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This program reduced more pollution in the last decade than all other Clean Air Act command-and-control programs combined during the same period. | This program lowered pollution levels more than all the other Clean Air Act programs. |
With fast-moving tanks and superior air power, the Germans reached Paris 30 days later. | The Germans had a wealth of technology. |
At the south end, boat cruises start out from Peschiera, Sirmione, and Desenzano, particularly recommended for dramatic views of the east shore's mountains and the beautiful Punta di San Vigilio, with its little church and 16th-century Villa Guarienti. | The beautiful Punta di San Vigilio contains a small church and Villa Guarienti. |
they do not get referrals from the SEC and the AICPA, or because those organizations have made the information confidential. | The SEC and AICPA do not give referrals. |
FINANCIAL AUDITS | Financial audits |
You're in the same position you were in before we met, but now it's my fault! | You're in the position you were before we met but it's my fault now |
There is a peep-hole into the next room. | This peep-hole can be used to see into the next room. |
when you think of what it takes to make some of those kind of movies you know | It takes a lot to make some of those movies. |
but any big city has a bad section | All big cities have bad neighborhoods. |
They're staged on summer Sunday afternoons in Palma's large bullring (Placa de Torose | Palma has a large bullring used on Sunday afternoons. |
The imperial family still resides in the palace, so the general public is admitted to the grounds on only two days each on 2 January and 23 December. | The public is only allowed to visit the grounds of the Imperial Palace on two days. |
Fires and hurricanes during the last century subsequently reduced its importance. | Its importance was reduced in the last one hundred years because of fires and hurricanes. |
Staff attorney positions at city and federal agencies in New York begin at slightly higher salaries. | Staff Attorneys at city and federal agencies in New York have higher starting salaries. |
Oftentimes, these polar opposites come Ise-Shima, the most sacred of all sanctuaries of Shinto (Japan's ancient, nature-worshipping indigenous religion) reinforces Japan's profoundly intimate links with the Sun Goddess and her grandson, the God of the Earth. | Shinto is a Japanese religion. |
Most of them have never had a fair shake from the outside world, said Mark Wilk, director of the Oregon Law Center's Woodburn office. | He expressed his opinion that they did not have much outside experience. |
In fact, at lunchtime even some Ibicencos themselves consider wine off-limits it's just too relaxing. | The Ibicencos do not drink wine at lunch. |
There have been profound changes on the island, which was until the 1950s almost exclusively agricultural. | Up to the 1950s, most of the island was only agriculture. |
The author of California's Proposition 227, which replaced bilingual education with English-only instruction, insists that immigrant voters will shun feel-good appeals to diversity and tolerance. | The author of prop 227 insists that immigrants will shun appeals to diversity. |
Soon they would have children of their own. | They would have children of their own shortly |
when you get to the point where you're looking forward to it then it gets to be important because you've got to do some planning for it uh you know especially if the company is not doing it for you | If the company isn't doing it for you, then you have to be responsible for yourself. |
Collaborative care has the potential to benefit both emergency department and mental health professionals. | Emergency department professionals are among those who might find collaborative care beneficial. |
do you think the Lakers can win the championship this year | The championship is up for grabs this year, do you think the Lakers have a chance at it? |
Sound of the breath blown over the bottle,sound of the reveler home at dawn, light of the sun a warbler yellow, the sun insong-flight, lopsided-pose. | Blowing breath over the bottle creates a sound. |
A great deal of what you tell me, child, is already known to me. | You are repeating things to me that I already know kiddo. |
Shining, hand-beaten objects in copper and brass can be found in the shops around the Old Bedesten in the Grand Bazaar, and also in Bak??rc??lar Caddesi (Copp?ersmiths' Street) behind Beyaz??t Square. | Shops near the Old Bedesten sell brass and copper items. |
The reality of John Malone is that he's someone able to see the value inherent in a mundane present--the present of cable wires and the E! Network--that everyone else was too quick to write off. | John Malone knew the E! Network had value. |
What that lender has done is in effect to give you a put option on whatever you buy with that trillion dollars. | The lender let them buy anything with the money. |
The runner-up goat was Falcons Coach Dan Reeves, whose defeat at the hands of his former quarterback (Elway) and an assistant coach he fired seven years ago (Broncos Coach Mike Shanahan), made Reeves 0-4 in the Super Bowl. | The Falcons lost to their coach Dan Reeves' former quarterback, Elway, and an assistant coach he had fired some years earlier. |
well did you get good results | Your results are good! |
thing was one here recently we saw at Christmas time um God i haven't been in a movie since | I haven't seen a movie since Christmas time. |
that's true or the ones that are are generated by a computer it's just a computer voice that comes on the line those are the ones that i really really hate too | I really hate the computer generated ones. |
and then you're in to it just a little bit and then you splash in and the next thing you know your knees are wet | You go and splash a bit and your knees end up wet. |
Source references will be provided in paragraphs .100 - .599 to indicate the original statement from which material was drawn. | Some references are in the 100th paragraph. |
Well, perhaps he would find he did have a wrangler who could deliver the goods into the bargain. | Maybe he possessed someone who was able to deliver the goods. |
And as Ger?many's own imperial ambitions grew, competition for world markets became intense. | Germany became more ambitious. |
I think that means he wants to cut taxes for his rich friends. | It sounds like he wants tax breaks for his wealthy friends. |
The Senate voted 66-34 in favor of it, one vote shy of the two-thirds majority needed. | The Senate was in favor of the bill. |
Comanches, now, an' Cheyenne an' Kiowa an' Sioux ride out to storm at you guns an' arrows all shootin' wantin' to count coup on a man by hittin' him personal. | The Sioux gallop at your guns and fire arrows. |
Dent was operating a royal charter for the British North Borneo Company a charter similar to that of the EIC. | The British North Borneo Company was set up in a way that was similar to the EIC. |
, no increase in personal saving), national saving would fall by the amount of the government's tax loss. | National saving would fall by tax loss amount |
Workers were not being trained. | The workers are untrained. |
The fruit and leaves feed crabs whose waste products in turn feed fish, prawns, and mollusks. | Crabs eat fruit and leaves then excrete waste that feeds fish, prawns, and mollusks. |
Since, boilermakers earn somewhat more than ironworkers,42 it is reasonable to expect that with increased job stability in the boilermaker trade, some ironworkers might choose to move to the boilermaker trade for the higher pay, especially if they had worked as boilermakers in the past. | Ironworkers with prior experience as boilermakers could possibly be enticed to switch jobs due to the changes in boilermaker trade. |
As a check, I wanted to have a second model available. | I wanted a backup to be sure. |
Did you ask how much? inquired Tommy sarcastically. | Tommy asked facetiously, "Did you inquire how much?" |
I deeply regret the error. | I wish that hadn't happened. |
The Church of the Nativity, like the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, is divided into zones of possession among Christian sects, but visitors are free to wander from one to another. | Different Christian sects own different parts of the Church of the Nativity. |
The 15th-century temple's rich carvings attest to the wealth of the Jain merchant who commissioned it. | The Jain merchant who ordered the temple to be built spent a great deal of money on rich carvings. |
You are better suited than any of us to know what vulnerabilities we have. | We have vulnerabilities that can be seen. |
4) Court records indicate that a jewelry-fraud ring used illegal third-party campaign donations to get President Clinton to pose in photos with its principals. | President Clinton posed with photos of the jewelry-fraud ring's principals. |
The silk gives the carpets their unique sheen. | The silk makes carpets shiny. |
Marry me! | Be my spouse! |
This must change, and recent events are likely to force both the accounting profession and the firms to place much more emphasis on their core services. | recent events are likely to force both the accounting profession and the firms to change their priorities. |
So instead, everyone charges what the best films charge, hoping people will perceive the film as good. | The cottages near the shoreline have covered porches, and often come with hot tubs. |
yeah were you in the band | Were you in the band? |
embody more optimistic assumptions about energy-efficiency demand and supply technologies. | Represent better assumptions about energy efficiency demand and supply |
The Palais-Royal, across the rue de Rivoli from the Louvre, was built as Cardinal Richelieu's residence in 1639 (it became royal when Anne of Austria moved in with young Louis XIV). | The Palais-Royal was the residence of Cardinal Richelieu. |
Quite straightforward and trustworthy, but I was making miniscule, unthreatening bets. | I was making bets. |
The network denied that accusation and the spot is back on CNN, but it understandably infuriates environmentalists. | The spot was removed and subsequently added back to CNN. |
Reads like a dime novel!" | It's like a dime novel! |
'You yelled it out, just before waking up,' I told her. | I told her she yelled before she woke up. |
And you come crawling here to tell me you want to do the honorable thing, is that it? | You want my approval, is that right? |
Cowed by his intensity, I was afraid to open my mouth. | I was Afraid to open my mouth because of his intensity. |
And good afternoon to you, too, President Reagan. | An individual wished President Reagan a good afternoon. |
This should meet all contingencies, such as some patron out there getting downright ornery and putting a couple of extra buttonholes in my vest by the six-gun slug method. | There are contingencies in place. |
Utah looks like my dream come true. | Utah is a place of my fantasies. |
In foreign magazines she had read that snub prominent noses (but not as masculine anymore) would be in fashion this season, and that the wife of the president of Rumumbia ordered herself from the La Berg catalog, a nose listed as La Berg Shilouette 14. | Snub noses were in fashion for the season. |
At the same time, they play with the fat red, silver, and black carp swimming around nearby. | They play with the different colored carp swimming around. |
Tell is essentially about the past--Clinton's economic success vs. | The past is primarily the focus in Tell |
Executive Improving Mission Performance Through Strategic Information Management and Technology (GAO/AIMD-94-115, May 1994) | Mission performance can be improved through strategic information management and technology. |
The result was a lack of knowledge about whether the critical manufacturing processes could produce the product to established cost, schedule, and quality targets. | It was unknown whether the manufacturing process could meet the target quality. |
Reliability The extent to which a measurement process produces similar results on repeated observations of the same condition or event. | It was the process that delivered the same results over and over again. |
The final rule was promulgated pursuant to the authority in section 1861(v)(1)(L) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. | The Social Security act promulgated the final rule. |
Outside the Dung Gate lies the Arab village of Silwan, on the site of the original Cityof David. | Silwan is an Arab village outside the Dung Gate. |
The Carthaginians also considered the island a holy place, and here in great splendour they buried thousands of their citizens in a huge necropolis on the Puig des Molins (Hill of the Windmills) below the Dalt Vila (Old Town) of Ibiza. | They thought the island was a holy place. |
An annual gathering is held in June at Kerk-penar, near Edirne, 230 km (143 miles) northwest of Istanbul. | People gather annually in June at Kerk-penar, near Edirne. |
More than 94 percent of law students reported borrowing money to attend law school, where median tuition is nearly $23,000 a year, but law students are not alone in having to contend with spiraling education costs. | Median law school tuition is $23,000 a year. |
These terms are not intended for general application to other federal financial transactions. | These terms are not intended for general application to other federal financial transactions. |
In the Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis, there is a lengthy discussion of the steps taken to minimize the burden on small entities and, in particular, a discussion of the reasons why two commenters' proposals were not incorporated into the final rule. | There is a long discussion on the steps that were taken. |
She therefore opened the desk, and in searching for the stamps she came across something else ”that slip of paper which Dorcas saw in her hand, and which assuredly was never meant for Mrs. Inglethorp's eyes. | Dorcas found a document that Mrs. Inglethorp was never meant to see while searching for stamps in the desk. |
Rather than drive around the sights away from the old city center, you may prefer to relax and let the trishaw-driver find the way and give you the bonus of his wry comments. | The trishaw driver will provide wry comments. |
yeah yes yes it sure is but but it is good reading and it's good for us and and everything i really do enjoy it | I enjoy this, it's good reading and good for us, too . |
(You can just throw them in the washing machine, if the kids' sandy clothes haven't stripped the gears yet.) | Throw the clothes in teh washing machine if it works. |
The 2001 Annual Report of the Board of Trustees of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance and Disability Trust Funds. | The report was released in 2001. |
Telegraph reported exclusively that billionaire philanthropist John Paul Getty II, 65, had sealed his love affair with Britain by taking out UK citizenship after 25 years' residence in this country. | John Paul Getty was a UK citizen. |
right i mean and and if somebody didn't make the usually thing they'd be you know everybody else would get all upset you know so if you try something new right and try something new it's not it's not acceptable | People don't usually accept new things. |
Nope git behind a rock an' ambush ... put th' whole hell-fired country t' work fur them. | In order to do an ambush, you have to be hiding. |
To reissue essentially the same report omitting the information regarding compliance with laws and regulations and internal control is not in the public interest. | It is not in the public interest to reissue the same report without that information. |
He was ruminating about death, and about possibly meeting up again with his parents and his brothers in the next world. | He was talking about death and meeting the dead. |
and i was really worried about it raining because it its has been there been some dark clouds and it's been um and it's been pretty rainy looking | I was worried that it would rain because there were some pretty dark clouds. |
Guohua Li disagreed with DiClemente that the efficacy of brief intervention in emergency settings had been established. | There was disagree over how helpful getting involved in crisis settings was. |
The effect of the restriction, however, is to prohibit advice or argumentation that existing welfare laws are unconstitutional or unlawful. | The restriction prevents any arguments that label welfare as unlawful. |
In the case of the Earned Income Tax Credit, it is also a rare opportunity to significantly enhance the living situation of a low-income family by obtaining funds rightfully due them. | This particular Credit gives money to those families that are from a lower income bracket. |
They celebrate the U.S. women's comparative innocence. | The U.S women are comparatively innocent. |
There was usually only one research investigator, and the data consisted of descriptions, observations, impressions, unstructured interviews, and existing materials gathered at the site that were organized intuitively and informally. | There is typically only a single research investigator. |
The FFC Director's letter is reproduced in enclosure II, and the letter of the primary author of the FFC study is reproduced in enclosure III. | There is a reproduction of the FFC Director's letter in enclosure II. |
Strategic Directions 2000 - 2005 challenges LSC staff to expand the support offered to LSC programs and to increase state planning guidance specifically to improve clients' opportunities to access a full range of high quality civil legal services. | The Strategic Directions challenges staff to increase opportunites for legal services. |
The images broke free and Jon vomited his dinner onto the rocks. | He threw up his meal all over the rocks. |
Other writers have influences | Writers can influence the world. |
Near the village of Agaa Deka named after ten saints who were martyred here and widely scattered in farmland, are the remains of Gertis (Gortyn), capital of the island during the Roman era (from 65 b.c.) and also an important city in Minoan times. | Agaa Deka was named after the 10 saints who were martyred there. |
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