(1) But earlier this year the Unesco world heritage committee called for the cancellation of all such Virunga oil permits and appealed to two concession holders, Total and Soco International, not to undertake exploration in world heritage sites.
(2) Her novels have an enduring and universal appeal and she is recognised as one of the greatest writers in English literature.
(3) She successfully appealed against the council’s decision to refuse planning permission, but neighbours have launched a legal challenge to be heard at the high court in June.
(4) Others said it might appeal to Russia, Assad's chief ally, which backs talks between the regime and the opposition.
(5) There were soon tales of claimants dying after having had money withdrawn, but the real administrative problem was the explosion of appeals, which very often succeeded because many medical problems were being routinely ignored at the earlier stage.
(6) Analysts say Zuma's lawyers may try to reach agreement with the prosecutors, while he can also appeal against yesterday's ruling before the constitutional court.
(7) Oscar Pistorius ‘to be released in August’ as appeal date is set for November Read more But the parole board at his prison overruled an emotional plea from the 29-year-old victim’s parents when it sat last week.
(8) Broad-based secular comprehensives that draw in families across the class, faith and ethnic spectrum, entirely free of private control, could hold a new appeal.
(9) The “100% Australian-made” text on packaging has been enlarged to appeal to customer patriotism.
(10) It took years of prep work to make this sort of Übermensch thing socially acceptable, let alone hot – lots of “legalize it!” and “you are economic supermen!” appeals to the balled-and-entitled toddler-fists of the sociopathic libertechian madding crowd to really get mechanized mass-death neo-fascism taken mainstream .
(11) You could also chat to local estate agents to get an idea of what kind of extension, if any, would appeal to buyers in your area.
(12) Appealing to Sanders supporters, he said he was for “jobs, jobs, jobs”.
(13) It’s likely Xi’s brand of smart authoritarianism will keep not just his party in power but the whole show on the road If all this were to succeed as intended, western liberal democratic capitalism would have a formidable ideological competitor with worldwide appeal, especially in the developing world.
(14) A defence solicitor, Mike Schwarz from Bindmans, said his clients would be appealing to the high court.
(15) But right now all my focus is on Falkenbergs.” Larsson’s appeal to Celtic is clear.
(16) Its Google Preferred initiative, launched in October 2014, packages up its most popular channels into more appealing media buys for big brands.
(17) Given his background, Boyle says, growing up in a council house near Bury, with his two sisters (one a twin) and his strict and hard-working parents (his mum worked as a dinner lady at his school), he should by rights have been a gritty social realist, but that tradition never appealed to him.
(18) Losing Murphy is a blow to the Oscars which has struggled to liven up its image amid a general decline in its TV ratings over the last couple of decades and a rush of awards shows that appeal to younger crowds, such as the MTV Movie Awards.
(19) Many cases before the commissioner remain unresolved, although those who wish to pursue matters to the tribunal as part of the transitional arrangements will not have to pay an additional fee to appeal to the tribunal.
(20) The attorney, Thomas Bergstrom, declined to say where in Philadelphia his client will live while prosecutors appeal the superior court ruling.
Unattractive
Definition:
Example Sentences:
(1) He said: "I am extremely unattracted to the idea of putting back ... these civil cases."
(2) There was no word on how any advertisement might look or whether it would use the strategy of making Britain look as unattractive as possible or emphasise to would-be migrants the positive aspects of their own countries such as Romania's Carpathian mountains or Bulgaria's Black Sea resorts.
(3) Other negative emotions – self-pity, guilt, apathy, pessimism, narcissism – make it a deeply unattractive illness to be around, one that requires unusual levels of understanding and tolerance from family and friends.
(4) It was hypothesized (1) that judges would consider attractive patients better adjusted than unattractive patients; and (2) that attractive patients would appear healthier or better adjusted than unattractive patients on standard diagnostic measures.
(5) Second, the territory held or contested by militants is certainly unattractive, but is often of strategic value.
(6) Marriage has become a minefield of unattractive choices.
(7) The isolation of rural life which makes it unattractive to health and other professionals also accentuates the problems of the rural patient.
(8) The Daily Mail's unattractive attack on Ed Miliband's late father has damaged the paper and revolted many people, the senior Conservative minister Francis Maude has said.
(9) The only other times I've seen people described as "losing their bodies" is when I pick up a copy of Heat magazine and see that a woman has apparently been rendered unattractive by having living creatures pulled from her sex organs.
(10) At present, all UK ATM and all major card issuers are connected to Link … We operate in a competitive market and there are other ATM networks in the UK available for card issuers and ATM operators if our commercial offer becomes unattractive.
(11) Water, ether and vacuum distillation extracts of old bone or marrow, added to unattractive materials e.g., ashed bone, rendered them attractive.
(12) Photograph: Graham Turner for the Guardian But to date, the prospect of building on abandoned north Kent chalk quarries, has been so unattractive to housebuilders that they have delivered homes at the rate of just 25 a year when 1,000 a year are needed.
(13) This may sound like an unattractive picture; lower pay and more insecurity.
(14) Research in Mexico indicated that the product name and packaging of oral rehydration packets were unattractive and intimidating to mothers.
(15) Community medicine (2%) and general practice (2%) were similarly unattractive; medical administration (0.5%) was the least popular choice.
(16) Twice we went to the country unchanged, unrepentant, just plain unattractive.
(17) Pronounced nasal tip ptosis is generally regarded as an unattractive facial feature.
(18) • A cross-party group of MPs has delivered the strongest blow yet to the green deal, the government's flagship programme for energy efficiency, calling it "unattractive and uncompetitive".
(19) The other members of the Justice League remain superpowered twinkles in the studio's eye (bar The Green Lantern, who's more of an unattractive snot-like stain after the debacle of Martin Campbell's 2011 non-event ).
(20) I think it probably will have done the Daily Mail some damage because it does look very unattractive and I think a lot of people will be pretty revolted by that approach."