"I have got Irish descent, I was born in Manchester but I'm not Irish or English, I'm a gypsy.
(I) The descent pattern of the fetus is one of the indications, which indicates how well the labor progresses.
I'm of Indian descent, I'm familiar with the spices, I know what a sari looks like – if not how to wear one – so why do I need to be herded around?
This form clearly states that as I am British by Descent I cannot pass my citizenship to my daughter.
"Apparently because I'm of Hungarian descent, I also have the bloodline to be the antichrist," jokes Istvan, who lives in Mill Valley, just north of San Francisco, with his wife and two children.
"About halfway through my descent, I knew I wasn't going to make it," he said.
As a mixed-race child of Oriental and European descent, I felt like I had to prove myself.
In the past the Wolof observed double descent; i.e., descent was traced through both the male and female lines.
A reversal in vertical velocities, i.e., descent to ascent, below the jet maximum is observed.
At Athens there was a general class of Eupatridae, a word that just means "people of good descent"—i.e., aristocrats.
The CTV emergency trajectories must assure the safe re-entry of the crew while avoiding any risk to population, i.e. descent on land is forbidden except in specially prepared areas, and shall minimize the number of rescue teams.
