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France, Germany and Poland in particular are keen on this idea and see it as a key building-block for a future European state.

Azeem Ibrahim: Will the UK Government's Defense Cuts Make a European Army More Likely? Azeem Ibrahim 2010

France, Germany and Poland in particular are keen on this idea and see it as a key building-block for a future European state.

Azeem Ibrahim: Will the UK Government's Defense Cuts Make a European Army More Likely? Azeem Ibrahim 2010

He collected all sorts of trading cards, building-block sets, books, and comics.

E Is for Environment Ian James Corlett 2011

Most remarkable of all is that this tragedy, far from diminishing or even destroying Gillian, became the building-block on which the rest of her long life she is now 85 was founded.

'Mummy's still looking after me' 2011

Infiniski's designs are based on what could be called a building-block approach.

Good Things in Small Packages William Boston 2010

Now that they had some room, they dove into building with their generic Danish building-block sets.

E Is for Environment Ian James Corlett 2011

Now that they had some room, they dove into building with their generic Danish building-block sets.

E Is for Environment Ian James Corlett 2011

Although Seasonal Affective Disorder, or SAD, is typically associated with the darkest, shortest days of winter, the waning daylight is already reducing the availability from the sun of vitamin D, a building-block of serotonin, the neurotransmitter linked to depression.

The Post-Labor Day Letdown Melinda Beck 2011

He collected all sorts of trading cards, building-block sets, books, and comics.

E Is for Environment Ian James Corlett 2011

European Commissioner for Monetary Affairs called the plan "an important building-block of the needed comprehensive response to the sovereign-debt crisis."

Portugal Vows More Budget Cuts Jeffrey T. Lewis 2011