They didn't have any width on the left-hand side so they were a little bit lop-sided.

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Looking at the lop-sided instrument in my hand, it is clear that the inability to prevent and deter weighs far heavier.

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The danger is that the German presidency will entrench this lop-sided approach.

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Wales had a "lop-sided" system of devolution, with law-making powers granted by a referendum in March, but far less power over its finances.

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Lop-sided demand has created a logistical headache for shipping lines: they cannot find enough containers in Asia for the journey to America and Europe.

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"The Nasa programme is looking quite lop-sided at the moment" according to Professor Andrew Coates, the head of planetary science at UCL's Mullard Space Science Laboratory.

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"These are meant to be the showcase events for our game, yet they contain many lop-sided matches that were never going to be a contest, " added Ponting.

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Why wait, when the risks are so lop-sided?

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But familiar gripes about lop-sided growth are resurfacing.

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The world economy is precariously lop-sided.

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