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  • But pardon the inadvertance of my observation; it is so striking I was taken by surprize.

    The Curate and His Daughter, a Cornish Tale 2008

  • It is a refinement made out of love, not a negation made through inadvertance, of what the Church has definitively taught.

    Development and Negation VII: Original Sin as Inherited "Guilt" Mike L 2007

  • The majority recognizes as much and argues that the “forthwith” clause would prohibit the legislature from intentionally depriving the Govenor of his constitutional right presumably it is okay for the legilature to do so through inadvertance.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » “Sunday Suit” Decided — But Not on “Sundays”: 2007

  • It is a refinement made out of love, not a negation made through inadvertance, of what the Church has definitively taught.

    Archive 2007-04-01 Mike L 2007

  • “The greatest sin is that of inadvertance, of not being quite awake.”

    légèreté 2006

  • The least inadvertance may rob us of the public favor, so hard to be acquired.

    Angel in the Whirlwind Benson Bobrick 1997

  • The least inadvertance may rob us of the public favor, so hard to be acquired.

    Angel in the Whirlwind Benson Bobrick 1997

  • Perhaps Mr. Ball, whose career in public service I have always admired, has misrepresented my position through inadvertance.

    Nuclear Readings Schell, Jonathan 1984

  • If you did not know the location of the topaz it seemed obvious to me that you could not reveal its location, unless by some chance inadvertance.

    Rogue Of Gor Norman, John, 1931- 1982

  • DISTRACTION, _f. _, inapplication; chose faite par inadvertance.

    French Conversation and Composition Harry Vincent Wann

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