The Scottish government is expected to fight for a "devo max" - essentially far-reaching devolution - package of powers, likely to include total control over income tax, corporation tax, and air passenger duty, and extensive control over welfare.
The calcareous (i.e., calcium-containing) internal skeleton of the echinoderms is simply constructed but is essentially not far different from the much more elaborate bones of vertebrates.
Mr. Wasserman's role was described by one former associate as resembling that of Jimmy Carter or President Clinton during Middle East negotiations -- that is, moving between both sides and saying, essentially, how far either group will go to reach an accommodation.
A watch is essentially too far from our best sense organs to be of any use in this case.
It's people playing by the same rules, essentially, just far more seriously.
In a review for Empire, Gavin Bainbridge wrote, "Making a film of one of Gabriel Garcia Marquez's novels was never going to be easy" and went on to describe "Chronicle" as "an ambitious and uncompromising project but essentially too far up its own creak and without a paddle".
Since 1945, the country has essentially rejected far-right parties, in large part because of the devastating legacy of Nazism and the country's culture of acknowledging the atrocities committed under fascist rule.
Yet after nearly doubling last year, the Mumbai Sensex 30 index is essentially flat so far this year as fund managers hedge their bets before elections this spring.
By contrast, total outstanding bank loans to the private sector increased 16percentt last year, year over year, and have been essentially flat so far this year.
The usual thing is to insist that Runyon had an amazing "ear" for natural idiom, but, as Cy Feuer points out, Runyon's dialogue is essentially unplayable, too far removed from any human idiom to be credible in drama.
That is a very British predilection, and it may be one reason for his wincing unease when placed at the hub of events; as with Sacha Baron Cohen and, years ago, Peter Sellers, you get the perplexing sense of a highly gifted, essentially shy man, far from comfortable in his own skin, forcing himself into the spotlight.
