• The measure of a soldier can fairly be said to consist of his ability to maintain the respect of his peers and his subordinates while earning it anew from his superiors.

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  • He said the "tonnage" Connon Bridge currently dealt with would be "considerably less" than it was now and the materials delivered to the site would consist of only those that cannot be recycled at the waste-to-energy plant at St Dennis.

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  • The question at the heart of the case was how to apply a judicially created doctrine that originated in the 19th century to 21st-century innovations like drought- and insect-resistant crops, which require hundreds millions of dollars to develop but which can be readily copied millions of times because they consist of genetic or other easily replicable material.

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  • The telescope, which is due to be completed by 2012, will consist of 66 radio antennae spread across the Llano de Chajnantor plateau, 5, 000 meters above sea level.

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  • Nerve cells, though, are huge, and consist mainly of filaments that can be many centimetres long.

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  • On Saturday, the coalition said he has started reviewing candidates for a planned rebel interim government that will consist of 11 ministries and will be based inside Syria.

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  • Look at the shoppers (freebie papers that consist primarily of classifieds) that will be competing for your ad dollars.

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

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  • The paper recommends this body to consist of 12 members, who would be charged with laying down basic principles of professional ethics.

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  • Last week, the regulator, Ofgem, published its simplification plan, which said suppliers would be forced to have no-frills tariffs, which would consist of a standing charge - fixed by the regulator - plus a unit charge for energy used.

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  • Brass instruments are wind instruments, and although they may be coiled or bent into different shapes, all brass instruments consist essentially of a very long metal tube.

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  • The expansion is expected to be the final piece of an expanded MoMA campus, ultimately to consist of five buildings, four of them on West 53rd Street between Fifth and Sixth avenues, officials said.

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  • My fear is that in the future Afghanistan will consist of hundreds of these gaping toxic craters and the resources the country needs for its own development will be lost.

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