Sentence examples for rotten bit from inspiring English sources

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The Committee's chairman, Andrew Tyrie, asked him what the prospects were of "another rotten bit of HSBC popping out of the woodwork".

And while there might be something slightly problematic about that for the reasons very briefly outlined in the paragraph above what can't be forgotten is that disco was a genre where even the tackiest, trashiest, most rancid and rotten bit of novelty cash-in crap is redeemed by its essential disco-ness.

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The rotten bits were supposed to end up in a bin, but a huge amount ended up on the floor.

They then shaved the bark off the branches, dug out any rotten bits and put filler in, finishing off with a matt protective finish.

The raw beets appeared on the line and were cleaned, and the rotten bits cut out, before being boiled and then pickled.

The money was good, and I only did it for a couple of weeks before being moved to the Ambrosia Creamed Rice line, which was much more pleasant, as rice grains tend not to have rotten bits.

Having collected a suitable variety and quantity of apples (10kg will easily produce enough juice to fill a demi-john) you will need to wash them thoroughly, remove any rotten bits and cut them into quarters.

As for the rotten bits of the economy, the state-run firms, thankfully they account for only 14% of GDP (against about a third in China).A hole in the middleYet optimists need to address another problem: the structure of employment, which is very different from that in most East and South-East Asians economies.

More promising may be a push into private banking, which needs less capital.Chop chopIf HSBC cannot grow into something more coherent and profitable it will have to do what almost all tired conglomerates do at some point: take a hard look at its portfolio and cut off the rotten bits.

Even if he is right, there is the danger of picking all the most rotten bits of Europe's media legislation.The English translation of the legislation, a media "constitution" (PDF) and a more detailed media act (PDF) is available on the justice ministry's website, along with a commentary (PDF) seeking to rebut criticism.

The organization was constructed from rotten intellectual bits and pieces — false readings of religion and history — cleverly and deviously fitted together to give the appearance of reason.

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