Thames Water has also been working on a surface water sewer main in the street.

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Holmes, a techno-adept detective working in New York, whips out a Surface to do some quick research.

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But he never told his mother he was working a half mile under the Earth's surface.

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But a state highway spokesman says they were only working on the surface of the road, not the underlying structure.

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And it was a tough transition to go from working on the material in rehearsal to the uneven surface.

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After fighting in tunnels and working under the surface of the sea, he ends up leading a hidden life of horror in a mining prison with thousands of others who lose everything, even their names, and never see the light of day again.

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Although at first glance this flamboyant vase presents a seeming welter of surface ornament, on closer examination we see how Lycett, working within the principles of visual harmony and balance central to Aestheticism, deftly controls this abundance, deploying his ornamental motifs in a dramatic series of bands that alternate complementary textures and hues within a narrow but vivid color palette.

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Ground crews began working around 6 a.m. to clear several inches of snow from the playing surface at Coors Field, which opened in 1995.

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