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Examples
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David Davies: I assure Mark that I understand 'jackanory'-I saw it when I read the Labour Party's manifesto for the last election.
Virtual reality 2004
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Brian Gibbons: Will you explain 'jackanory' to David Davies the next time that you meet him?
Virtual reality 2004
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Their smirking photograph - which is not evident on their web sites - shows I feel that they knew all along that their jackanory story was complete rubbish.
Archive 2007-04-01 2007
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The jackanory story is that Gordon Brown's speech is overly close in wordage to some stuff by one Mr Shrum.
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The jackanory story is that Gordon Brown's speech is overly close in wordage to some stuff by one Mr Shrum.
Archive 2007-09-23 2007
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Headteachers across Wales have told me that the workload agreement reads like jackanory, it is excellent with the exception of the 'f'-word-funding-and it will not work.
Virtual reality 2004
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Very good it was too, sort of like an interactive jackanory.
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It's just a case of bypassing the septic tanks [Americans] and getting the old jackanory straight. "
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