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* Transcriber's note: Original text read "subleties".
Violin Mastery Talks with Master Violinists and Teachers Frederick Herman Martens 1903
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A skilled and experienced cook knows how to handle the subleties.
More Work for Mother 4 -- Enter the Stove Linda 2008
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There are subleties and nuances in every area, and horses have a lot of both.
BOOK VIEW CAFE BLOG » 10 Ways to Prove You Didn’t Do Your Horse Homework 2010
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There are subleties and nuances in every area, and horses have a lot of both.
BOOK VIEW CAFE BLOG » 10 Ways to Prove You Didn’t Do Your Horse Homework 2010
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There are subleties and nuances in every area, and horses have a lot of both.
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Even then, it's possible for a good writer to hint at this through subleties of characterisation and use of narrative voice (or hey, through a good old fashioned infodump if you like).
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Would love to see a joint study with you two and Naomi Klein on the subleties behind it all.
Freakonomics in the Times Magazine: Unintended Consequences - Freakonomics Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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I think that fishing for any sport fish that is available and learing the subleties of the fishery is the true challenge and what brings the best of the west and east coast together.
Great Lakers Not Steelhead? Tim Romano 2007
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Some forty-five years ago I was informed on the highest authority, by a Ministry Inspector of H.M. Government, no less, that while the animal itself may engage all the subleties of its genetic prescription and composition in producing the elemental substance, in fact the olfactory effect of the complex material basic to TCO consists of just two ingredients, one of them 'a common household substance '.
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In the last couple of days, I have wasted far too much time fufilling rules and not nearly enough trying to sort out the subleties of cancer.
Bureaucracy: Waste of my time and yours The Eternal Postdoc 2007
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