One would consist of basic constitutional provisions which could be changed only, as now, by a full-dress constitutional conference.

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Hobbes did not quite envision the full-dress decadence of contemporary times.

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After four full-dress reports and years of inquiries, the committee is convinced that the big PubCos are abusing their power in the market and imposing unfair trading conditions on pub landlords.

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The full-dress welcome organised by the army for a man who owed his freedom not to a finding of innocence but to an act of mercy (a quality rare in his own regime) was defiant.

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She bounded on stage wearing a full-length lavender silk dress followed by her co-presenters who included Linda Barker and the show's handyman Handy Andy.

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An increase in Qatari men drinking alcohol in bars often in the full-length body robe that is the national dress, and sometimes in public is on the rise, some observers say.

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There were clerics in white turbans, Western ambassadors in suits, police and army generals in full ceremonial dress, soldiers with berets and florid, Saddam-style moustaches, and women both veiled and unveiled.

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On the back cover, a high-ranking Japanese samurai looks splendid sitting on a trunk in full battle dress.

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