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spades

noun

Plural of spade

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The one point on which I'm inclined to agree with the noble lord, and on which evidence abounds in spades, is the fact that even now, 35 years after the Sex Discrimination Act came into force, the laws protecting women against pregnancy discrimination at work are being flouted, and seemingly indiscriminately.

But that stillness ends abruptly at the Atlantic Ocean, where there is drama in spades.

On paper, none of this should work, but it does in spades: the meal I had here a few months ago is among the best I've eaten in years.

At today's low interest rates, investors are ravenous for yield; Altice can borrow cheaply and in spades.

Hundreds of workers with rakes and spades fanned across beaches to dump oil-soaked sand into plastic bags.

As Enron proved in spades, a trading house lives and dies by its reputation.

The designated highway authority (usually the local council) is responsible for maintaining the route and, as a result, owns the physical ground of the path, "to the depth of two spades" according to legal custom.These hiking rights were established through classic English compromise.

"RBS has this problem in spades," says one regulator.

And the loser is... Recovery ward An old dawn Fiscal iceberg Bogged down Much ado about multipliers ReprintsWhat is true for the developed world is true in spades for emerging markets.

Two days later the row escalated into two bloody scuffles, allegedly involving knives, baseball bats and spades.

We got the first in spades tonight, but there is still no sign of the second.

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