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Thank you, sir. Slim ran out again, closing the door gently behind him. | Slim said thanks and left the room quickly. | Slim was upset and slammed the door. |
A portfolio compiles the century's best cartoons and quotes. | The best cartoons of the century are complied in a portfolio. | A portfolio complies the worst cartoons of the century. |
As though that first scrutiny had been satisfactory, Mrs. Vandemeyer motioned to a chair. | Mrs. Vandemeyer invited them to sit. | Mrs. Vandemeyer shook her head and motioned to the exit. |
I find you to be quite lovable, for an intellectual herring. | You seem to be quite lovable. | I find you to be offensive, for an intellectual hearing. |
AC producers are concentrating increasingly on the Asia-Pacific region to exploit growing markets and take advantage of lower production costs; reported capacity expansions of over 15,000 tons/yr are all planned for Asia-Pacific and Russia. | AC producers are exploiting growing markets in the Asia-Pacific region. | AC producers are not interested in exploiting growing markets. |
If we do it the President's way, it will be a win-win. | It will be good if we do it the President's way. | We will lose out doing it the President's way. |
For example, grant-award decisions and visits to assess program quality also focused on the efficacy of statewide systems and collaborative efforts with other agencies serving the client community. | There are collaborative efforts with other agencies are factored into grant-award decisions. | Collaborative efforts with other agencies serving the client community aren't assessed during grant-award decisions. |
Expect holiday and weekend rates to be significantly higher, and be sure to ask for specific quotes for your intended stay. | It is likely that holiday rates will be more expensive. | Weekday rates will probably be cheaper than weekend rates. |
He swung toward Dave, raising the knife into striking position and aiming it at Dave's heart. | He pointed the knife at Dave's heart, ready to stab any moment. | Dave had the knife aimed at him. |
That was particularly important at 0-1, where you always had to fight for a desk and a chair. | In order to obtain a desk and a chair, you must fight for it. | It was not important to get a desk and chair. |
In 1874, the first exhibition of Impressionism had blown away the dust and cobwebs of the artistic establishment. | The artistic establishment was upended in 1874 with the introduction to Impressionism. | No one was impressed by the first exhibition of Impressionism in 1874. |
oh man just painted over varnished wood oh my | The wood got painted over. | Luckily, they didn't paint over the wood. |
War and Pestilence | There was a war. | It was peaceful. |
That other stuff on television--politics--is boring, long-winded; and politics vs. | Politics on television is boring. | Politics on television is exciting. |
but uh i've heard the scenery is real good in it yeah | I am told that it has beautiful scenery in it. | Everyone keeps saying that the scenery in it is horrendous. |
uh-huh uh-huh it is my children really enjoys it they really do but by the time we really get a chance to it's July you know and it's so hot | My kid likes to do it but by the time July comes around it's too hot. | My kid hates it and we do it during July. |
The Japanese were attracted more to Buddhism's ritual and art than to its complex philosophy, rendered all the more difficult because its texts were, for several centuries, available only in Chinese, the language of a small court elite. | The religion of Buddhism possessed a complex philosophy. | Buddhist texts were available in Japanese before Chinese. |
um i think it might have a spelling editor on it i'm not sure um | I think it fixes your spelling. | It doesn't fix your spelling at all. |
Neighborhoods of Leased Public Housing. | Public housing is leased. | Public housing can be bought. |
Compensation to the government for a contractor'sLiquidated failure to perform in a timely manner. | If a contractor does not complete their job in a timely manner they may have to compensate the government. | There is no penalty or consequence if a contractor working for the government fails to perform in a reasonable time frame. |
The study will allocate resources to promote adherence to the treatment protocol and monitor treatment fidelity. | The monitoring of treatment fidelity is being studied. | The resources will be allocated during this study. |
Though it requires a 30-minute drive from Tropicana via I-15 (or the free shuttle from New York-New York; Tel. 1-888-424-6898), the Fashion Outlet's selection of top names (Guess, Kenneth Cole, Tommy Hilfiger) and specialty stores (such as Williams Sonoma) make it worth the effort. | The Fashion Outlet is located about 30 minutes away from Tropicana. | From Tropicana one can walk only 5 minutes to reach the Fashion Outlet. |
i think they could uh save money by not doing that you know every time say if you change jobs that you you wouldn't have to do it if you'd just been tested at your other work place | I think they could save money if they didn't always test. | It would cost them a ton of money. |
You cannot mean to shoot me? | There is no way that you could intend to shoot me. | It is clear that you intend to shoot me. |
It's no surprise that the harbor has some of the best seafood restaurants in the Aegean, including several traditional Greek ouzeries. | The harbor has the best seafood restaurants in the Aegean. | Some of the worst seafood restaurants in the Aegean can be found in the harbor. |
A little minute, cried Poirot from the window. | Poirot cried from the window. | Poirot didn't say anything. |
It sounds like we will be able to get everything we want and then some and if the judge is in a good mood, we might get even more! | If the judge feels like it we might get more than we asked for. | We are certain to loose the case and will be lucky if he don't face charges. |
we we'd like you know other benefits that are provided um the athletic facilities that that you can sometimes take advantage of um | There are benefits like athletic facilities. | There are no benefits to take advantage of. |
You would, however, receive an affectionate reception if you were a domestic animal--sorry again, the term preferred by animal lovers is date. | You would be taken in happily if you were an animal. | If you are a domestic animal, you will not be welcomed. |
Gary Locke issued an order cutting nearly half the annual state funding for civil legal services - $2. | Gary Locke ordered the cutting of half the state funding for civil legal services. | Gary Locke ordered the doubling of the state funding for civil legal services in an effort to encourage social change. |
we had uh a week ago they had golf ball size hail coming down in one part of the uh of the city of Dayton itself | Last week there was hail the size of a golf ball in part of Dayton. | Last week they had such clear weather and no storms at all in Dayton. |
Separating the marina from the ocean is the Balboa Peninsula. | The Balboa Peninsula separated the marina from the ocean. | The marina and the ocean were not separated by the Balboa Peninsula. |
The town's central focus was the most elaborate Jantar Mantar observatory, which was the final fruit of his labors and begun in Delhi . | The Jantar Mantar observatory is quite fancy. | He began his labors in Mumbai. |
It lists the priority sequence of sources that an entity should look to for accounting and reporting guidance. | It prioritizes the sources. | It doesn't give priority to anything. |
Go and make sure from over there.' I pointed vaguely off-stage. | I asked them to go off stage. | I asked them to stay right next to me. |
Are you really Uncle Hiram's son? she asked wonderingly. | She wondered if he was really Uncle Hiram's son. | She was certain that he was Uncle Hiram's uncle. |
1.1 percent of GDP in 1973 to a deficit of 0.1 percent in 1991. | The time period is 19 years. | The percentage of GDP increased. |
and you just pick a campground on the river if it got you know over a hundred and ten degrees you went over the levee and jumped in the water | You can pick a campground by the river. | There are no campgrounds near the river. |
notion of divine sanction for democratic values. | The idea of sacrosanct democratic values. | A notion that democratic values are pointless. |
This could indeed lead to a slump--but need not if the management were alert and responded by simply issuing more coupons. | If the management issued more coupons we could avoid this slump. | The management is the cause of any slump we encounter. |
and and sweeping it out everyday it's really hard to to keep the sand and dirt out of it | It's really hard to keep everything clean. | It's easy to keep clean and organized. |
um no actually i found it in one of my mother's um homemade cookbooks i mean something she had collected out of Woman's Day or something | I found this in one of my mother's cookbooks. | I found a recipe in my father's cookbook that he collected on Arbor Day. |
it it depends on the person on the individual but uh the one factor i think | It depends on the person | Anyone can do it. |
"These two might have come bound alike."Drew pointed to the book Anse held and The Count of Monte Cristo . | Anse was holding a book. | Anse was holding a bat. |
, Buckley) argue that Gandhi and JP II overthrew tyranny. | Buckley believes that Gandhi and JP II had overthrown tyranny. | Buckley thinks that Gandhi and JP II are bad people. |
Growing involvement in electronics, telecommunications, nuclear power, and space satellites is intended to take the country, as one official said, directly from the 19th into the 21st century. | Technological advancements will take the world into the 21st century. | Telecommunications have become antiquated. |
I've only fought one other as tough and as fast as he was. | There aren't many who stand as tough and fast as he, for I have only faced one in the same. | There's literally nobody as powerful as him. Literally nobody. Not a single person. |
He blinked feebly. | He was rather nervous | He blinked ferociously |
are your family | They are your family | They aren't your family |
you know you'd have to climb like come over they'd have to come over the fence they could not open a gate you know and i still feel a little uneasy about him playing back there you know i mean if i don't hear him playing i mean i i get up and come out and look out the window real often you know so | I feel antsy about him playing out back there. | I am not worried when he plays back there, because it is safe. |
We laugh and have great fun together and share many of the same interests. | We have fun together and share interests. | We hate each other. |
The name Holyrood means holy crose (the Scottish word for crose is rood), and it is suggested that it is derived from the fact that David gave the abbey a crosethat had been owned by his mother, Queen Margaret (later St. Margaret). | Queen Margaret was the mother of David, and later became a saint. | Queen Margaret had no children and was known as a terror. |
oh and Florida's absolutely wonderful for that i understand i've i've never lived there | I've never lived in Florida. | I have lived there and have first hand experience. |
Coffee is very good. | Coffee is great. | Coffee is awful. |
The interior has been redecorated with fabrics and furniture dating from the late 1700s to Victorian times. | Decor is based on trends from the 1700s to Victorian times. | The decor is based on contemporary modern design. |
and they just don't team seem to tend as much to them as their parents did does that make sense | They don't seem to tend the area as much as their parents did. | The younger generation has tended it better than their parents. |
well they they they they don't sensationalize it anymore they used to make a big deal out of it every time it happened | They sensationalized it every time it happened. | It wasn't a big deal when it happened. |
'This isn't 1775 anymore. | 'It's no longer 1775. | 'It's the year 1775. |
started in Italy went to England France some in America uh also Japan anyway it was a really a a visual treat | It originated in Italy and then to England and so on. | It started in Houston and then went to Germany Boston then to Mexico and also Brazil. |
I stopped. | I ceased. | I continued without stopping. |
You can take my word for it that 121 there is nothing more to be done. | I assure you there is nothing left to do. | I can think of a few more things to try. |
The most renowned section of Beverly Hills, however, is open to the public. | People can freely walk around this section of Beverly Hills. | Beverly Hills is completely closed off to the public. |
You wanted a computer--and you've got it. | You got a computer you wanted. | I wwanted that computer, you will not be getting it,though. |
so we we do that somewhat uh we also have uh teleconferencing where we have | We have access to teleconferencing. | We are unable to use teleconferencing. |
In a study of 826 women, 28 percent began menstruating during the four days around the new moon, whereas no more than 13 percent did so during any other four day period. | Woman are more likely to menstuate around the new moon. | Woman usually get their periods at the same time. |
didn't purchase | Did not buy. | It was purchased. |
Phalluses huge and humble, wooden and stone are enshrined and worshipped here. | A lot of phalluses are contained in the shrine. | There are no phallic objects enshrined there. |
No, no, you're getting morbid on the subject. 116 "Enough to make a man morbid, to be stalked by beastly journalists and stared at by gaping moon-faced idiots, wherever he goes! | The man was becoming morbid because of the journalists stalking him. | The journalists left the man alone. |
Of Tracks and Tracts | Being of both Tracks and Tracts. | Being of neither Tracks nor Tracts. |
The information security management practices identified in GAO's executive guides have been incorporated into policy guidance at many federal agencies. | Many federal agencies use tools associated with GAO. | All federal agencies ignored the GAO executive guides. |
In response to the restrictions and funding cuts imposed nationally in 1996, the Maryland State Bar Association created the Maryland Coalition for Civil Justice (MCCJ) to spearhead and oversee state planning. | The Maryland Coalition for Civil Justice was created by the Maryland State Bar Association to oversee state planning. | Funding cuts and restrictions were imposed in 1986 causing the MCCJ to be created. |
and that's just like over here on on on Walnut and uh Plano Road or is it Jupiter one of them streets anyway | There is a street named Jupitor | It isn't on any of the streets I mentioned. |
ended up in the Supreme Court decision Brown versus the Board of Education which ended up um oh saying that separate and equal is not constitutional as far as you know schools it was talking about and it was interesting it was a | The decision was ruled by the Supreme Court. | The decision was never ruled, they're still in debates. |
Halfway through the second week the sky darkened and the cold western winds drew hard through the valley. | The wind drew hard through the valley. | The air was still throughout the valley. |
More regional meetings and meetings of like programs, i.e., rural with rural, or small with small - for mutual problem solving; | More regional meetings for mutual problem solving is something that needs to be done. | Less regional meetings for mutual problem solving is ideal. |
'If you should find yourself feeling any of these things, it is important that you let someone on staff know as soon as possible. | If you feel this you should tell the staff. | You should never complain to the staff about anything. |
me i'm in the legal department and um we do have uh a group of attorneys who handle our environmental issues | I work in the legal department, and we have a group of attorneys who handle our environmental issues. | I work in the legal department, and there's not much focus on the environment. |
Though surrounded by murder, he saw patience in the eyes of the one they called Stark. | He saw patience in Stark's eyes. | Stark looked impatient. |
Former prosecutor Michael Mazzariello was finally doing the kind of legal work he'd always dreamed of, but after less than a year of helping East New York's poor, he's getting booted from the bodega he turned into an office. | Michael Mazzariello used to work as a prosecutor. | Michael Mazzariello has never ceased working as a prosecutor. |
I doubt it. | I have doubt. | I believe it. |
White came along a few seconds later, progressing a little bit faster. | White was going somewhat faster and went by a few seconds later. | White stayed behind. |
The ghosts of Dickens, Wagner, and Proust wander around the lobby of the venerable Danieli Hotel, a former doge's residence that is one of Italy's most romantic (the romantic lobby bar offers a moment of rest for the weary). | Danieli Hotel used to be doge's place of stay and is romantic. | Danieli Hotel is not romantic at all. |
it's terrible it's i don't know if the Dallas location it just seems that um sometimes i feel like i'm in a singles bar | It is bad because Dallas location is problematic for me since it always feels so sleazy. | The Dallas location is similar to a monastery. |
If this was viewed as unfair competition, an independent regulatory commission could establish and monitor certain inverse price caps. | An independent regulatory commission would be able to create and check inverse price caps if the competition was deemed unfair. | There is no method for an independent committee to establish inverse price caps. |
It will certainly require a more stable GAO, in which budget and personnel levels remain consistent from year to year and reflect a work plan built from the strategic plan. | Budget and personnel levels need to be consistent each year for the GAO to be more stable. | Budget and personnel levels don't need to be consistent from year to year for the GAO to be more stable. |
It's become very popular, though, because from it you can enjoy a splendid view of Derwent Water and the fells it's an almost perfectly framed natural composition, something no photographer, professional or amateur, can resist. | Any type of photographer would enjoy the shot that Derwent Water and the fells offer. | It's not very popular these days because you can't get a clear viewing angle for Derwent Water. |
and uh he enjoyed them till he was about two and then he uh had fun throwing them and broke them | He started to dislike them sometime after he turned two. | He liked them all the way into seventh grade. |
The highest number of cases for us are domestic, he said. | He pointed out that they get domestic cases. | He said that they do not deal with domestic cases. |
i i've i've barely made it out of high school | I barely made it through high school. | I had no trouble graduating high school. |
oh golly that's not the kind we do do you go camping | That isn't what we do when we go camping. | We would consider doing this on a camping trip. |
16 About a quarter to seven, Mrs. Inglethorp called us that we should be late as supper was early that night. | Dinner was early that night. | Dinner was to be served late in the night. |
For a refreshing look at modern urban development, visit the new, neoclassical Antigone quarter, just on the opposite side of the Place de la Comedie from the old town. | On the opposite side of the Place de la Comedie there is the new Antigone quarter. | Next to the Place de la Comedie from the old town is the Antigone quarter. |
Since then, Mir's main oxygen system has failed repeatedly (forcing its crew to burn chemical candles to survive), its commander has developed heartbeat irregularities (caused by stress), and a cosmonaut has accidentally unplugged its main computer (which is less powerful than the chip in some cellular phones). | The main oxygen system of Mir has had repeated failures. | The main oxygen system of Mir has been remarkably steady and consistent. |
Edinburgh has throughout most of its history been a very compact city. | Edinburgh has been a very dense city. | Through it it's history, Edinburgh has been considered a spacious city. |
The blue heat haze that surrounds the mountains and gives them their name can best be seen on warm afternoons, when it is possible to see peakofter peak stretching into the distance. | The mountains give off a blue heat haze on warm afternoons. | There is only 1 mountain. |
no well he retired from one job and then took another one you know took that early retirement deal now has two salaries | After he retired from a certain job he took a different job and also took advantage of the early retirement deal that has two salaries. | He hasn't retired yet and is working 15 jobs with no retirement deal. |
Nothing doing, said Julius. | Julius wasn't going to take it. | Julius came to negotiate. |
Choose your own fish from the display and find out how much it will cost before having it cooked. | Pick which fish you want and learn the price before having it cooked. | Only one choice of fish is on display and they won't tell you the price before cooking it yourself. |
I had a great laugh when I was in North Korea a few years ago and someone congratulated me on my phenomenal output. | It was funny when someone congratulated my output in North Korea. | It was not funny at all when someone congratulated me. |
never i've never been served on the jury never been called up in a jury although some of my friends have been jurors | I have never been on jury duty though some of my friends have. | I have served on jury duty several times this past year. |
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