"It's a strange way to make up a field for a major championship - TV rights, " said the Scot, who failed to qualify.

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But it is uncertain whether such a method could ever become commonplace - its very difference may make it seem too strange to catch on.

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This is a very strange mistake for someone to make.

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Which is certainly a strange place from which to be trying to make a phone call.

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The UUP's Basil McCrea did not support the Alliance motion, and said he found their position strange given the work of parties who are trying to make a constructive way forward.

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Sounds like a strange thing for a company with that name to do but it does make great sense.

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So the suggestion that America may have something to teach Europe about how to make Muslims feel more comfortable (and therefore less extreme) looks at first sight rather strange.

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Solo tries to reconcile his passenger to life, even moving in with him in his motel room, where they make a very strange couple.

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It employed tactics such as sleep deprivation, strange meal patterns, stress positions and other psychological devices to break down detainees in order to make them talk to interrogators.

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If that speculation proves correct, encouraging depressed people to exercise should help to protect them from illness and the strange correlations between depression, pneumonia and influenza may finally make some sense.

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