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  • verb Present participle of realise.

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Examples

  • Really, the only horror is in realising how truly heartbreaking this tale is.

    Boing Boing 2009

  • Pete – there is something so liberating in realising you are just NOT UP to something.

    Not A Review of Lolita « Tales from the Reading Room 2010

  • Then I had one baby and quickly thought again realising what hard work it must be to do everything for one baby and then have to do it all over again for another one at 3am.

    51 entries from August 2007 2007

  • Then I had one baby and quickly thought again realising what hard work it must be to do everything for one baby and then have to do it all over again for another one at 3am.

    Vintage Twins 2007

  • Then I had one baby and quickly thought again realising what hard work it must be to do everything for one baby and then have to do it all over again for another one at 3am.

    Vintage Twins 2007

  • "In 2006 JISC committed GBP15 million towards Digital Repositories and Preservation activity, to support the UK educational community in realising the benefits of digital repositories, and as part of this work JISC has established JISC RepositoryNet"

    July 2007 2007

  • For some reason (a reason which I seem to be alone in realising on boards across the interweb) this teaser has pissed me off.

    Filmstalker: Bay talks Transformers Teaser 2006

  • As mentioned, Wilson did not succeed in realising his visions.

    The Nobel Peace Prize: From Negotiations to Human Rights 2001

  • During World War II, he took part in realising that potential, an activity which, as a moral person, he felt bound to justify by arguing that Hitler must be prevented from developing an atom bomb first.

    The Nobel Peace Prize 1995 - Presentation Speech 1999

  • Consumers Gas has come a long way in realising our visions of being "a fully integrated utility and energy services company."

    Convergence and Deregulation in the Energy Marketplace 1997

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