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well i mean if if you know what your routine is you can do that by yourself and you probably do | If you're certain about your routine then go ahead. | I don't want you doing that by yourself, you don't know your routine well enough yet. |
I'm not proposing to kill you this trip that is, if you're reasonable." The Russian quailed before the stern menace in the other's eyes. | The Russian was scared as he saw the seriousness of his counterpart's words. | I'll kill you regardless of how reasonable you are on this trip, |
On the other hand, commercial companies must develop high-quality products quickly or they may not survive in the marketplace. | Companies have a better chance of surviving if they can quickly provide products of high quality. | A commercial company will have a better chance at success in the marketplace if they take their time developing cheap quality items. |
i'm sure i didn't i was ready to turn on the air conditioning it no it really was extremely warm it only got down to about sixty five in the evening | I was about to turn on the air conditioning because it was still sixty-five in the evening. | It got down to negative ten this evening! |
I had to confess myself mistaken. | I had discovered that I was wrong. | I could not admit that I was wrong. |
and the winter wasn't that bad i was really grateful that it didn't get that bad this winter | The winter was mild, and I was grateful for that. | This was a terrible winter with many blizzards. |
With further refinements underway to improve reliability, this system will enable program leaders at all levels to provide Congress, client groups, state legislatures, bar leaders, courts, funders and other stakeholders with a more accurate picture of how many people are being served by LSC-funded programs. | This system will facilitate reporting for LSC-funded programs. | This system is required for programs to receive LSC funding. |
A Reporter's Guide to GAO is available on GAO's Web site www.gao.gov. | There is a guide on their website. | The guide is available in hard copy only. |
No defendants were ordered to pay more than a $250 fine for violating the court order. | The defendants who were fined for violating the court order had to pay a sum of money. | Every defendant had to pay over $300 in fines. |
Brazilians, for instance, with their mestizo consciousness and their many gradations of tipo , or type, behold with disdain our crude bifurcation of race. | They did not care for the race of the other people. | The Brazilians were kind to those from the different race. |
The other hesitated. | The other paused in indecision. | The other had made up their mind already. |
Warhol's Skull (1976) now reads unavoidably as a premonition of AIDS. | Warhol's Skull reads as a premonition of AIDS | Warhol's Skull has nothing to do with AIDS. |
and they do forestry work they maintain trails and they uh put up signs and they do fire prevention work and certainly things of that sort | They do all kinds of work in the forest. | They work a 9-5 job sitting in an office. |
Now, about our recommended Could we have made different recommendations? | The recommendations could have been different. | We made no recommendations. |
George McClellan out of retirement to save the Union Army. | He came out of retirement save the army. | Not even George McCellan could save the Union Army. |
Walking away is a good ploy if you have the time. | Walking away is good if you have time. | Running away is a good tactic. |
oh well have a good day then bye-bye | Hope you have a good day. | Hello! Are you ready to begin? |
and they were being the judge was being especially careful that everything was done correctly so there couldn't be a a mistrial of any kind uh the uh | The judge tried to avoid anything that would cause a mistrial. | The judge did everything in his power to cause a mistrial. |
These 900 hectares (2,224 acres) of parkland on the western edge of the city constitute one of Baron Haussmann's happier achievements. | On the western edge of the city are thousands of acres of parklands. | Baron Haussmann was very dismayed at the creation of the parks. |
Total labor man-hours of construction and engineering labor are then about 365,000 man-hours for a single 500 MWe unit. | 365,000 man-hours for a single 500 MWe unit is the total labor man-hours of construction and engineering labor. | Total labor man-hours of construction and engineering labor are then about 450,000 man-hours for a single 750 MWe unit. |
Causeway Bay also has a variety of bars and clubs. | There is a variety of bars and clubs in Causeway Bay. | Causeway Bay has very little variety of bars and clubs. |
In a corner, the semi-conscious train conductor was huddled in fear. | The conductor was terrified. | The conductor was relaxed. |
He is troubled over whether to accept donations from the professional kirkbuzzers'* guild. | He doesn't know if he should take every donation. | He knows taking the donation is the right thing to do. |
The followers of Rastafarianism (with their characteristic mane of dreadlocks ) originated in Jamaica in the 1930s and are still predominantly found here. | Rastafarianism is still present in Jamaica. | No Rastafarians have dreadlocks. |
He can fill himself with fear and panic now as long as he swung and fired when the time came. | He could feel any emotion he wanted as long as he used his weapon. | He was calm and ready for a nap. |
The magazine model of bringing information to the attention of readers is stunningly inefficient. | Magazines have hard time getting their readers to pay attention to information they give them. | Unsurprisingly, the magazine style of putting information out there for their readers is a huge success. |
and and both parties had to come up with with lists of people that were suitable to to run it and he rejected both of the lists and came up with his own person | Both groups were tasked with making their own lists which were summarily objected. | No one ever considered making a list. |
It must be pointed out that the cost model is used to estimate costs over an extreme range of volume. | The cost model can estimate costs for a very wide range of volume. | Only a narrow range of volume can be estimated with the cost model. |
These services generally differ from financial audits, attestation engagements, and performance audits in that auditors may (1) provide information or data to a requesting party without providing verification, analysis, or evaluation of the information or data, and therefore the work does not usually provide a basis for conclusions, recommendations, or opinions on the information or data, or (2) perform tasks requested by management that directly support the entity's operations, such as asset evaluation, actuarial services, or information system design services. | These services usually differ from a wide array of services. | There is only one type of service. |
It WAS taken from me, but I found it again." | I found it again, even though it had been taken from me. | I thought someone had taken it, but I had simply misplaced it. |
'Nonsense. Ben Franklin was a natural existentialist.' | 'Benjamin Franklin was an existentialist, what you're saying is absurd.' | 'What you're saying is correct, Ben Franklin wasn't an existentialist.' |
situation and i saw incidences in the hotel where i just wanted to go over and crawl in the corner and say oh my God those are those are not Americans they can't be but they are | Some of the other Americans were so embarrassing! | The other Americans there were very polite and mild-mannered. |
um-hum well you know what else really surprised me now i'm married to a native Texan and i'm not | It surprised me that I'm married to a Texan and I'm not | I'm married to a native New Yorker and I'm from Florida. |
Parametric analyses are conducted by varying volume under different assumptions about the extent that institutional cost varies over the long run. | A parametric analysis is a type of cost study. | A parametric analysis uses and makes no assumptions. |
Therefore, it is important that agencies develop innovative and less costly ways to train their staffs-remembering as well that the level of return for investing in the skills needed for results-oriented management will depend largely on how well employees are encouraged to put those skills to use. | Agencies should develop innovative way to train their staff. | Agencies must use traditional training methods exclusively. |
Lincoln actually counted then down. | It was Lincoln who counted then down. | It wasn't Lincoln who was counting. |
The second section addresses the same topics in connection with Negotiated Service Agreements (NSAs), so-called niche classifications, which are special service and rate arrangements negotiated between the Postal Service and a particular mailer or groups of mailers with features tailored to their use of the postal system. | The same topics can be found in the second section. | The classifications are very common and are not important. |
NET LEVEL PREMIUM RESERVE - The excess, if any, of the present value of future guaranteed death endowment benefits over the present value of future net premiums. | The net level premium reserve is the excess of future benefits over future premiums. | It is not possible for the future benefits to be in excess over future premiums. |
We'll keep it to the last and open the other first." | We will open the other one first and keep this one for last. | We'll open this one first and the other one afterwards. |
we they put us on a budget they would run like uh they could really tell how much oil you were going to use | We were put on a budget. | There was no budget. |
Napoleon himself saw only a life-size wooden and canvas model of the arch. | Napoleon saw a model of the arch before he died. | Napolean saw a life-sized plastic model of the arch. |
oh she didn't she didn't do something | She didn't perform a single action. | She did do something! |
I'm certain Dr. Bauerstein suspects it. | I know Dr. Bauerstein suspects it. | I don't think Dr. Baeuerstein suspected. |
Jon hated that smile but Adrin clearly hated it more and that worked for Jon. | Jon and Adrin both hated that smile. | They both fell in love with that smile. |
yeah i didn't realize what it was for a while i'd walk into a room where some of that and i'd wonder what is that you know and then one day i i realized that it was eucalyptus | One day it dawned on me that this was eucalyptus. | It never occurred to me that this was eucalyptus. |
The massive mansion opposite, nearly as impressive, houses the Casa de efrica, with pelts, drums, costumes, carved figures, and furniture from some 26 African countries, as well as a tantalizing collection of objects related to santeraa, the syncretic Afro-Cuban religion (see page 26; Casa de efrica will likely be closed for renovations until the end of 2000). | Furniture from some 26 African countries can be found in the massive mansion. | Furniture from some 26 African countries can be found in the small mansion. |
Perfumes are still popular today and you will see the perfume blender at the bazaar surrounded by hundreds of glass bottles containing the numerous oils that combine to make a single scent. | There's many perfume blenders in the bazaar where you can have a custom scent made. | The perfumes are all bottled beforehand. |
The Ottoman Turks pushed Venetian and other forces from Asia Minor, through the islands of the Aegean, until they had left the Greek mainland. | The Ottoman Turks were able to force other societies out of the Greek mainland. | The Ottoman Turks were vanquished by the Venetians. |
If I'm not greatly mistaken, he's got something up his sleeve. | He is planning something. | He doesn't seem to be hiding anything. |
this is the kid who who really you you know barely made it through high school | This kid barely made it through high school. | He passed high school with straight A's. |
i am a disgruntled i am i am just a disgruntled person all around i'm the uh i'm the uh original uh mister Scrooge i guess | I'm a very unsatisfied person all around. | I'm a person who is very satisfied with his life. |
The only clear measure of Guber and Peters' misjudgment is their overspending for antique furniture, yachts, slumber parties at Aspen, and the like, and a numbing succession of box-office bombs. | Guber and Peter clearly overspend for antique furniture and yachts. | Guber and Peter are rich idiots who squander away their fortunes like addicts. |
Once Greece, a NATO member, gets involved, the whole of Europe, bound by treaty, could follow. | All of Europe may be forced to follow their lead. | If they did Europe would not be required to follow suit. |
Currently, power plants are required to reduce emissions of nitrogen oxides (NOX) and sulfur dioxide (SO2). | Reducing emissions of sulfur dioxide is required of power plants. | Power plants must reduce sulfur dioxide emissions but not nitrogen oxides. |
I took my stand from the first. | I took from the start. | I stood based on the last one. |
It was introduced in the 19th century, together with railways, cameras, and whisky. | Cameras and railways were first introduced during the 19th century. | Whiskey and cameras weren't introduced in the 19th century. |
According to legend, it was originally named Mons Martyrum ' where, after being decapitated, the town's first bishop, Saint Denis, picked up his head and walked away. | At the site, the first bishop of the town, upon being decapitated, is said to have picked up his own head and left. | The town was always named Saint Denis. |
McCourt's own story indicates that they could not. | The story implies that they can't do it. | McCourt's story showed that they can do it. |
Although he, too, had concerns about standardized manuals, he noted that studies show that such manuals do not result in poorer treatments. | He was concerned about the manuals. | He thought the manuals were fantastic and should be required reading. |
investigations according to standards established by the President's Council on Integrity and Efficiency (PCIE) as adapted for GAO's work. | The President's Council on Integrity and Efficiency establishes the standards. | The President's Council on Integrity and Efficiency revises the standards. |
Bauerstein in?" She stared at me. | "Bauerstein here yet?" she asked whilst staring. | She didn't even ask if Bauerstein was here yet, which was odd. |
oh your up in Memphis | Oh you are in Memphis. | You are in San Francisco. |
birds you know this is too much work | You know birds are too much work. | Birds aren't much work. |
I'll tell you what I don't understand--why Professor Shoshanna Sofaer of Baruch College sounds so cranky. | i don't understand why Professor Shoshanna Sofaer of Baruch College sounds so cranky. | I know exactly why Professor Shoshanna Sofaer of Baruch College sounds so cranky. |
Before the Subcommittee on the Legislative Branch, Committee on Appropriations, | The legislative branch, Committee on appropriations is before a subcommittee. | Nothing is before anything as they are all on the same plane. |
Sugar cane was brought to Jamaica by the Spanish in the early 16th century, and much of the crop was exported. | Sugar cane was moved into Jamaica by the Spanish. | Sugar cane was local to the Jamaican families. |
We're getting going. | We're leaving. | We're staying. |
yeah you shouldn't even worry about most of the stuff i mean i don't know it's a little near sighted but uh | I know this is near sighted of me. | I know this is far sighted of me. |
For every 200 successful [alternative exam] takers, the courts would have 30,000 pro bono hours of service, to be utilized as the courts found most compelling. | Courts would have 30,000 pro bono service hours for every 200 successful takers. | The courts would get no pro bono hours of service, ever, at all. |
Visibility improvement would be anticipated over large areas including national parks and wilderness areas and recovery of many freshwater and coastal ecosystems would be likely. | Improvement in visibility and aquatic ecosystems are the intended outcomes. | With this new plan, visibility over large areas would be reduced and some freshwater ecosystems would be irreparably harmed. |
yeah what now what state are you in | What state are you in? | I am from another country. |
have you have you tried getting outside estimates to see what it costs to have something painted | Have you asked any one else how much it would cost? | Are you just going to do it yourself? |
We had a late luncheon and spent the afternoon resting in the garden. | We took a break in the afternoon in the garden | We exercised afternoon in the garden |
I'm right, then. | I am correct then. | I am mistaken then. |
so so was uh you know two miles a day to and from work so it kind of cut my transportation costs a lot but now i've just bought a new house and i'm a half hour | Now I live half an hour away, but I used to only be two miles from work. | I live much closer now. |
Further down the steps, you pass two places reserved for ritual ablutions required before Islamic prayer. | There are two places for ritual ablutions just further down. | You need to travel miles to get to the places reserved for ritual aberations of Jews. |
yeah huh well that almighty dollar | Well, that omnipotent dollar | Dollars are worthless |
Tuppence's conscience gave her a passing twinge as she remembered the archdeacon. | Tuppence recalled the archdeacon. | Tuppence thought of the officer. |
Among other things, the preambles included a title and reasons for the information collection, the proposed use for the information, a description of the respondents, and the frequency of responses. | There are a title and reasons in the preambles. | She said the preamble is not necessary, is it? |
uh-huh but she's the best the best of both breeds | She is the best in two different breeds. | She is the worst ever. |
HERITAGE ASSETS ANNUAL STEWARDSHIP INFORMATION | There is information about the Heritage assets. | There is information about the Heritage liabilities. |
An ambitious plan for a hexagonally based church, raised above the ground on stilts and with stained-glass windows by Pollock, came to nothing. | The complex plan of the church, came to nothing. | The complex plan of the hospital, came to nothing. |
'What about?' | What is the point | Not about anything. |
So get psychologically prepared and don't be blind-sided by the venom. | Mentally prepare yourself against the venom. | Mentally prepare yourself agaisnt the sweetness. |
It allows us to measure program performance in more sophisticated ways. | There are ways to measure program performance. | It is not useful for measuring program performance. |
'I'll go over your data, find out what you did wrong. | I will find out what's wrong with your numbers. | I can't figure out what you did. |
You will also notice that people don't let traffic time stop their productivity many drivers have their cellular phone attached to their ear. | A lot of drivers make a point to multi-task while stuck in traffic, often using the time to make calls. | People here focus solely on the road and driving while stuck in traffic and you will rarely see anyone on the phone. |
Some have argued that Boorman, the director of Excalibur (1981) and Hope and Glory (1987), doesn't employ his extravagant visual gifts in The General , which is in black and white and isn't ostentatious in its mythic resonances. | Boorman directed Excalibur. | Boorman has never directed anything. |
oh you do that there there is a pretty um i wouldn't say snobbish but it it's kind of borders on that that if i depending on what i'm wearing i get better service at the mall i felt since | The service I receive at the mall depends on what I'm wearing. | I've never been treated in a snobbish manner at the mall. |
Abruptly, I realised why I'd been stumbling. | I figured out what I was stumbling. | I was walking normally. |
An important element of the overall control technology implementation is the time needed to connect, or hook up, the control technology equipment, particularly in relationship to the planned outage time for the unit. | Hooking up the equipment is an important part of implementing control technology. | The equipment used for control technology takes less than ten minutes to set up. |
Therefore, as shown in Exhibit A-9 in Appendix A, the schedule for a combined SCR and ACI project is expected to be the same as the schedule of an SCR project. | A project should not be extended if there are ACI components in addition to the SCR elements. | ACI unnecessarily extends projects when it is added. |
The preamble to the final rule notes that the rule has been reviewed in accordance with the provisions of Executive Order No. | There is a note in the preamble stating that the rule has been noticed and reviewed. | The provisions were followed and the rule was not reviewed but rather thrown out. |
is allowed for training and monitoring quality. | Can be used when training or monitoring for quality. | Not allowed for training or monitoring purposes. |
Slate and read an excerpt from the book.) | Also you must read an excerpt from the book. | Also you must read today's newspaper. |
The large island in the distance is La Desirade, the small Petite-Terre islets are much closer. | La Desirade is a large island visible from far away. | La Desirade is much smaller than the Petit-Terre islets. |
well she's part Chow and part shepherd | She is a mixed breed. | She is a human. |
Sales of Bruno Magli shoes are up 30 percent this year. | Bruno Magli shoes have increased in sales this year. | No one is buying Bruno Maglie shoes this year. |
maybe your part of the country | It could be your part of the country. | I know it isn't your part of the country. |
you know they match it um my wife used to they matched hers only hers was a little bit better than ours um she hasn't been working for a couple of years her father took sick so she's been taking care of him | My wife had to stop working to take care of her father. | Ours was a lot more better than my wife's. |
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