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Even those not cancelling the tree and fairy lights are cutting back on their switch-on events, replacing the usual reality TV star or pop band guest with the mayor or local school children.
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What was that nonsense about a “list of people who we aren ` t letting into the country” As though we are supposed to think this is an amazing accomplishment by a switch-on, in-control government.
Cheap Trick, Well Done. « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009
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Cheltenham has also cancelled its switch-on to save the £33,000 it cost the town last year.
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This year the local newspaper featured complaints that the switch-on parade featuring tap-dancing turkeys and Darth Vader had failed local businesses and left shoppers more likely to be lured by Liverpool and Manchester where X Factor stars and Girls Aloud appeared.
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You get some local authorities spending tens or even a hundred thousand pounds of taxpayers' cash on a huge switch-on when they are cutting back on essential services.
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The big switch-on was at 06: 00 and as Big Ben (presumably) chimed I stood, membership key at the ready and life in hands, at a docking station by the Royal London Hospital - there's forward planning for you - hoping I'd complete a short spin around Whitechapel intact.
Cycles at dawn 2010
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I think the window should be bigger, so you do not have to switch-on the lights during the day.
Archipod's Prefabricated Office Space Perfect For Any Garden | Inhabitat 2010
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Google provides its own switch-on experiment with similar features, but that goes away every time you log out or choose a different add-on feature.
Four Experimental Extensions To Power Up Firefox | Lifehacker Australia 2009
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Here is an interview with CERN director general Rolf-Dieter Heuer about the switch-on of the LHC.
Particles Injected into Large Hadron Collider | Universe Today 2009
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Leaders of VNPT and VTI and their guests of honor press the switch-on button for the AAG section in Pacific shows that the region is leading the global economic recovery, with a growth rate in
Tori Amos - Undented 2009
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