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All Souls has nine sections, each divided into so many sub-units that you keep darting into and out of the minds of different characters.
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From my perspective, deregulation happens because the energy sector is treated as multiple sub-units by state and federal law: oil, coal, gas and electricity; fuel extraction and transportation; power generation, transmission and distribution; energy derivatives trading.
Wallace Turbeville: The Stealthy Deregulation of Energy 2010
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Some sub-units were specifically trained as pilots or trained in forgery, demolitions or camouflage.
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The move is aimed at consolidating the group's several brands and sub-units under a single "iconic" brand, Sanjay Behl , head of the group's brand and marketing, told Dow Jones Newswires.
Reliance Group Sheds Billionaire's Name Eric Yep 2010
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From my perspective, deregulation happens because the energy sector is treated as multiple sub-units by state and federal law: oil, coal, gas and electricity; fuel extraction and transportation; power generation, transmission and distribution; energy derivatives trading.
Wallace Turbeville: The Stealthy Deregulation of Energy 2010
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The protein sub-units, which link up like Lego bricks to form the quaternary structure, are called capsomeres.
THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH RICHARD DAWKINS 2009
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The protein sub-units, which link up like Lego bricks to form the quaternary structure, are called capsomeres.
THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH RICHARD DAWKINS 2009
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The Federal Protective Service is one of the sub-units of ICE.
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Nothing for the origin of East Anglia, Mercia, Lindsey, Deira or any sub-units that might have made up parts of them.
A Bishop of Chester? Carla 2009
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I think it's just the 'normal' hierarchy of our control system and its sub-units.
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