(1) He enjoyed quiet jokes and liked telling an interviewer that he could never be prime minister because he did his sums with matchsticks.
(2) To do this follow the same method as above but, when you are stitching through the holes, hold a toothpick or matchstick on top of the button and stitch over it (a) - see illustration below).
(3) Cooked beetroot, cut into matchsticks Cabbage, white or red, finely shredded Preserved lemon segments, pulp removed, rinsed, peeled thinly, cut into matchsticks Red onion, peeled and thinly sliced Hot-smoked trout or salmon fillets, cut into strips For the dressing 1 small pot of sour cream 1 tbsp lemon juice 1 tbsp milk ¼ tsp caster sugar 1 tbsp finely grated lemon zest 1 Arrange your salad ingredients on a large platter or individual plates, leaving the fish until last.
(4) They had another UK Top 10 hit later that year with Ice in the Sun, but their debut album, Picturesque Matchstickable Messages from the Status Quo, failed to chart.
(5) Many were in decrepit tower-blocks, sky high and matchstick small.
(6) The fragment is attached with 2 or 3 matchstick-size bone graft taken from the proximal tibia.
(7) Peel the ginger and slice into very fine matchsticks.
(8) You may need : Tape measure Needle Thread Scissors Toothpick or matchstick 1 .
(9) In comparison, the extracardiac rhabdomyoma filaments were more disorderly and many cases had hypertrophic Z bands corresponding to the jackstraw or matchstick structures seen with the light microscope.
(10) Briefly steam the broccoli then divide, together with the beanshoots and matchsticks of ginger, between 4 deep bowls.
(11) Patients (n = 404) with osteoarthrosis and control subjects (n = 233) were studied to examine the communicational value of five styles of illustration (cartoon (C), matchstick (M), representational (R), symbolic (S), photographic (P) and two levels of text ('easy', 'hard'), presented as educational booklets about osteoarthrosis.
(12) A former matchstick factory has been transformed into three bars.
(13) In the 60s, their management convinced them that psychedelia was the way ahead, so they wore their gaudy colours and had a hit with the haunting Pictures Of Matchstick Men.
(14) He ended with a warning: "Comrade Jintao, a single matchstick is enough for the arsonist, but putting out the fire would take a great effort."
(15) A year after that, from the opposition front bench, he was able to make the mild claim that his matchsticks seemed to work at least as well as Labour's economic devices and advisers.
(16) The movement consisted in moving a matchstick to and fro between the index finger (II) and the little finger (V).
(17) The new lineup – Parfitt and Rossi plus the drummer John Coghlan, bassist Alan Lancaster and keyboard player Roy Lynes – immediately felt their luck changing as their single Pictures of Matchstick Men (1968), written by Rossi, reached No 7 in the UK and the Top 40 in the US.
(18) He built a children's playground with £30,000 but within two days it was kicked to matchsticks.
(19) At night, they slept crowded together “like matchsticks”, Mohammed said.
(20) They became friends, but Parfitt didn't join the band until they recorded Pictures Of Matchstick Men.