That will be at the expense of Kevin Maggs who did his usual hard-working stock-in-trade stuff, but looked a shade off the pace.

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This describes patients who are a shade better off than those in a vegetative state, because they show fluctuating signs of awareness.

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He had taken his helmet off and had sought shade, but had food and water with him.

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The phytochrome can then be exposed to a different shade of red light to turn the gene off.

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Low cost improvements can include replacing incandescent lights with CFL or LED alternatives, master switches to make it easier to switch off appliances at night, energy monitoring to make it easier to identify waste, draft proofing, and using plants or shade-cloth to keep the summer sun off your home.

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While the stand-off continued I watched a policeman standing in the shade of a date palm, fidgeting with his sub-machinegun.

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In the shade under the Number 13 bus stop (the road is off-limits to vehicles on Sundays) one hears more Ilonggo, spoken on Panay island.

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Maybe she's a shade too attractive -- it's hard to take your eyes off her hair, so luscious it practically demands its own trailer -- but the contrast with flinty, brittle old Gus is effective, and Adams shows some grit too, easily bossing Justin Timberlake (game as the movie's token love interest).

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He and his research team are in the final stages of developing a PlatinumFish, for those who think that gold is a little downmarket, and they soon expect to be able to match any metallic shade that a fish-fancier fancies (though this service will be significantly more expensive than buying an off-the-shelf colour).

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While many argue that even his more serious works lack real depth -- "He tends to see the world in primary colors rather than light and shade, " says Brooks, "Which is why his recent, darker movies don't quite come off, " -- even Spielberg's fiercest critics acknowledge his enormous, era-defining contribution to the cinematic art.

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