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Un petit esforç, que es compensa abastament podent escoltar en viu i en directe a dos grans noms en els seus àmbits respectius.
Liveblogging (4): Jornades àtic2a 2009, portant ponents | [bauen] 2009
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De exemplu, în caz de furt, un produs este luată fără o monedă de schimb; prin urmare, cantitatea de monedă pentru a cursului de schimb urca produs pentru a compensa pierderea de monedă.
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As a Pole he missed the Vistula, and his castle, and his vast estates in Galicia, and the winter visits to Warsaw, but in Vienna there were compensa - tions, and now he approached one of them.
Poland Michener, James 1983
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"Please, in compensa - tion, name the variant you prefer."
Juxtaposition Anthony, Piers 1982
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"Please, in compensa - tion, name the variant you prefer."
Juxtaposition Anthony, Piers 1982
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Page 221, Volume 3 as to be compatible with any possible state of affairs; like the advanced neurotic who fails to adjust to ob - jective social reality and lives instead in a compensa - tory inner world of fantasy, so the metaphysician's atavistic distinctions between appearance and reality, phenomena and noumena, becoming and being, con - tingency and necessity, and so on, are symptomatic of his own maladjustments.
METAPHYSICAL IMAGINATION MICHAEL MORAN 1968
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And even if he had missed the pride and satisfaction of parenthood, there might be compensa - tions later in watching his grandchildren come into the world he was helping to remake.
The Sands of Mars Clarke, Arthur C. 1951
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In consequence of a November gale, I am reduced to a similar state of destitution, from a sail-boat to a wherry; and, like others of the deserving poor, I have found many compensa - tions in my humbler condition.
Oldport Days 1873
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He has, in drawing plans, making out bills of particulars and estimates, and superintending the work, been closely engaged for seven months, so that two dollars per day for his services cannot be thought unreasonable; and I must do Mr. Hadfield the justice to say, that I think the sum of $200 is not a sufficient compensa - tion for his trouble, and I believe he has been very attentive.
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Issues under discussion included new capitalization requirements and their implications; potential reforms in governance, including compensa - tion; pricing and consumer protec - tion issues; and potential changes in accounting rules.
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