(1) If Lagarde had been placed under formal investigation in the Tapie case, it would have risked weakening her position and further embarrassing both the IMF and France by heaping more judicial worries on a key figure on the international stage.
(2) In autumn, leaf-heaps composted themselves on sunken patios, and were shovelled up by irritated owners of basement flats.
(3) Across a dusty lot sits a heap of scrap metal, patrolled by a couple of emaciated dogs, while a toddler squats in the street, examining the sole of a discarded shoe.
(4) Despite the praise and awards heaped on him Yunus has not become one of those leaders who checks out how important you are before deciding how much of his time you are worth.
(5) Not to mention the files they may have already shredded.” One core problem is that too many expectations have been heaped on a trial that cannot bear them all.
(6) She responded with Mrs Schofield's GCSE , which heaped up all the grisly murders in Shakespeare.
(7) There's been so much abuse heaped upon these communities, and so much rightful anger at the people who stole their lands.
(8) It has been established experimentally that the Opisthorchis metacercaria in fish muscles were killed at -28 degrees S in 15-20 h., at -35 degrees C in 8 h. and at -40 degrees C in 2 h. The period of fish freezing becomes much longer when it is stored in snow-covered heaps, which may be the cause of Opisthorchis invasion of wild and domestic carnivorous animals.
(9) Tayyab Mahmood Jafri, part of the large team of prosecution lawyers, heaped scorn on yet another discovery of explosives.
(10) In the 1980s she was near the bottom of the heap in popularity among US first ladies - coming 36th out of 37 in a 1993 opinion poll.
(11) The technology giant heaped pressure on its rivals with a cheaper iPad 2 priced at $399 (£254).
(12) Unless those at the bottom of the heap can represent themselves, and the inarticulate will not know how to woo judges, they will be outlaws.
(13) Gaddafi, as vigilant keeper of the flame, kept a weather eye open, heaping privileges on some and prestige on others in order to consolidate alliances and plaster over any cracks that threatened to appear.
(14) He went on to heap blame on Corrie for her own killing, arguing that, contrary to what "any reasonable person would have done", she "chose to put herself in danger" by trying to impede "a military activity meant to prevent terrorist activity".
(15) The far rightwing La Gaceta on a front page editorial heaped insults on the politicians who had voted for the ban, singling out the man who is likely to become the next Catalan president as "a separatist who hates everything Spanish".
(16) After weeks of open criticism, Die Welt also heaped praise on the German coaching team’s tactical flexibility.
(17) Pseudopolyps which represent polypoid oedematous tags, regenerating mucosal islands between ulcerations or heaped-up granulation tissue covered by epithelium, are a common sequela of ulcerative colitis and may also occur secondary to granulomatous colitis.
(18) Yet the Welsh government is set on building more roads like the M4 extension that will bring more harmful pollution and more congestion.” Alan Heaps, who runs a woodwork business from his house on the A472, agreed that radical action was needed.
(19) In an attempt to reduce the numbers of this pathogen in this sewage end product, the survival of L. monocytogenes was monitored in a heap of sewage sludge cake stored for over 23 weeks on farm land.
(20) The millionaires boom offers little consolation to Africans at the bottom of the heap: South Africa remains one of the most unequal societies in the world.
Reaped
Definition:
(imp. & p. p.) of Reap
Example Sentences:
(1) We want to be sure that the country that’s providing all the infrastructure and support to the business is the one that reaps the reward by being able to collect the tax,” he said.
(2) It is worth noting though that the government is reaping scant reward in the polls even though the economy has expanded by more than 3% over the past year and – according to the IMF – will be the fastest growing of the G7 economies this year.
(3) Sydney defender Jacques Faty constantly seems a defensive accident waiting to happen, while the club are yet to reap full dividend from their attacking imports at the other end of the field.
(4) High quality display devices are essential to reap any benefits from degradation correction.
(5) Hillary Clinton has a message for Republicans bemoaning the rise of Donald Trump: “You reap what you sow.” In a speech on Monday, the former secretary of state blamed Republicans’ obstructionism, which she said fomented Trump’s incendiary campaign.
(6) Amid heightening debate about the future of the two bailed-out banks, Stephen Williams, who was the first Lib Dem MP to lend his support to the distribution of shares to all taxpayers, said: "My Lib Dem colleagues and I will not stand by and watch private investors reap all of the benefits once the banks are taken off taxpayer intensive care.
(7) With a solid business environment, supportive policies and the right outcome from Brexit negotiations allowing for trade and ongoing access to skilled workers, manufacturers should be able to overcome the risks, reap future growth rewards and get their business confidence back on track,” it added.
(8) Maybe the first party to dump its leader will reap the advantages of the pioneer, but such changes are often messy and divisive.
(9) Reaping the benefits of a successful speech to Iowa conservatives the preceding weekend, Walker leapfrogged more established candidates and secured 15% of the vote – up from 4% in October.
(10) David Connell Senior research fellow, UK Innovation Research Centre, University of Cambridge, and Chairman, Archipelago Technology • I hope the new £61m National Graphene Institute at Manchester will reap some rewards ( Letters , 5 December).
(11) Add to that the news about unemployment; now down to 7.1% , and rising house prices, and the news that the Bank of England will not soon raise interest rates , and one sees how the prime minister is able to frame a narrative about how the strictures of austerity are beginning to reap the benefits.
(12) Allen may be reaping the reward of keeping non-Italian press out of the first screenings (the version released in Italy has a dubbed dialogue track, which Allen is known to dislike) as he tends to get a better response from non-native critics, who are less attentive to implausible details.
(13) Can we see it all the way through to reap the long-term benefits – as individuals, as a society, as humanity?
(14) It means a Green Investment Bank and Carbon Capture and Storage so we reap the financial rewards of the green energy revolution.
(15) Inevitably, it looks as though corners have been cut and supermarkets will reap the whirlwind in reputational damage.
(16) This is the state reaping rewards for years of policy … [It may be] that officials are going further than Beijing expects, but that this is working on top of what is already a volcano."
(17) But on the morning of 26 March 1996, as his team was preparing to start clearance work in a village in the province of Siem Reap, a group of 30 armed Khmer Rouge guerrillas emerged from the nearby forest.
(18) The applications described here demonstrate new ways that the VA is reaping benefits from its infrastructure and its compatible integrated hospital information systems located at its facilities.
(19) Care home employees often work long hours and their jobs can be challenging – any employer who recognises this by paying their lowest paid staff no less than the living wage will certainly reap the benefits,” she says.
(20) His office says work in countries such as Kazakhstan helps fund pro bono work in Africa – and it dismisses reports of reaping £16m in fees from Astana as inflated, and says Blair makes no personal profit.