| Japanese umbrella pine is a living relic predating the age of the dinosaurs. |
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| Lower amphibolite-grade regional metamorphism predating intrusion of the Ballachulish Igneous Complex may have resulted in some monazite growth. |
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| Like all traditional appraisals, these appraisals characterize weapons and military equipment during the stages predating the object's existence. |
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| Several States have in place coordination mechanisms on disability issues, predating in some cases the ratification of the Convention. |
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| This data had been included in CSIS Annual Reports predating 1992-93 to the Minister. |
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| It is the oldest regime in East Asia, predating the People's Republic of China by a year. |
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| Further, I challenge anyone to come up with specific measures on energy efficiency predating this Commission's term. |
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| Over the years, the Board continued to receive grievances predating 2000 for a total number of 291, of which 280 have now been completed. |
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| Almost all sections of the CSIS Operational Manual predating the CSIS Act have now been removed, and in most cases redrafted. |
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| All surficial materials predating the Wisconsinan glaciation were eroded by continental glaciers during the last glaciation. |
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| The Davis administration had informally allowed the consuls to remain in post even though their exequaturs, predating secession, had been issued by the United States. |
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| Aztec dancers from the group Ritual Azteca Neuhi Ollin will perform a ritual predating the Spanish conquest of Mexico nearly 500 years ago. |
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| Early Modern English as well as Modern English inherited orthographical conventions predating the Great Vowel Shift. |
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| The name dates to the 18th century, far predating the formation of independent Indonesia. |
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| We note that none of the agreements predating 1998 addressed the issue of alternative financing arrangements, even in cases where the provision of additional funding had presented opportunities to amend these agreements. |
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| The Constitution be the supreme law of the land and all administrative and legal instruments are brought into conformity with the letter and spirit of the Constitution including laws and systems predating the Constitution. |
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| It has a colourful past, long predating its investment in Commerzbank. |
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| The nuclear efforts date back 20 years, predating the oil-price rise. |
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| I would like them to identify any directives predating the present Commission and providing genuine support and backing for renewable energy in Europe. |
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| Consider every year predating your date of disability. |
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| This is an important nuance because it implies the obligation for States to negotiate with a collective entity that holds rights predating the creation of said States and unrelated to their goodwill. |
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| In Toronto, I spoke to my mother, who happens to be the person who started the first phone-in talk show in the world, in St. Thomas, Ontario, in 1953, predating the much-publicized New York talk shows by at least five years. |
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| Participation in the stock option plans predating the introduction of the Code, issued in 1999 and 2002, is not considered as conflicting with their mandate as independent director. |
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| Key Figures 2007 presents data and statistics on science, technology and innovation up to 2005, thus predating these recent initiatives and renewed commitments. |
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| Columbia University has an extensive underground tunnel system more than a century old, with the oldest portions predating the present campus. |
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| Although slight, this was a highly innovative work, predating John Weever's Ancient Funerall Monuments by over thirty years. |
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| Megaliths found at Nabta Playa are overt examples of probably the world's first known archaeoastronomy devices, predating Stonehenge by some 2,000 years. |
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| Lisbon is one of the oldest cities in the world, and the oldest in Western Europe, predating other modern European capitals such as London, Paris and Rome by centuries. |
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| In older geological works predating theories of plate tectonics, the United States' Catskill Delta formation is sometimes referred to as part of the Old Red Sandstone. |
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| And fourth, ancient library catalogues predating Andronicus' intervention list an Aristotelian corpus quite similar to the one we currently possess. |
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| Predating mechanised weaving, hand loom weaving was a cottage industry that used the same processes but on a smaller scale. |
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