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It seems like the Police are going to be steam rollered into an inquiry or review by the New Labour gang, which will inevitably result in more forms to be filled, quotas to be met, focus groups, and other, touchy-feely things.
Policeman killed - NO STORY. Woman slapped - BIG STORY. « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009
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Breathlessly Beautiful Breathlessly Beautiful: Emulate Ms. Monroe's effervescent glamour with '50s classics, rollered hair and an ever-red lip.
Costume Drama Rachel Dodes 2012
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You make some valid points, but Metro Vancouver had the regional plans in place to do the right thing very few regions in North America can claim that and significant regional political will existed, but the Province steam rollered over the whole process.
Can Nothing Kill Highway Expansion? « Stephen Rees’s blog 2009
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Look at the debilitating battles already underway between bureaucracies warring over their turf ... the turf steam-rollered by the forces they're supposed to control, but don't.
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"There has been a general complaint among voters that laws seem to be steam-rollered through Parliament by the ANC who uses the institution as a rubber-stamp for the executive," he said.
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Looked like the top had been rollered into two little sausages to disguise the thinning pate.
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The United States Department of Health and Human Services was essentially steam-rollered into an alternative advisory position on a major health care matter by political appointees, responding to the offending industry.
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We've just received an email suggesting that the planning application for the Coronet Cinema in Eltham is being steam-rollered through by the Council.
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We've just received an email suggesting that the planning application for the Coronet Cinema in Eltham is being steam-rollered through by the Council.
Archive 2006-07-01 2006
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Jajbhay on Wednesday dismissed a third application opposing sanction, brought by engineer Chris Addington, appearing as a concerned citizen, who had argued that the case was being steam-rollered through the courts and would be "rubber-stamped".
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