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Private consumption, government spending and overseas trade all detracted from Germany's end-of-year performance.
She writes: "On almost every guided tour I was presented with a long list of faults, which all detracted from the superficial splendour and raised the question of just what the Stirling prize was actually rewarding".
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Soiled covers, missing dust jackets, ripped pages, mildewed edges, less-than-sharp corners and food stains can all detract from the value of a treasured tome.
All of which detracted from an uncharacteristic open and entertaining derby in which both teams exited with cause for regret and relief.
Now, without at all detracting from the Safdies' achievement or authority, "Heaven Knows What" feels like it's also very much Bronstein's film.
Oh, there's considerable room for improvement: repeated overacting, British-accented narration (a plain news anchor delivery would be preferable) and a heavy-handed commercial pitch all detract from the teaching.
Yet the gross simplification of the issues, the strident partisanship, and the name calling all detract from what ought to be happening right now.
This particular piece of gun art had little doodles and scribbles all over it which detracted from the natural beauty of the wood.
Doesn't he worry that all this oenophilia might detract from his reputation?
It'd be a shame to detract from all the wondrous sights shown here.
When it was time for his daily run, he crawled out a second-floor window, knowing that his mother would never let him out of the house: I turned and started running down the snowy streets, into the bitter wind, ignoring my pain and fever and weakness, stuffing them down into the hole in my psyche where I deposited all negative thoughts — along with all negative facts — detracting from my running.
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