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Florence
Definition:
(n.) An ancient gold coin of the time of Edward III., of six shillings sterling value.
(n.) A kind of cloth.
Example Sentences:
(1) The letter to Florence Nightingale was written by Bernita Decker as part of a nursing course assignment for our Nurse Educator advisor, Betty Pugh.
(2) Using the Italian I distantly remember from my year abroad in Florence as a student (mi chiama Hadley!
(3) As for his detention following a possible conviction … although Mr Aswat would have access to mental health services regardless of which prison he was be detained in, his extradition to a country where he had no ties and where he would face an uncertain future in an as yet undetermined institution, and possibly be subjected to the highly restrictive regime in ADX Florence, would violate article 3 of the convention."
(4) Politicians here always say they will act on immigration, yet they never do.” Florence Faucher, professor of political science at Paris’s Sciences Po University, said there were parallels between Front National voters in France and those who backed Ukip in the UK, particularly the sense of those who felt “left behind”, who hadn’t benefited from globalisation, feared the insecurity in the job market and worried about their future.
(5) The nuptials drew crowds of fans eager to witness the glitzy event, but they were kept far away from the heavily walled 16th-century fortress, which offers stunning views of Florence and surrounding Tuscan hills.
(6) One of the earliest accounts of nursing research, which indicates the power of making systematic observations, was Florence Nightingale's study.
(7) Although in other extradition cases the ECHR had not found that conditions in ADX Florence facility in Colorado were unacceptable, it deemed that Aswat's case was different because of his mental health condition.
(8) The international literature on the subject is reviewed, and the schedule currently employed in the follow-up of breast cancer patients at the Radiotherapy Unit of Florence is reported.
(9) Though Renzi faces an increasingly sceptical Italian public, with the populist and anti-euro Five Star Movement gaining in popularity, the former mayor of Florence remains one of the most vocal proponents of the EU in Europe and, according to analyst Federico Santi of the Eurasia Group, is keen to settle Brexit-related uncertainty in financial markets that could harm Italy.
(10) The Welch warbler does it and I believe that's all the bases covered: Bitta street cred with Dizzee, NME fodder with Kasabian, bitta Brit pop with JLS and prizes for the new wave of British female performers (Lily, Florence).
(11) The author wishes to thank Joanne Damon, R.N., Sandra Zion, R.N., Dorothy Markay, R.N., and Rachel Rotkovitch, R.N., for their advice, encouragement, and support, and Florence Williams, R.N., who provided clinical supervision.
(12) But, having last year decried the dearth of Scottish comedy on the fringe , I’d better give this year’s pre-Edinburgh sketch laurels to Burnistoun (Robert Florence and Iain Connell), the well-loved BBC Scotland sketch show now following up a sell-out Glasgow run with a first appearance at the fringe.
(13) The department of Gynecology and Obstetrics of Florence University reports the following findings for the chemotherapy of gestational choriocarcinoma during the period 1962-74.
(14) perfringens food poisoning which occurred in Florence during 1976 have been described.
(15) A systematic study was carried out in cooperation between the Department of Neurology of the University of Florence and the Istituto Superiore di Sanità (Rome), in order to understand a possible role of arboviruses as etiologic agents of meningoencephalitis in Italy; in this preliminary communication the first clinical case of Tick-Borne Encephalitis (TBE) virus infection is described.
(16) The work, For the Love of God, has recently drawn huge crowds at museums in Florence and Amsterdam – but has not been seen in London since 2007 when, at the height of Britain's pre-crash prosperity, it was sold (for £50m, Hirst claimed) to a consortium that included the artist himself.
(17) A survey of the health and social conditions of a representative sample of 967 persons aged 60 years and older from the city of Florence, Italy, was undertaken in 1980.
(18) Hilary Mantel with Peter Florence 2012 PF: When you say you’re dealing in “the present”, it’s written often in the present tense.
(19) By evening, I found myself agreeing to pitch a tent on the banks of the Arno for an illegal bivouac in the heart of Florence.
(20) The rapper was recently quoted in the Florence newspaper La Nazione as saying he and Kardashian had come to Florence previously incognito and he believed that their daughter, North, was conceived "among the Renaissance masterpieces".
Florin
Definition:
(n.) A silver coin of Florence, first struck in the twelfth century, and noted for its beauty. The name is given to different coins in different countries. The florin of England, first minted in 1849, is worth two shillings, or about 48 cents; the florin of the Netherlands, about 40 cents; of Austria, about 36 cents.
Example Sentences:
(1) Southampton had lost Toby Alderweireld to an early injury but Florin Gardos seamlessly filled the gap alongside José Fonte.
(2) In the process, they made the return leg next Wednesday feel like a formality – even Hart might get a game – and as a measure of their performance it is no exaggeration to say Florin Nita, Steaua’s goalkeeper, had authentic credentials to be recognised as the game’s outstanding performer.
(3) The costs for the reagents were about 0.5 Dutch florin (ca 0.30 US-$) per well.
(4) Assuming the inclusion of France as one of these 'big five', Tom Edwards correctly identified the "perma-permed, shopping addicted Romanian waste of space, Florin Raducioiu .
(5) The other option is the Romania international Florin Gardos, who has been given only 46 minutes of Premier League action since joining from Steaua Bucharest in the summer.
(6) Educational intervention programs in Florin, Greece, a mountainous rural area with a low (15-20%) attendance at prenatal clinics, were conducted to reduce perinatal and infant morbidity and mortality and to promote physical and psychomotor development.
(7) congesta C. Y. Cheng, E. minuta Florin, E. minuta var.
(8) From the resulting corner Florin Andone looped a header on to the roof of the net.
(9) One in three practices did not keep patients' electronic records up to date, which could mean that a patient may not be called for a blood test at the right time.At the Norris Road surgery, run by Dr Michael Florin, "we found confidential records left unattended or not securely storied in a number of areas of the practice".
(10) His stories veer from the Romania forward Florin Raducioiu opting "to go shopping at Harvey Nics with the in-laws" rather than play for West Ham against Stockport, to the Portugal striker Paulo Futre's refusing to wear the club's No 16 shirt ahead of a match against Arsenal.
(11) ex Mey., E. fedtschenkoae Pauls, and E. regeliana Florin are described, compared and illustrated with line drawings.
(12) Córdoba had looked more likely to win the game and Florin Andone hit the crossbar after 67 minutes with a lob over Iker Casillas in the Madrid goal.
(13) It was shown on the basis of NMR-H spectra that the addition of proton to dianions of Zn-octaethylchlorine, Zn-octaethylporphin, and Zn-monoasaethioporphyrin results in the formation of products with the structure of alpha-dihydroflorine, alpha-florine, and gamma-florine respectively.
(14) In this paper, the morphological and histological characters of crude drugs derived from Ephedra likiangensis Florin, E. likiangensis f. mairei (Florin) C. Y. Cheng, E. saxatilis Royle ex Florin, E. gerardiana Wall, E. gerardiana var.