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Perhaps even more worrying to Mr. Assad, his military has come to rely more heavily on equipment designed for a major battle with a foreign enemy, namely Israel, rather than a protracted civil conflict with his own people.
"The IRA is not unwilling to talk, in fact there needs to be talks … however, talks need to deal with the root cause of the conflict, namely the illegal British occupation of Ireland.
9.44pm Before44 Before we wrap up the blog, here's a link to Wednesday's Guardian front page story, which picks up on some important comments from the White House about UK security tactics - namely a demand for the destruction of hard drives containing material leaked by Edward Snowden.
Ebert was conflicted – it offended him to preface his article with such a warning, not least because the NSFW label was, as he put it, an "unsightly typographical offence", but mostly because it "would contradict the point I was making", namely that he was opposed to American puritanism, preferring Europe's supposed festive nudearama.
The exhibition community – namely the theatre chains and smaller independent venues – clings to triumphs such as The Lorax and will get a lot of play out of its performance at next month's CinemaCon event in Las Vegas.
But it does not fit into either of the boxes into which Chinese films are expected to fit in the west, namely "martial arts" or "arthouse".
Namely, that it's the taxpayer that has paid into the very pension pots which will now be cashed in.
There is an unhelpful conflation of what Charlie Hebdo now represents – namely sneering and dismissive attitudes towards immigrants across Europe – and the reason for which it has been granted the award.
He points out that the Washington Post once described it as "Rockwell meets de Tocqueville" – a more pithy line than one usually reads in the Post these days – and goes on to enumerate Danville's charms: On my travels I saw one of those poles in the historic district detailing an important event, namely the first removal of an ovarian tumour in the world, weighing 22lbs.
It undermines the cardinal principle of the post-1945 worderorder, namely that the powerful cannot simply take what they want by force.
I'm sure we can all be proud of hedge fund manager Paul Ruddock being knighted this year for his inspiring contribution to British society, namely services to the arts.
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Learn how to use "namely" with practical examples and tips.
How to useThe adverb "namely" functions as a specifier, introducing specific information that clarifies or defines a preceding general statement. It provides a list or enumeration of items that exemplify or detail the previous idea. As Ludwig AI confirms, it's used to make things clearer.
Expression frequency: Very common
