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If it tries to flower immediately and is only a year or two old, get a new plant: yours is either genetically predetermined not to perennialise, or was selected from seed that flowered early (an important detail in home saving: never collect seed from the first to flower, as you are selecting for early bolting).
The strip that is scanned is predetermined ; the top left-hand corner of a credit card, for instance.
Previously, an acting president was ineligible to stand for election and the minimum age for any candidate was 50.The predetermined electionAlongside Mr Berdymukhammedov, six other candidates have been approved for the presidential contest, including one minister and senior figures in the country's regional and city administrations.
Besides blocking the playing of illegal copies of newly released songs, these devices are supposed to understand predetermined digital-usage rights.
The most difficult, because as the plot is essentially predetermined , the writer needs skill to keep the momentum going, conjuring up original, complex characters and vivid scene-setting.In a dazzling debut novel, Matt Rees, a former Jerusalem bureau chief for Time magazine, succeeds on both counts.
But in place of proper debates about the country's future is a political marsh bubbling with imitators, clowns, nationalists, provocateurs and other imps.In this section Welcome to the circus French favours Fat-trimming needed The cost of cool In the Brussels bunker Correction: Angela Merkel ReprintsThe outcome of both sets of elections is predetermined , as Russian voters know well.
"The worst thing that can happen in a meeting with a senior official is to have topics come up that weren't predetermined ," says a veteran.As in Washington, DC, companies in Beijing use the revolving door.
Now cranes stack containers in an order predetermined thousands of miles away.
To give it more impact, the Fed could commit itself to keeping the funds rate at zero for some time or until the economy or inflation meet some predetermined conditions.
What is more, like Chinese seesaw designers, lots of them still see politics as a game with a predetermined partner.
Since the predetermined crawling peg was the government's chief device to dampen inflationary expectations, analysts now fear that inflation will jump.
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The adjective "predetermined " functions to describe a noun as having been decided or established in advance . Ludwig AI validates this use, with examples illustrating its role in modifying nouns to indicate a prior decision or arrangement.
Expression frequency: Very common
