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Examples
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And Glenn Beck will be doing the back-ground checks.
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She clicked on back-ground information and got the name of the parish she was born in.
Red Wolf Liza Marklund 2010
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She clicked on back-ground information and got the name of the parish she was born in.
Red Wolf Liza Marklund 2010
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There are legitimate people like myself in this world whose lives have been scrutinized, back-ground checked, interviewed, etc. and approved to adopt.
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It's obvious you have a good back-ground when it comes to comedies, I won't argue that since I'm a fan of many of the same.
Rant: This Is Why The Love Guru Looks Absolutely Terrible! « FirstShowing.net 2008
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Christie, on the other hand, as soon as he had satisfied to the full a commodious appetite, by means of which persons of his profession could, like the wolf and eagle, gorge themselves with as much food at one meal as might serve them for several days, began also to feel himself more in the back-ground than he liked to be.
The Monastery 2008
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Contrary to assurances from the DVA the volunteers were stopped and told that for them to meet with residents they would have to go through a back-ground check to ensure they were, in fact, non-partisan and each visitor would have to submit to tuberculosis screening, a process that requires two medical appointments.
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I do think that if FFL dealers have to do a back-ground check, then the Flea Markets, some gun shows, all should have to do a background check.
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In the front of a deep back-ground of spears and waving crests, stood the sounder of the sacred trumpet, conspicuous by his size and the richness of his apparel; he kept his post on a rock above the stone staircase, and, by an occasional note of his instrument, intimated to the squadrons beneath that they should stay their progress, and attend the motions of the
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African-American culture does not exist to provide back-ground music.
A Children's Crusade 2008
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