• And the team have since tried to bolster their line-up but their lack of class throughout could halt their progress.

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  • Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Ramnaresh Sarwan return to bolster the batting line-up.

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  • It is up to the government to come up with ways to bolster the supply of natural energy.

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  • For a relatively subtle look, take pattern cues from the duvet, but up the scale for the bolster's cover wider stripes, bigger flowers.

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  • Management is boldly acting on what it sees as an opportunity to pick up assets from cash strapped banks needing to bolster capital to meet regulatory requirements.

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  • But two years after it launched, a parliamentary committee has given a thumbs-down to the setting up of a statutory National Identification Authority to bolster the scheme.

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  • Barry wants to know the plans O'Neill has in place to bolster the squad at the Midlands club as he weighs up his chances of winning some silverware with Villa.

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  • Calderwood, who this month took over at Killie after the departure of Jim Jefferies, was keen to bolster his squad after injuries to several key players for up to six weeks.

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  • In recent years Mr Putin has eased up on the choreographed macho antics meant to bolster his image in Russia, such as riding horseback barechested and shooting a tiger with a tranquiliser gun.

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  • The move follows the takeover earlier this year of five small banks by healthier competitors, encouraged by a government promise to spend more than 10 trillion won in taking up dud loans and helping the acquiring banks to bolster their capital.

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  • Yet the war in the western region of Darfur, which reached its most violent stage as the CPA was being finalised, has eaten up most of the foreign diplomatic and financial resources that were promised to bolster the north-south agreement.

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