The idea of a reprieve from a terrible sacrifice, I realized, was not so dissimilar from the idea of survival in a new land, particularly if it was contemplated over a delicious and labor-intensive meal.
It's also a factor in the US view of the Middle East as it contemplates what, if anything, it can do about Syria, Egypt, Iran and security for their neighbours.
Not least because he says the US will find it hard to stomach a key ally spending all that money on the nuclear programme, if it means contemplating further cuts to the UK's conventional forces.
Although there were no plans to harmonise excise or other domestic taxes at that time, BAT's analysis of country excise taxes concluded that 'the rates all lie between about 30% and 42.5% of RSP [Retail Sale Price], which means that harmonisation, if it was ever contemplated, would not be very difficult'[ 22].
My understanding deserts me if I contemplate earning £5m a year.
This was especially telling when you consider that J.P. Morgan was, of all the big banks, the one that was least enmeshed in the subprime market, which suggests that if it didn't contemplate the chance that the housing market would crash, it's unlikely any of the other banks did, either.
It added that if any release was contemplated it "should only come after the results of independent and comprehensive medical exams clearly establishing that Megrahi's life expectancy is less than three months.
If you contemplate it for just a second, it's like your soul briefly fills up with death.
And it's really reassuring to know that others have contemplated if it's appropriate to have a glass of wine in the afternoon to make the seemingly endless gap between nap time and bed time feel a little shorter (probably not appropriate but occasionally required ― just one).
Sharp movements cut through the air and spliced the space, delicate swoons and rounded embraces were acutely articulated by the dancers, as if, it seemed, they had contemplated each blade of grass and spiritually transcended to another dimension to become the wind.
