The plans are expected to emphasise the importance of grammar, setting out exactly what children should be expected to be taught in each year of their primary schooling, as well as giving lists of words they should be able to spell.

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Similarly, bowlers like McGrath are able to bowl a tight spell under virtually any circumstances.

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Neither team had been able to mount a sustained spell of pressure but Paraguay did enjoy a brief period in the ascendancy shortly after the start of extra-time.

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But the payback of sustained results makes it a high-return investment and those results can spell the difference between a company that is able to make the strategic investments to secure its future and one that struggles to keep up.

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This will include scanning and speech synthesiser equipment and hand-held spell checkers - and in some cases, pupils will be able to keep equipment for use in work when they leave school.

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The Blades have the right too recall him after the first 28 days of the loan spell, and the two clubs will discuss nearer the time whether he will be able to play for the Addicks in the third round of the FA Cup on the day his loan is due to expire.

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The draw is not a good one for the Czechs, but Chovanec will at least be able to impart some of the tactical nous he picked up whilst playing for PSV Eindhoven - a brief spell in a playing career spent almost exclusively at Sparta Prague - in their first match, against Holland.

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