(n.) A strong alcoholic liquor distilled from wine. The name is also given to spirit distilled from other liquors, and in the United States to that distilled from cider and peaches. In northern Europe, it is also applied to a spirit obtained from grain.
Example Sentences:
(1) But this regime is by no means a temporary regime,” Brandis said.
(2) O’Sullivan said a number of “third parties” whom Brandis met would need to be consulted before they could consider release.
(3) The idea that these problems exist on the other side of the world, and that we Australians can ignore them by sheltering comfortably in our own sequestered corner of the globe, is a fool’s delusion.” Brandis sought to reach out to Australian Muslims, saying the threat came “principally from a small number of people among us who try to justify criminal acts by perverting the meaning of Islam”.
(4) Brandis rejected suggestions the Coalition had made a deal with the Greens to pass Senate reforms as long as the ABCC was not raised.
(5) Plibersek’s spokesman said on Friday: “Who is Mr Brandis to dictate the language on the Middle East peace negotiations?” The spokesman said the intervention this week amounted to “another foreign policy embarrassment for the Abbott government, which is why [Brandis] was forced by the foreign minister and the Foreign Affairs Department to rush out a statement about his inept pronouncements.” Labor ran into its own controversy earlier this year when Bill Shorten appeared to telegraph a shift in policy around the description of settlements in a major speech to the Zionist Federation of Australia.
(6) Brandis said nothing in the bill would stop Asio whistleblowers from reporting suspected wrongdoing to the inspector general of intelligence and security.
(7) Brandis is yet to make a final determination about whether the government will implement such a regime or not – I suspect it is very likely to happen – but he's quite clearly reserving himself time and space to think it through.
(8) Brandis has asked the ACT government not to put the new laws into effect until the court can determine their validity, but the chief minister, Katy Gallagher, has vowed to press ahead.
(9) Everyone knows that Father Christmas’s tipple of choice is brandy, so Santa, if you’re reading this, we recommend you pause in The Flask on Highgate West Hill for a quick snifter.
(10) In 2013, the Mail On Sunday reported that Umunna belonged to a “shady” City men’s club where bottles of brandy went for £4,000 a pop, that he hung out with celebrities, and that he would happily pay £1,200 for a suit.
(11) I want to emphasise the point: it’s a common responsibility on all citizens if they become aware of information of concern, they should make authorities aware.” Brandis said he had spoken early on Friday to the AFP commissioner, Andrew Colvin, who told him the New South Wales police had “no reason to believe” the Merrylands police station incident was an act of terrorism .
(12) Brandis said former human rights commissioner Tim Wilson, who retired in February and was preselected as Liberal candidate for Goldstein , had a “particularly distinguished term”.
(13) Asked about his forthcoming Christmas television special in an interview in the Radio Times, the BBC presenter, who turns 90 next year, said: “At Christmas we’re under the impression we have it all: we have turkey and brandy butter and Christmas pudding and the family and we have a great time, by and large.
(14) The latter of these focus on the things Chile does best: wine and pisco, the local brandy with a grassy colour and spicy-sweet taste.
(15) Marriage equality could be a reality by end of the year, says George Brandis Read more The attorney general, George Brandis , told Sky News on Sunday the government’s mooted plebiscite on the issue would be held shortly after the 2016 election and before the end of the year.
(16) Brandis conceded to Liberal Democratic senator David Leyonhjelm, explicitly prohibiting Asio from engaging in torture, but would not even answer a reasonable question from Greens Senator Scott Ludlam during what passed for the debate over the bill.
(17) Carboxylic acids were present in much higher levels in plum brandy, vinegar, lamb and mutton (heated), whereas alcohols, esters and carbonyls aldehydes are particularly abundant in brandy.
(18) Brandis said the measures were developed in conjunction with the New South Wales government.
(19) In an interview with Sky News on Tuesday, Brandis emphasised that the government had not made any decisions about second-generation Australians and had instead opted to “lead a national conversation about the rights and obligations associated with citizenship”.
(20) The treasurer, Joe Hockey, the attorney general, George Brandis, the trade minister, Andrew Robb, the finance minister, Mathias Cormann, and Turnbull are understood to oppose Billson’s proposed changes.
Fine
Definition:
(superl.) Finished; brought to perfection; refined; hence, free from impurity; excellent; superior; elegant; worthy of admiration; accomplished; beautiful.
(superl.) Aiming at show or effect; loaded with ornament; overdressed or overdecorated; showy.
(superl.) Not coarse; comminuted; in small particles; as, fine sand or flour.
(superl.) Not thick or heavy; slender; filmy; as, a fine thread.
(superl.) Thin; attenuate; keen; as, a fine edge.
(superl.) Made of fine materials; light; delicate; as, fine linen or silk.
(superl.) Having (such) a proportion of pure metal in its composition; as, coins nine tenths fine.
(superl.) (Used ironically.)
(a.) To make fine; to refine; to purify, to clarify; as, to fine gold.
(a.) To make finer, or less coarse, as in bulk, texture, etc.; as. to fine the soil.
(a.) To change by fine gradations; as (Naut.), to fine down a ship's lines, to diminish her lines gradually.
(n.) End; conclusion; termination; extinction.
(n.) A sum of money paid as the settlement of a claim, or by way of terminating a matter in dispute; especially, a payment of money imposed upon a party as a punishment for an offense; a mulct.
(n.) A final agreement concerning lands or rents between persons, as the lord and his vassal.
(n.) A sum of money or price paid for obtaining a benefit, favor, or privilege, as for admission to a copyhold, or for obtaining or renewing a lease.
(n.) To impose a pecuniary penalty upon for an offense or breach of law; to set a fine on by judgment of a court; to punish by fine; to mulct; as, the trespassers were fined ten dollars.
(v. i.) To pay a fine. See Fine, n., 3 (b).
(v. t.) To finish; to cease; or to cause to cease.
Example Sentences:
(1) The fine structure of neurofibrillary tangles in the hippocampal gyrus, substantia nigra, pontine nuclei and locus coeruleus of the brain was postmortem studied in a case of progressive supranuclear palsy.
(2) As a group, the three mammalian proteins resemble bovine serum conglutinin and behave as lectins with rather broad sugar specificities directed at certain non-reducing terminal N-acetylglucosamine, mannose, glucose and fucose residues, but with subtle differences in fine specificities.
(3) On the way back to Pristina later, the lawyer told me everything was fine.
(4) The move would require some secondary legislation; higher fines for employers paying less than the minimum wage would require new primary legislation.
(5) The surface of all cells was covered by a fuzzy coat consisting of fine hairs or bristles.
(6) The fine needle aspiration cytology features of twelve peripherally located bronchioloalveolar cell carcinomas of the lung diagnosed by fine needle aspiration biopsy are described.
(7) Recognition of this deficiency in our knowledge spurred a belated explosion of research that began with an exploration of the fine structure of the mesothelium.
(8) There were pronounced differences from the fine structural aspects in late infantile cases.
(9) TCR beta chain gene expression of individual T cell clones that share the same MHC class II restriction and similar fine specificity for the encephalitogenic NH2 terminus of the autoantigen myelin basic protein (MBP) has been examined.
(10) The use of sigma 54 promoters, known to require cognate binding proteins, could allow the fine-tuning that provides the temporal ordering of flagellar gene transcription.
(11) While there has been almost no political reform during their terms of office, there have been several ambitious steps forward in terms of environmental policy: anti-desertification campaigns; tree planting; an environmental transparency law; adoption of carbon targets; eco-services compensation; eco accounting; caps on water; lower economic growth targets; the 12th Five-Year Plan; debate and increased monitoring of PM2.5 [fine particulate matter] and huge investments in eco-cities, "clean car" manufacturing, public transport, energy-saving devices and renewable technology.
(12) That, however, is reserved for the most serious cases and the indications are that a fine is the likely outcome.
(13) These findings in a patient with acute leukaemia are strongly suspicious of fungal infection, and percutaneous fine-needle aspiration under ultrasound or computed tomography-guidance is indicated.
(14) Any MP who claims this is not statutory regulation is a liar, and should be forced to retract and apologise, or face a million pound fine.
(15) There’s a fine line between pushing them to their limits and avoiding injury, and Alberto is a master at it.
(16) While circulating the quarries is illegal – you risk a fine of up to €60 – neither the IGC nor the police seem to mind the veteran cataphiles who possess a good knowledge of the underground space, and who respect their heritage.
(17) No differences in cell fine structure or in growth factor requirements for cell proliferation were noted between normal and CF cells.
(18) of complete tryptic digests of the IRBPs indicate that, although they have in common a similar preponderance of hydrophobic peptides, all three proteins differ extensively in their fine structure.
(19) Failure to meet these deadlines, and others listed in the judgement, face a daily fine of 150,000 reais.
(20) Nuclear DNA distribution in fine-needle specimens from 112 breast carcinomas and 45 prostatic tumours was studied.