845-1846
And these hounds have been born and bred as pedigrees for 200 years - if you take them out to drag hunt, they are guaranteed to chase a fox if they find one.
The American Kennel Club incorporates CERF numbers on registration papers and certified pedigrees.
The same seems clearly true of the conception of pedigree that came to loom so large in the social thinking of the gentry of the late medieval and early modern ages.
Pedigree or mongrel, the canines dislike it when their owners show affection for other dogs.
Venus had what society columnists and besotted male journalists referred to as a mane of cascading auburn hair and her intellectual pedigree came directly from the Sorbonne, but she was Italian, with an accent that only grew stronger and more mellifluous as the years went by. Sugar Skull
The company has an excellent pedigree, with many residential and commercial developments forming their impressive portfolio.
Few castles can boast the historic pedigree of Cathcart, which dates back to the days of Sir Alan Cathcart, a knight who served with Robert the Bruce.
She has gained work experience in a veterinary centre and is interested in breeding pedigree dogs.
Yet a third commercial rocket is being marketed from Russia, and this one has an historic pedigree.
The seat has a strong pedigree as a home to Conservative big hitters. Times, Sunday Times
Barnes … and, er, yes, Bob Skinstad for a bit of midfield "muscularity" given his more recognised rugby pedigree. News24 Top Stories
Farmer Robert Cunyngham Brown is a grey-haired countryman who owns both Graveland and Otterswick and has a family pedigree on the island that stretches back hundreds of years.
Acceptance of the calf as a pedigree will be acknowledged by the respective breed society once the necessary requirements for that society have been met.
Communal feasting practices in Cyprus have a long pedigree, possibly stretching back into the Chalcolithic period, but were certainly established by the prehistoric Bronze Age.
A family tree or a pedigree is a diagram of the members of your extended family.
He came from a youngish pedigree, the first foal of an unraced mare.
This superb, but alarmingly underrated guitarist has a fine pedigree.
Interest in whether the essentials of being human are given to us by nature or by nurture has a long pedigree.
The semantic difference for me is that "doctor" is a title identifying your educational pedigree, while "professor" identifies your job - it's possible to be a doctor without being a professor, and vice versa. Ferule & Fescue
While base 60 seems like the creation of an extraordinarily fertile imagination, sexagesimal has historical pedigree. HERE’S LOOKING AT EUCLID
Bill, who spends the rest of the year running a herd of pedigree Welsh Black cattle at Trefawr Farm, Llanfyrnach, confided that loose leaf tea was the secret of a good cuppa.
Spiritual healing has an ancient pedigree, with much evidence of success.
In a pioneering study there, solar-powered electric fences are used to surround maternity pastures where expensive, pedigree calves are born.
Selective breeding means the bicolour gained recognition as a pedigree in victorian times.
The "knowns" -- the gifted Galt MacDermott, the ingenious British designer John Bury, the not yet knighted Peter Hall, couldn't have had better pedigrees for approaching a piece of such ambition: there was a space ship that sailed over the orchestra; trampolines cratered into the stage to bounce us like 'low gravity' might, and a massive rocket tail would blast us all off at the show's end in quadraphonic sound. Melanie Chartoff: Spine-tingling"Spiderman"--for All the Wrong Reasons
He developed his knowledge of horse pedigrees through the family business of breeding mares at their home in Fermoy, Co Cork.
It had a literary pedigree and a witty script. Times, Sunday Times
They asked about his speed and his fondness for Pedigree Chum Select Cuts, and all expressed interest in his bowel movements.
The trick of lowering expectations has great historical pedigree. Times, Sunday Times
Party activists with lower middle class pedigrees are numerous.
Both the village and the pub are a little twee, but they've got the pedigree. Times, Sunday Times
That impressive pedigree transmits well to this film, a rousing tale of survival against the odds that's partly inspired by a true story.
Here note: (1) that Darerca is given the ancestry attributed in the _Book of Leinster_ pedigree to Beoit, thus hinting at an originally _matrilinear_ form of the official pedigree: (2) that the settlement of the family in Cenel The Latin & Irish Lives of Ciaran Translations Of Christian Literature. Series V. Lives Of The Celtic Saints
They include many popular breeds as well as non-pedigreed longhairs and shorthairs.
Without a pedigree authenticated by fellow nobles, true nobility was unthinkable - a problem that could cause acute embarrassment to the recently ennobled or the progeny of mésalliances.
It had a literary pedigree and a witty script. Times, Sunday Times
The pedigree of each animal in the study was traced back as far as known.
The brand does not seem to be pushing its parental pedigree.
But first, there's a musical to put on that, for all its pedigree and malleability, remains very '70s and very showbiz.
Her attack dog is a mutt, and, as everyone knows, mongrels are healthier than pedigreed dogs.
He then sold all his livestock and replaced them with four breeds of pedigree cattle.
His football pedigree is good enough for him to deserve an opportunity like this. The Sun
A pedigree pup should have been inoculated against serious diseases before it's sold.
This is a relatively new brand, but it has an impeccable pedigree. Times, Sunday Times
The rooms are tiny, but most have frescoed or coffered ceilings, and it has plenty of historical pedigree - Hans Christian Anderson lived and worked here in the mid 19th century.
Founded in 1781, the school has an excellent pedigree.
I am occasionally disappointed by the failure of some ACLU Chapters to live up to their libertarian pedigree.
Sure, we're talking about the high teens, but these aren't the kind of markups that even ardent bears would deem unreasonable given growth rates and pedigree papers. Apple at $300 or Google at $600? - Yahoo! Finance
Top price of the day at £2400 went to Rowland and Lewis, Caerforiog Farm for Llancourt Talgarth Jasmine 3, out of Llancourt Manat Jasmine 3 and sired by Bidlea Talgarth, she was a pedigree first calver with a good history behind her, giving 32Kg / day. FWi - All News
His undeviating rule appears to have been to breed high quality pedigree stock and to feed them from his own resources.
Double Gloucester cheese is widely available, but Single Gloucester cheese can, by law, only be made on farms in Gloucestershire that have a pedigree herd of Gloucester cattle. Archive 2007-06-24
Rogue employees have stolen and sold data from the most pedigreed blue chip companies.
The gang is targeting pedigree dogs who have tags with their name and telephone numbers.
Yet this does not mean that Bell saw no place in the church for the episcopal office, and instead sought to map the historical pedigree of an hierarchical system of ecclesiastical governance.
In the past five years she has helped the owners of hundreds of pedigree animals. Times, Sunday Times
So the reform of State-owned-enterprises in infrastructure field should choose the way of "pedigree way, step-by-step" rather than the normal route of "two-part, one-step".
Leah spends many hours researching pedigrees and racing records for the long-term goals she and Don have set for the Ford Thoroughbreds.
Or do you want to delve into pedigrees, to find the classic mix of bloodlines that herald the ultimate racehorse.
He sipped his ultra-reinforced Ovaltine, wishing the janitor could bring himself to quit using epithets of dubious Latin pedigree. RC: How the Criten Got the Keys, Grubbage « Unknowing
But the kinship between these two pedigreed sons of American political dynasties is sincere.
Every type of pedigree dog registered with the Kennel Club is represented.
Matthew gives the legal pedigree through Solomon down to Joseph; Luke the real pedigree, from Mary, the real parent, through Nathan, brother of Solomon, upwards (Lu 3: 31). no man of his seed ... upon the throne -- This explains the sense in which "childless" is used. Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
The cinematic pedigree behind it isn't selling me either: I didn't care for Zack Snyder's previous commix-to-screen adaptation, and there are signs that Watchmen is going to showcase some of the same sins (particularly over-reliance on spoken narration, even if it will be Rorschach). Population Statistic
Conclusion: Pedigree investigation has important significance on developing genetic consult and eugenic guide.
Carlos Salcido and Ricardo Osorio, who both play in Germanys top flight, bring European pedigree and ample experience. The Earth Times Online Newspaper
‘In doing this they get to know the animals, their pedigrees and so on, as they need to have that kind of information for the competition,’ he commented.
For these reasons it is logical to consider drawing a pedigree when asking about family illnesses.
London Irish couldn't believe their luck, snapping up one of the best buys of the season, a finisher of proven pedigree in the prime of his career.
But she is a fantastic looking filly with a great pedigree. The Sun
In his spare time he was a dedicated horticulturist and he bred pedigree dogs.
The pedigree shorthorns have been prize-winners at the London and Welsh Dairy Shows and can be traced back to the Dowror herd which Mr David's grandfather established in the 1930s.
If everyone has a purebred dog that does not even belong to our country, then what do we do to our poor Indian mongrels who are as healthy and loyal as the so called pedigree dogs?
They are bred for power, speediness, and stamina though height somehow made itself known within their pedigree.
The World Cup suggested coaches are right to speak of a global shortage in pedigree defenders. Times, Sunday Times
His method was to ask about their history, their pedigree, what he called their genealogy.
His undeviating rule appears to have been to breed high quality pedigree stock and to feed them from his own resources.
The World Cup suggested coaches are right to speak of a global shortage in pedigree defenders. Times, Sunday Times
Their incorporation into these pedigree herds as suckler dams or resale as in calf cows offers a very lucrative second-hand value.
Isolationism has a long and respectable pedigree in American history.
Specifics are everything here: meat genealogy, breed pedigree and feed quality, the entire inventory of pointless, snobby particularity.
The validity of a viewpoint seemed to hinge on the author's pedigree rather than on the cogency of his argument.
Historically, it has a shoddy pedigree of corruption and death.
There's huge pride in the dog's lineage, its pedigree - as if breeders were talking about their own family trees, as if they're descended from aristocracy.
Authors of county histories devoted much space to pedigrees of families, since this would induce the gentry to subscribe to their volumes.
Party activists with lower middle class pedigrees are numerous.
The provisions hereunder apply in relation to bulls, whether registered pedigree bulls or otherwise, which are offered for sale or sold for breeding purposes.
I judge Mbeki on a different scale, than, let's say, Arap Moi, the former Kenyan dictator, because Mbeki's of a purer pedigree and his tutorship was clean and democratic. Pius Kamau: Mbeki and the Butcher of Khartoum
Economic autarchy ("autarchy" is just philosopher-speak for "self-sufficiency") has a long pedigree in Thomistic (the most prominent strain of Catholic) philosophy. Archive 2009-05-01
It seems that every idea that Obama puts forward with a GOP pedigree is shot down. Palin drills down in policy in high-profile speech
Our club isn't one of the rich, exclusive outfits, where the pedigreed children of the establishment eat chocolate-dipped strawberries off silver trays carried by black waiters in starched white uniforms, but one that anyone can join, where geeks and misfits line up with plastic plates for veggie burgers and canned fruit salad. Lost in the Meritocracy
If he produces a lot of top quality trial dogs and enters the pedigrees and the major bloodlines of the breed, his genes will be spread throughout the breed.
Doctor, frivolling with a lovely filly, pedigree not known. The Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Gilbert Parker
But in this egalitarian—and I use the term advisedly—day and age, nobility tends to play down its pedigree, the major exception being British lords who weren't born to greatness but were knighted after they made a killing in convenience stores or sandwich shops, or Eastern Europeans hawking products such as high-end cold creams. The Prince's Pillows
For many years, heroin buyers expected bags to be stamped - an unstamped bag was regarded with suspicion, a generic product that carried no pedigree.
For all I knew, despite her pedigree—her dad is Arie Kopelman , a former head of Chanel; her brother Will dates Drew Barrymore; and she attended the Spence School, Taft and Yale—she might be short a couple of marbles. Bullets and 'F-Bombs'
One of the issues in the canine world now is that too few pedigree dogs are bred for their working abilities. Times, Sunday Times
In 1944 The Kennel Club admitted the cavalier King Charles spaniel to the ranks of officially recognized pedigreed dogs.
Even coach Andy Gair was pressed into service on the wing and he did enough to remind his charges of his pedigree.
This ranch is owned by Carlton and Nancy Laxton and they run a herd of over two hundred pedigree Romagnola cows.
As intended, the new name spurred interest, and by the 1970s, the American shorthairs were fully established as one of the most popular cats at pedigree shows.
Results The STS gene was partially deleted in the affected members in the pedigrees with XLI, leaving only exon1 but not the other exons.
This is a method employed by Elizabeth David in the minestrone verde recipe given in Italian Food, and also mentioned as a possibility by Locatelli, but despite the pedigree, the result needs an awful lot of seasoning to lift it from the blandness that many Marie Antoinettish proponents of cucina povera choose to ignore in their favourite peasant dishes. How to cook perfect minestrone soup
In the early eleventh century one branch of the powerful ÓNéill family drew up a pedigree that traced its descent for twenty generations.
More than historical pedigree or source credibility, I evaluate how it is presented.
The five cats include three pedigrees - a silver tipped chinchilla and two Persians - a tabby and white cat and grey cat.
Not only that, but the pedigree is distinguished as well. Slow down a second « Motivated Grammar
This won't be easy against a side who topped their pool in the preliminary stages and boast a proven European pedigree. The Sun
Together with the genetic counselor, analyze the pedigree to obtain pertinent past medical records from appropriate “affected” members Clinical Genetics Service
With its teen-angst theme, easy promotability and strong pedigree Kids Lit » Blog Archive » Gossip Girl “Most Promising Pilot”
His pedigree suggests the faster going is a concern. The Sun
I see I've attracted an ankle-biter with a Sonoma County pedigree. Pedestrian Friendly?
Sam is a 14-year-old pedigreed Chinese crested and, unsurprisingly, has won the contest three times in a row.
It is not only Manchester United who can testify to FC Porto's current European pedigree.
The product has a pedigree going back to the last century.
But what it had in pedigree it lost in promotion — there was very little — and then ABC began jerking around the with the schedule. Ellison Speaks Out About Masters DVD : SF Universe - SF Universe is your Science Fiction central. From SciFi television to movies to books and more. All the latest news, reviews and insights from SciFi experts.
Pedigrees add to the collectibility of a coin because they identify it from a historical perspective. Fx Mint | SciFi, Fantasy & Horror Collectibles
It's a system they've worked out proportioning points based on pedigree and performance.
Various breeds of pedigree dogs, including miniatures shih-tzus and Lhasa apsos, dachshunds, bearded collies and a corgi were recovered.
Pedigree sows and boars are retained for breeding while their offspring join the food chain in keeping with the trust's motto Eat them to keep them.
Nitte Santosh Hegde, who has cast the first stone, is not to be sniffed at; his pedigree not to be piffled with. Churumuri
It makes feasible the analysis of multilocus data observed on general pedigrees containing possibly consanguineous marriages and missing information.
Coca may have an impeccable design pedigree, but he's not divorced from reality. Times, Sunday Times
They include many popular breeds as well as non-pedigreed longhairs and shorthairs.
The American Border Collie Association will record this information, as well as eye certification, on pedigrees.
Working under Gough and his assistant proved an attraction for a tenacious performer whose Scottish father Michael genned him up on the pair's pedigree.
Given the distinguished pedigree of the current collection, jewelry historians and collectors should await new arrivals with eager anticipation.
He's 43, been a copper for 25 years and has a pedigree of detective work, having covered ganglands, drug trafficking and extortion.
Not that there was any shortage of new sailing craft on display - mostly glittering sloops with racing pedigrees as long as your arm.
Few castles can boast the historic pedigree of Cathcart, which dates back to the days of Sir Alan Cathcart, a knight who served with Robert the Bruce.
For reference and further processing, the pedigree data can also be saved in a simple text file, using tab indents to indicate ancestral levels.
The court was told Holloway has been involved in farming for 17 years and has built up two herds of rare pedigree cows.
There are meticulously maintained Shih Tzu breeding records and pedigrees for more than 50 years as well.
Moreover, pedigrees, by which dynastic links could be checked, do not exist for all the families of all his beneficiaries.
Yet I dare say the chorus of a musical comedy would not be awestruck -- would, indeed, 'bridle' -- if one unrolled to them their illustrious pedigree. Yet Again
Republican pedigrees rarely come more unalloyed than his.
Martial artists claim both this kind of unblemished pedigree and acknowledge tout, even changes that are sometimes quite radical. Karate and Modernity: A Call for Comments
Such beacons have an historical pedigree and were once lit to warn of imminent danger.
We have a proven pedigree because of our retailing backgrounds.
New Delhi has enshrined performance and effectiveness as more important measures of human worth than family name or pedigree.
Naturally insusceptible, however, of fear, he crossed himself, and stoutly demanded of the Saracen an account of the pedigree which he had boasted. The Talisman
As a primary example, collection of family history and construction of pedigrees is a common activity in genetics curricula.
She was proud of her long pedigree.
That even today a Democratic nominee speaks that way confirms G.K. Chesterton's belief that some political institutions are "parvenue by pedigree; they hand on vulgarity like a coat-of-arms. Relaxation By Exhaustion
And the pedigree cattle breeds of our shires shape their menus. The Sun
Being a writer is like being one of those riskily overbred pedigreed dogs — a French bulldog, for instance — poorly suited for survival despite their very special attributes. I Am Sorry to Inform You
Methods Clinical observation and pedigree analysis were undertaken in a family with ectopia lentis.
Many Welsh pedigrees assign existing families a Roman ancestor in the person of some official who lived in the period between the departure of the legions and the Saxon conquest.
Pedigree animals may incur big bills because of hereditary illnesses. The Sun
Unfortunately, the equality extends to the stilted acting, melodramatic meanderings, and too-convoluted plot twists of its erotic thriller pedigree.
Organised gangs are stealing pedigree dogs of all breeds from homes across the country and the dognapping crime is on the increase.
No fillies were in the sale, and unless a horse has a top stallion pedigree, the Jockey Club gelds the horses before they go through the sale.
The team have confirmed that the Belgian will be part of the team for the race and, his previous pedigree in the sprints ought to see him come away with at least one stage win.
The product has a pedigree going back to the last century.
The film does little to rise above its second-rate pedigree.
Other results showed that there was no distinction between pedigree and mongrel dogs although pedigree cats performed better than cross-breed cats.
I place the qualifier in the last sentence because the biggest trick, or illusion, or the tallest story fed to the human is the one of ancestry and pedigree.
Anyone with knowledge of livestock and pedigree cattle will appreciate their true value.
In other words, the validity of a viewpoint seemed to hinge on the author's pedigree rather than on the cogency if his argument.
Most of the early medieval saints were bishops, abbots, and abbesses with an impeccable social pedigree.
Well, isn't that what you'd expect from the company with the longest pedigree in pet healthcare?

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