(1) But let's face it, in life, fairytale endings are the exception, not the rule, and so none of us were really surprised when the Cardinals came along and smashed Pirate dreams into smithereens.
(2) It has all the metaphors of smoothness.” Sporting a glittering LV logo at the front door, it could also be a gigantic Louis Vuitton perfume bottle, smashed to smithereens.
(3) The best thing for Europe would be if the euro were smashed to smithereens, allowing countries to devalue and impose capital controls.
(4) "He was standing there putting water in and if things had gone wrong with the water – it had never been tried before on a reactor fire – if it had exploded, Cumberland would have been finished, blown to smithereens.
(5) The Public Roads Authority in Oslo, which has a comprehensive network of cameras, was not alerted either: despite the fact that the government quarter, Norway’s most important seat of power, had been blown to smithereens by a bomb, the terror-response plan was not implemented.
(6) Often it has paperwork claiming it will be refurbished and re-used, but nobody has the resources to police the system, so in practice much of it ends up in primitive workshops in India and west Africa and China, where it is stripped out, boiled up, dunked in acid or smashed to smithereens by unskilled, low-paid and frequently child labour.
(7) Obama responded by pointing to the example from the Blitz: "I was struck by an article that I was reading the other day talking about the fact that the British, during world war two, when London was being bombed to smithereens, had 200 or so detainees.
(8) The record hasn't just been broken, it's been smashed to smithereens, adding weight to predictions that the Arctic may be ice-free in summer months within 20 years , say British, Italian and American-based scientists on board the Arctic Sunrise.
(9) When the court rejected the appeal, commenting "the longer this hearing has gone on, the more convinced this court has become that the verdict of the jury was correct", the men's expectations of immediate release were in smithereens, but so too was the reputation of British justice.
(10) European values have been blown to smithereens, as evident in the curbing of the right to asylum.
(11) He said: "It is rather strange that they said nothing when MPs were embezzling millions of pounds on furnishing their homes whilst our boys were being blown to smithereens because of a lack of funding for equipment."
(12) Of course, unless there are four people in this marriage – a domestic arrangement that not even the most liberal Cameroon would sanction – then that relegates those of us in the rest of the UK to junior partners, hapless children cowering upstairs as the crockery of state is smashed to smithereens.
(13) Cliffhangers 1980s: Dallas was famous for its cliffhangers, the most notorious being that time Pam Ewing woke up and discovered an entire series – a series that included a double bomb plot to blow JR to smithereens – had all been her dream.
(14) High on anticipation, the crowd responded with a thundering cheer which may have no precedent in rural Northamptonshire and the stands emptied as racegoers ran to the winner's enclosure to welcome back a jump jockey who has left the sport's previous records in smithereens.
(15) And you will … the All Blacks captain Richie McCaw is driven back by an Argentinian, England’s Toby Flood is flattened by the French defence and the Ireland prop Cian Healy appears on both ends of the equation, smithereening an Australian before being smithereened by a New Zealander.
(16) The blast blew al-Asiri to smithereens, while fortunately failing seriously to injure the prince.
(17) Lara Croft has never been without design problems (or presumably back pain), but to adjust her appearance while smashing her characterisation into smithereens would rather miss the point of all the criticism.
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(1) Of the surface antigens identified by radio-iodination, two-dimensional gel analyses showed no similarities between those of Schistosoma haematobium and Schistosoma mansoni, thus providing a basis for the species specificity of these antigens described previously (Simpson, Knight, Hagan, Hodgson, Wilkins & Smithers (1985) Parasitology 90, 499-508).
(2) Using Smithers Medical Alpha Cradle Kits (AC 325) we have been able to achieve individual casts for our physically challenging patients.
(3) The problem of the sloping chest wall in tangential irradiation of the breast or chest wall is solved by a unique modification of the Smithers HS3 thoracic immobilizer.
(4) However, Smithers says the way the panels have been restructured has, in some cases, been arbitrary.
(5) Alan Smithers, a professor at the Centre for Education and Employment Research, University of Buckingham explains what might be behind this change : Why boys are getting more of the top grades The shifting balance seems to be due in part to the A-level reforms of 2010.
(6) Photograph: Susi Smither A meaty, warming robust meal to get you through the last of the cold spring days.
(7) Leading City economist Andrew Smithers, in his important book, The Road to Recovery , argues that the collapse in business investment, weak economic recovery and persistently high government deficit are because UK executives across the board concentrate far too much on short-term share price performance.
(8) No one would argue for a pro bono dentist or doctor: if you want proper professional legal advice, there’s a cost.” The government’s swingeing cuts to the legal aid budget, Smithers argues, approach the problem of how to reform the nation’s justice system in the wrong way.
(9) Smithers said this meant there was a significant change in the nature of the exam cohort, which is why Ofqual was wary of comparing this year's results with last year's.
(10) Smithers said: "Individual schools are likely to be affected differently according to how much they relied on gaming the old system so for some there could be sharp shocks in store."
(11) Smithers said: "The big drop in early entries, reduction in internal assessment, and the switch from GCSE to IGCSE, is likely to mean fewer weaker candidates this year, so prior attainment could be expected to be higher, and hence a rise in GCSE grades could be anticipated.
(12) Its president, Jonathan Smithers, said: “ When a vulnerable person doesn’t have friends or family to represent them during a decision to restrict their liberty, it is vital that person is able to participate in the decision-making process.
(13) Those that relied heavily on "gaming" are more likely to see lower grades, according to Prof Alan Smithers, director of the Centre for Education and Employment Research at the University of Buckingham.
(14) The Guardian’s consumer affairs correspondent, Rebecca Smithers, described the report as a “whitewash” ; financial analyst Louise Cooper accused the CMA of falling to “regulatory capture” – becoming too close to the industry it is supposed to be overseeing.
(15) This included putting pupils in for exams early to give them practice and allow them to identify where youngsters were falling short, Smithers said, adding that some schools also used to be "quite generous in assessing speaking and listening".
(16) Smithers said the new arrangements were likely to favour schools with higher-ability students.
(17) Alan Smithers is a professor at the Centre for Education and Employment Research, University of Buckingham
(18) Our packed out rally showed the widespread support for proper legal aid to stop miscarriages and fight injustice, such as that experienced by the victims of the so called ‘spy cops’, or the Stephen Lawrence family.” Jonathan Smithers, president of the Law Society, which represents solicitors across England and Wales, said: “[We are] pleased that the lord chancellor has listened and recognised that the current situation is untenable.
(19) A retweet: Fuck me it's Mr Burns and Smithers #selectcommittee November 7, 2013 Nate R (@NatesLAlife) “ @GuardianUS : What was the first tweet you ever sent?
(20) Most people will opt not to – a situation Smithers says is reducing consumer choice.