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Its trajectory towards increased radicalism has steepened with the pervasive doubt that Mr Assad will be promptly punished for gassing his people.The first challenge for any system of inspection will be finding stuff to inspect.
The Snowden revelations halfway through the last parliament led to profound discussions about surveillance, privacy and the extent of any necessity to inspect or retain personal data.
But I hadn't: like a shoe store, or a restaurant, I was running a business with the obligatory expenses, like a full staff on payroll, a shop to rent, and a million dollars worth of pre-ordered shoes to design, inspect , manufacture and mail out to my customers.
Workers with ConEdison, the gas and electric utility, had visited the Second Avenue site just more than an hour before the suspected explosion to inspect gas work being conducted by a private company, de Blasio said.
During the fifteen seconds in which competitors are allowed to inspect the puzzle, most are able to plan out a handful of moves.
The "troika" are in Dublin to inspect the nation's books, to ensure that all relevant economic data is available to the IMF/ECB following the multibillion-euro bailout of the Irish economy.
On the way we stop to inspect a solitary bunch of flowers, its Cellophane wrapping tied to a wrought-iron railing, a withering memorial to a wicked act.
The dredging work at Abbot Point had already been approved by environment minister Greg Hunt back in December, despite concerted pressure from environmental campaigners.Even before that, the UN's World Heritage Committee had sent a delegation to inspect the "property" after reports of a ramping-up of projects on the reef's coastline to facilitate a boom in coal and gas exports.
More moderate Republicans, however, reacted cautiously, raising questions about the deal but insisting they would need to inspect the fine print that emerges in June.
Local officials and humanitarian workers began to inspect the latest damage the war had caused in the overcrowded enclave, with assessments indicating earlier estimates may have been optimistic.
Meanwhile, Turkey's chief-of-staff, General Necdet Ozel, travelled to the southern city of Adana to inspect the region patrolled by Turkey's 2nd Army, which protects the border with Syria.
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The verb "inspect" functions primarily as a transitive verb , requiring a direct object. It describes the action of carefully examining something, typically to identify flaws or ensure compliance. Ludwig AI confirms its correct and usable nature in various written contexts.
Expression frequency: Very common
