(n.) A beverage made of wine, water, sugar, nutmeg, and lemon juice; -- so called, it is said, from its first maker, Colonel Negus.
Example Sentences:
(1) Brandis and Negus were addressing the media at the opening day of a conference focused on global security, counter-terrorism and evolving trends in transnational crime.
(2) There have been a range of passport cancellations where we have intelligence or evidence that people intend to travel overseas for some means to fight in the Syrian conflict … It is very difficult to obtain evidence from places like Syria to prosecute cases, but in saying that, we are doing our best to ensure we collect material here and they can be put before Australian courts before they go, and particularly people who are facilitating others to go over there for a specific intent of fighting or providing support to either side of the regime.” Negus said authorities were conducting “a range of investigations … into others looking facilitate people to go into those conflict zones”.
(3) Injection sclerotherapy was performed initially using the rigid Negus oesophagoscope under general anaesthesia and later using the fibreoptic endoscope under light sedation.
(4) The prime minister is joined on the trip by the chief of the defence force, Air Chief Marshal Mark Binskin, and the Australian Federal Police (AFP) commissioner, Tony Negus.
(5) None have been referred for prosecution yet, though Negus said it doesn't mean they will not lead to charges.
(6) The Australian federal police commissioner, Tony Negus, said the mission would allow Dutch and Australian forces to undertake forensic tests at the site.
(7) The Australian journalist joined Ten as a reporter for 6pm with George Negus after working for Al Jazeera and the UK's Channel 4 News.
(8) Nourishing, warming and wholesome, negus was just the thing to settle down for the night before the invention of central heating, with its lemon or Seville orange and spices, with port, sherry or brandy.
(9) In summary 330 procedures were done: 220 under general anaesthesia using the Negus rigid oesophagoscope and 110 with diazepam as premedication using a flexible, fibreoptic endoscope.
(10) We have made arrests just before Christmas in that regard which have been well publicised,” Negus said.
(11) Lifetimes of 24.4 ps for Trp14 and 122.0 ps for Trp7 were found for oxy sperm whale myoglobin (pH 7), which agree with theoretical predictions [Hochstrasser, R. M., & Negus, D. K. (1984) Proc.
(12) At this stage there’s no specific threat we’re concerned about,” Negus said.
(13) Negus Rachel Kelly's "negus" – much-maligned by Byron.
(14) MetroStars roared back in the second half and goals by Jonathan Negus and Rocky Callisto were enough to secure victory and a place in the last 16 for the South Australians.
(15) The results of the Cape Town five-year prospective evaluation of sclerotherapy with the rigid Negus oesophagoscope using general anaesthesia are presented.
(16) 2.49am BST Attorney general, Senator George Brandis and Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police Tony Negus.
(17) We’ve seen in the last three or four years a number of prosecutions in Australia for small groups who have come together and been radicalised amongst a small group of people separate to their community and looking to carry out some violent behaviour here in Australia,” Negus said.
(18) Negus said speculation about threats to Sochi had been “very general in nature” and Australian authorities did not perceive any increased threat to Australian athletes travelling there.
(19) The Australian federal police commissioner, Tony Negus, said the foreign minister, Julie Bishop, had acted on advice to cancel passports to stop people leaving Australia.
(20) Negus said Australian authorities were “very concerned about those lone actors who have been radicalised through the internet, who are travelling overseas to fight in other conflicts and then returning to Australia with increased capability to conduct something here”.
Wine
Definition:
(n.) The expressed juice of grapes, esp. when fermented; a beverage or liquor prepared from grapes by squeezing out their juice, and (usually) allowing it to ferment.
(n.) A liquor or beverage prepared from the juice of any fruit or plant by a process similar to that for grape wine; as, currant wine; gooseberry wine; palm wine.
(n.) The effect of drinking wine in excess; intoxication.
Example Sentences:
(1) Gallic wine sales in the UK have been tumbling for the past 20 years, but the news that France, once the largest exporter to these shores, has slipped behind Australia, the United States, Italy and now South Africa will have producers gnawing their knuckles in frustration.
(2) I haven't had to face anyone like the man who threatened to call the police when he decided his card had been cloned after sharing three bottles of wine with his wife, or the drunk woman who became violent and announced that she was a solicitor who was going to get this fucking place shut down – two customers Andrew had to deal with on the same night.
(3) At the bottom is a tiny harbour where cafe Itxas Etxea – bare brick walls and wraparound glass windows – is serving txakoli, the local white wine.
(4) The four members of the committee are all masters of wine, and the chairman is a retired diplomat, Sir David Wright.
(5) I went for a walk, had a locally made sandwich and sat in the dark drinking a glass of wine.
(6) Mann-Whitney U-tests showed that during the 7 years of highest wine consumption the highest rates for breast cancer occurred for females aged 30--59 years, but for women over 60 years of age the result was insignificant.
(7) His latest thinking includes introducing concierge desks to welcome shoppers and tapas bars in its wine departments.
(8) How can the CHOGM leaders condemn the dictatorship of Musharraf but happily wine and dine with Museveni?
(9) And on those occasions where I'm in the mood to take the wine pairing very seriously it's the vegetable dishes that require the most creative thought.
(10) Add the onion, cook for three minutes, stirring, until softened, then add the wine, sage, lemon peel, lemon juice and 150ml water.
(11) Determination of changes in lightness by photoelectric colorimetry provides an objective, quantitative means to evaluate the effects of laser treatment of port wine stains.
(12) The most common inhalant stupefacients were "Butapren" glue, trichlorethylene and "Roxy" fluid; wine and vodka were the alcohols used.
(13) The main cause of oesophageal cancer in western countries is consumption of alcoholic beverages, the degree of risk being much greater for certain spirits than for wine or beer.
(14) Per adult (greater than or equal to 15 years) consumption of beer, wine, spirits and absolute alcohol for a 14-year period (1971--1984) was related to female breast cancer morbidity rates in Western Australia.
(15) By abusing his power, he was engrossed in irregularities and corruption, had improper relations with several women and was wined and dined at back parlours of deluxe restaurants.
(16) If we managed to import a German royal family, why is it not possible for us to also import the German housing system – slowly, bit by bit, along with their Christmas trees and mulled wine?
(17) A solid-phase extraction method with a strong anion exchanger was used to determine these compounds in sweet wines and in grape musts.
(18) The college previously said mothers-to-be should not drink more than two units once or twice a week – a small glass of wine of 125ml is 1.5 units.
(19) In the UK, alcohol consumption has shifted substantially from moderate strength beer sold in pubs to strong lager, cider, wine and spirits sold by supermarkets for drinking at home.
(20) Duty on beer, wine and spirits will increase as planned from midnight Sunday • Tobacco duty will rise immediately by 1% above inflation this year, then 2% • Increase in fuel duty to be staged.