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  • Galvanised by Aviva's research I rang my father, an 85-year-old retired accountant, for his top tip.

    Planning a wedding? Don't waste your money 2011

  • Galvanised, he returned to Edinburgh in 1992, this time with a series of characters that included the mullet-haired student-hater Paul Calf, one of the few that has shown almost the same longevity as Partridge.

    Steve Coogan: Two parts Partridge, one part genius Stephanie Merritt 2010

  • Galvanised balcony box (large, L: 60cm x H: 14cm x D: 17cm) £21, from Garden Trading.

    Window box ideas 2010

  • "Galvanised by my statement that 'we will not mine if we cannot mine safely', they took control of the safety situation on all of our mines, where a new safety culture is rapidly taking root."

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2008

  • Galvanised by their call for a general strike on Sunday, Egypt's cyber dissidents have set a new date for anti-regime action on May 4 as an 80th birthday present for President Hosni Mubarak.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2008

  • · Galvanised steel wire of diameter at least 0.9 mm.

    4. Content of a national standards document 1992

  • - Our analysis of field-experiences allows the following statement: Compared with other roofing-methods, a FC-roof including roof structure can be built at 2/3 to 3/4 of the cost of a similar roof covered with Asbestos-Cement - or Galvanised-Corrugated - Iron (GCI) - sheets.

    6. Costs and economics 1987

  • Galvanised by this offer, the taxi-driver drove us down some back streets, Stopped outside an unpromising little terraced house and banged on the door.

    Hot Money Francis, Dick 1987

  • It is obvious that the self-weight of roof cladding in FCR Is more than the weight of competing materials such as Asbestos Cement (AC) or Galvanised Corrugated Iron (GCI).

    6. Costs and economics 1987

  • Galvanised into action by this knowledge, I sprang out of bed, and seizing whatever garments happened to be the nearest, was half dressed before I had even time to yawn!

    'Brother Bosch', an Airman's Escape from Germany Gerald Featherstone Knight

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