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  • The bag was an industry freebie I got years ago, resurrected recently because it meets the key requirements for this trip: biggest possible dimensions for a single item of carry-on luggage, wheels built-on, and no built-in compartments, leading to maximum packing flexibility.

    HLO Day 27: The Bag Breaks And 3G Dies | Lifehacker Australia 2009

  • A person who sits on the upper body can control the robot naturally using the built-on joystick installed.

    Hubo FX-1 Walking Robot » Fanboy.com 2007

  • The bag was an industry freebie I got years ago, resurrected recently because it meets the key requirements for this trip: biggest possible dimensions for a single item of carry-on luggage, wheels built-on, and no built-in compartments, leading to maximum packing flexibility.

    HLO Day 27: The Bag Breaks And 3G Dies | Lifehacker Australia 2009

  • AGW theory and built-on ideology just can not stand-up to the facts, data, and their proper interpretation.

    Pain in Maine, but they can measure rain « Climate Audit 2007

  • We hope to modify a built-on shed on the barn to accomodate them at night with a chicken yard next to it for daytime fun.

    Another Weekend in Review Herrick Kimball 2006

  • He leaned over the edge and saw that there was a built-on ladder hanging from the far end of the steel grid, allowing the workies down into the water.

    A Big Boy Did It and Ran Away Brookmyre, Christopher, 1968- 2001

  • Police said Engelbrecht and her husband Sarel were asleep in the room, recently been built-on.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1995

  • Danny walked back to the garage, saw a shacklike built-on atop it and took rickety steps up to the door.

    The Big Nowhere Ellroy, James, 1948- 1988

  • He looked up at the house, at its stub of a built-on wing, and around at the rock-toothed forest rim.

    More Than Human Sturgeon, Theodore, 1918-1985 1953

  • What we need now is for video-call software on other platforms (e.g. Fring on Symbian, shown below) to make use of the 'open standards' that FaceTime is built-on, to open up all smartphones for Wi-Fi, full-screen video chatting, whether the calling family or recipient family member has an iPhone, a Nokia, an HTC device, a Mac desktop, a PC, etc.

    All About Symbian - News 2010

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