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The arrant presumption of such petty-minded and mean-spirited gall will only strengthen my resolve, stoke my passion and galvanize me to stand firmer and push harder.
Racebending and Integration Hal Duncan 2010
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Whilst not detracting from your very valid point about petty-minded support staff frustrating the real work of a police force; Police officers ARE civilians.
The Wrong Kind Of Snow « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009
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Nick Cohen, go and draw your Axes of evil in a kids colouring-in book and you can join the dots between Hungary, Belarus and Venezuela in an appropriate format and not soil a serious news media with this kind of pre-Iraq-war petty-minded drivel.
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Not to mention he's done this without any support from republicans, while stewarding a Congress comprised of petty-minded democrats.
How's Obama doing? 2009
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Yet having agreed to the scheme, she is being roundly accused of being a petty-minded euroskeptic.
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Germany's rational concerns about the bailout are construed as petty-minded selfishness and worse.
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'Speaking of which,' she continued, 'No longer will Very Important People - like myself - be greeted by ridicule from petty-minded jobsworths when we - not unreasonably - demand 'Do you know who I am?' when faced with their niggling attempts to sidetrack us from our important drinki…er… government business.'
The Case FOR ID Cards David Hadley 2009
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'Speaking of which,' she continued, 'No longer will Very Important People - like myself - be greeted by ridicule from petty-minded jobsworths when we - not unreasonably - demand 'Do you know who I am?' when faced with their niggling attempts to sidetrack us from our important drinki…er… government business.'
Archive 2009-02-01 David Hadley 2009
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Everyone in this family is an old-fashioned, petty-minded bunch of snobbish xenophobic obsolete muppets.
The National Affront juliette 2009
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Winston-Smith is entitled to wallow in his petty-minded francophobia but he has no right to forbid Tancred and Margaret Muller-Johansson from commenting on the UK because they do not live there.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009
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