• The victims had been removed from a hospital by members of a Yugoslav army force which had taken Vukovar.
• The Soviet forces took more than 30,000 Romanian prisoners and all their equipment.
• After the German armies took Prague, Hájek was forced to work for the German armament industry.

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• If the declarer succeeds in taking no tricks, the defenders are not penalized.
• However, some play that the declarer who takes 8 or more tricks wins nothing at all.
• Next, if declarer has taken fewer than 6 tricks he pays a penalty of 20 units to the pot.

• If the black king takes the rook, black loses the queen.

• It was the sixth time in eight innings that he has taken Lara's wicket.
• I see that Shane Warne has taken more wickets in Tests than in other first-class matches.
• He took Bradman's wicket on five of the 13 occasions it fell in Tests when they both played.

• There always has to be somebody in the tent to prevent thieves from taking the paltry property they have left.
• Alarms can deter thieves from not only stealing your van, but also taking items from within it.
• Jack is a thief, he takes one card from the top of your opponent's deck and adds it to your hand.

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• When it arises as the first branch, it takes the place usually occupied by the brachiocephalic.
• I presented my paper at the first session and, relieved it was over, took the nearest free seat.
• Lone riders can walk straight to the front of the queue and take the first available seats.

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• After Nelson's victory at Copenhagen, she considered taking a London house again but feared the expense.

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• He has agreed to take a total of 48 and they are currently arriving in batches.

• I lost my chance at that and every good looking guy here is already taken.

• Take half the sugar, half the cream and half the butter and combine with the dark chocolate in a good, thick-bottomed pan.
• Perhaps take a very tiny amount of the ashes and sprinkle it in kitty's food or water.
• My father would take a knife, reach up and disembowel the animal with a few flicks of his wrist.

• To take only one example, the CWI used Youth Against Racism in Europe in much the same way.
• Just take for example, you and I were at a party and we had a bit of an argument and it got a little bit out of hand.
• Another example we might take is the fact that human beings have hearts on the left of their bodies.

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• The nurse takes the child's vital signs and assesses his or her oral cavity for any excessive bleeding.
• It appears that measurements had been taken but not submitted at the previous hearing.
• Mr Murphy said they agreed it was a nuisance and were due to return to take further measurements.

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• In an ideal world it would also link to the collaborative Hydra notes that were taken for pretty much every session.
• Kathy took a few more notes before watching the interviews from the back of the room.
• By taking notes he wanted Sydney to write down all the important parts and help him make a decision.

• In police custody, his solicitors came with a digital camera and took nineteen photographs of his injuries.
• Mo came round today with her digital camera and took a photograph of what will probably be my image on the publicity.
• As an additional safeguard, the firearm also contains a tiny camera which takes a photograph every time it is fired.

• Garret Westerfield was taken with a seizure or fit.

• Take two from four, how many are left?
• I have eighteen cents and take away five cents to buy a 'scratch-book,' and have thirteen.

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• His guide took him to visit a forest tribe said to have stopped eating human flesh only five years previously.
• Later the guide takes us to a souvenir shop run by a friend of his.
• Our guides then took us to a creek that was said to be one of the hardest in Norway.

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• The Nazi regime had taken Germany to war in 1939 and Siegel felt that he could no longer remain in his native land.
• They have ridden out the troubles once before and they are determined to do the same again, but this time by taking City into Division Two.
• Nothing would give me greater pleasure than to see George Street being taken to new heights.

• They took my 1996 route to the pub, I beat them with my new one, and we had a nice drink in the sunshine.
• They take the shortest possible route but do not know the height of their vehicle.
• Schoolchildren were instead taking a longer route via Leigh Road and Chestnut Avenue.

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• I take your point, and agree somewhat, but disagree somewhat.

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• With that the ascent was started - initially Rich leading and then myself taking the poll position.
• With the wind, Pocklington took a seventh minute lead through Kevin Bowling's long penalty.
• In any case, Coyle's men did take a first minute lead with Dens defender Bobby Mann at fault.

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• What would you say if I told you that the video game industry takes in more money per year than the movie entertainment business?
• That means that the government spends less money than it takes in and applies the surplus to the NIB.
• It means they can respond quickly to calls, and drivers can take more money with fewer dead miles between jobs.

• No Republican has ever won the White House without taking Ohio; Democrats have only done so twice.
• Both campaigns believe that whoever wins two out of the three will probably take the White House.
• No Republican president has ever made it to the White House without taking Ohio.

• My good friend has taken a rather splendid opportunity at work.
• For Oxford is a place of seemingly endless opportunities that should be taken and not put off for the sake of your degree.
• He accepted the challenge and took his chances and the shots went in.

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• He has not stopped scoring since and all this after taking a 75 per cent pay cut when he moved to Hanover.
• To answer the first question we have to ask ourselves who actually takes offence at receiving Christmas cards?
• But the slight decline in revenue is good news compared to the loss Sun took in the quarter.

• Judging by fans who spoke to the newspaper, the news is not being taken well.
• Defeat was taken with dignity.
• Those of us with a cynical bent can all too well imagine how this proposal is being taken in the White House.

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• And then the K1200S takes the corners, like no other bike I’ve ridden.

• Seen from a distance, such armed bands were often taken for brigands themselves, and so the panic spread.
• I'd advice you take everything I write with a pinch of salt anyway, so to speak.
• Don't take anything that Gibson wrote about as gospel on what Voudoun is about.

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• Elter is taken with the action of Love's Labours Lost, wherein a group of nobles swear off wine, women, and all pleasure in order to pursue their studies.
• There were two students at that class I was taken with, one a girl and one a guy.
• Roger doesn't notice this, but is taken with how much Carolyn wants to keep David around.

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• It has been three years of patiently taking rejection, accepting smaller parts, non-speaking roles.
• She was so sucked into her own lies she took the abuse and accepted it as a way of life.
• I have always advocated that players must stand up and take criticism and accept that.

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• Can I take it that you felt you had assumed a huge responsibility in taking on this awesome story?
• By rediscuss, I take it to mean that we're discussing what the salary & benefits would be.
• In this particular case, in London, I take it, none of these guys left any indication.

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• If you have friends taking the same subject you could always have an informal chat about an aspect of the subject with your friends.
• These can be taken in place of subjects such as history, geography and modern languages.
• They were in medieval French, a subject she had never taken at school.

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• It first became an issue for Mr Dixon when he was taking a Fine Arts degree at Leeds Metropolitan University.
• In order to take the higher degree they have to give up their existing job.

• This task takes time and energy - it should not be done in its entirety after a long day at work.
• Installing a heat sink inside the case takes some true flexibility of the fingers.
• Unfortunately it does take an Einstein to understand what you are entitled to.

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• The boat takes twenty guests.
• We intend to buy fertilised eggs - the incubator we have bought takes 24 hen eggs but we might start with 12.

• Second, he probably no more knows what size the child takes, any more than he knows how to crochet.
• The reason I bought it was because my digital camera takes two AA batteries.

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• However unfortunately in the first attempt, the embryo did not take and did not grow.

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• He is obviously having fun with his take on a midwestern everyman, but make no mistake, it is a take and little more.
• His new takes on the classic tales made us laugh out loud at more than one bedtime.
• The main problem with his take on the story is his overwhelming niceness as a director.

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