Place a freshly cut, 2- to 3- foot long log upright on the bare ground, place a mound of dirt on the top end and cover it loosely with black plastic.

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Our interviews took place in the canteen of the minimum-security prison, a place of cheap plastic-topped tables and bare wooden walls.

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And occasionally it is a place where the most intimate human moments are laid bare.

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"We can't say for sure how much of that benefit is down to the yoghurt and how much they are down to a whole range of infection control procedures that the hospital has in place such as the deep cleaning programme, the bare-below-the-elbow programme, and the increased isolation procedures, " Ms Heyes said.

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He doubled back toward Cambridge on a roundabout and pulled into a lay-by off the highway, a place of oily, littered grass with a kiosk on worn bare ground which sold hot dogs and burgers to lorry drivers.

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Vegetation edge: place where the vegetation (e.g. grasses, vines) meets the bare sand area of the back beach.

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He said Ms Pryce's claims in court were "bare-faced lies" and it was "rubbish" for her to say she had not wanted to place the stories about Huhne in the Mail on Sunday.

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