(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.
Toothpick
Definition:
(n.) A pointed instument for clearing the teeth of substances lodged between them.
Example Sentences:
(1) On buccal tooth surfaces, the cleaning effect of a multitufted nylon brush was superior to that of a wooden toothpick or unwaxed dental floss.
(2) Sampling of S. mutans was performed with a toothpick method at the beginning of the study and after one and two years.
(3) When searching for gay parenting in kids' movies, I found the short film Family Restaurant , about a picky toothpick dispenser who thinks ketchup bottles shouldn't be allowed to date; he changes his tune after learning a valuable lesson from a little boy with two dads.
(4) The study consisted of three 4-wk periods with different hygienic measures: 1) no oral hygiene around and beneath the pontic, 2) thorough hygiene using toothbrush and toothpicks and 3) thorough hygiene using a toothbrush and dental floss every day.
(5) A foreign body (toothpick) lodged in the bladder and resulting in urinary infection and perivesical inflammation also was found to be capable of causing this unusual bladder deformity.
(6) The spectrum of toothpick injury to the gastrointestinal tract is illustrated by 5 patients who developed toothpick perforation of the gastrointestinal tract.
(7) Penetrating trauma, gunshot wounds and toothpick perforation of the duodenum are known aetiological factors.
(8) 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).
(9) The older respondents used dental floss and toothpicks more often and brushed their teeth more regularly than those in the younger age group.
(10) Although there was no significant difference between the final scores of the toothpick groups, only the group that used gingival bleeding as a sign of disease showed a significant improvement in gingival health (P less than 0.003), and also had a fivefold higher rate of return of self-report compliance cards.
(11) In Gap stores, a Twitter account called @InMySkinnyDream chronicled Gap’s toothpick-legged dolls by the “Always Skinny” jean.
(12) Coins were found in 8 patients, toys in 3, pins and needles in 6, chicken bones and fish bones in 15, and toothpicks, shaving blades, cutlery, dentures, plastic bag containing cocaine, parts of a foam rubber mattress and other items in the remainder.
(13) 1% Chlorhexidine gel delivered by toothpick on interproximal areas had a limited effect on reduction of dental plaque.
(14) Three months later, clinical assessments indicated significantly less gingival bleeding for both toothpick groups as compared with the control (whose gingival health worsened).
(15) Both toothpick groups received identical instruction in toothpick technique, but one group was taught to use bleeding as an interpretive device for health.
(16) The ability to use toothpicks was checked and upgraded to the individual need.
(17) Then remove the toothpick before you wrap the thread around the stitching (b).
(18) In one case the duodenum was perforated by a toothpick, and hemorrhage from the upper gastrointestinal tract occurred 3 months later.
(19) Its shape looks like a toothpick and the width, thickness and length are 1.5mm, 0.7mm and 3 cm, respectively.
(20) All other aids to oral hygiene such as toothpicks, dental floss, interdental stimulators, mouthwashes etc.