• The mortgage-lender also said the decision was based on the condition of the property which was in need of total modernisation and improvement.

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  • Eczema is an itchy skin condition, which often occurs on the arms or behind the knees.

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  • If they don't, they usually grant working visas on condition of a job offer, in which case companies carry out their own recruitment process.

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  • Mr Phillips, who had a rare brain condition which made him unsteady on his feet, had been seen walking in the road, causing traffic to dodge him.

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  • The baby, known as RB, is about one year old and suffers from congenital myasthenic syndrome, a rare genetic condition which means he cannot breathe on his own.

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  • Traditionally, Ben Wyvis belonged to the Clan Munro - which was given the land on condition that it could present the king with a snowball from the mountain at midsummer.

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  • For example, it could include giving visas to foreign entrepreneurs on condition that they create jobs in America, which seems a no-brainer but has got nowhere because the country's mood has turned against immigration for entirely separate reasons.

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  • Another scheme under which poor families get bursaries on condition their children attend school is only now being spread across the country, and there have been delays in reaching agreements with the local councils who will operate it.

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  • The terror plot, which a Canadian police official said on condition of anonymity wasn't linked to last week's deadly Boston Marathon bombings, was in its planning stages and not imminent.

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  • Currently there are no laws which govern the mechanical condition of cars on the island.

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  • Mexico does have such a scheme, called Oportunidades, which transfers cash to poor families on the condition they take their children to health check-ups and keep them in school.

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  • Mr Arias proposed a deal that would reinstate Mr Zelaya on condition that he abandon his efforts to rewrite the constitution (which his opponents saw as a scheme to stay in office).

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  • The popular museum, which sees about six million visitors soak up its historical artefacts each year, has some 50, 000 objects on display which all need to be kept in the best condition.

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  • The diminished state of the aircraft is unusual for leasing companies, which typically can rely on strict covenants to maintain the condition of planes.

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  • She agreed, on the condition that the project be held back until her death which finally came at age 101.

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  • They're aiming to force individual socialist MPs from the ruling party to break off and oppose or abstain on the austerity measures, which are demanded by the EU as the condition for the bailout that is dominating the pages of financial papers (and the lives of economics journalists).

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  • The trouble is that in order to sell India nuclear fuel and other technologies, Mr Bush wants to reverse a 30-year effort, both by America's Congress, which takes a hard look at the deal later this month, and by the 45-nation Nuclear Suppliers' Group, which met this week, to demand full-scope safeguards (meaning checks on all nuclear installations, which India does not allow) as a condition for nuclear supply.

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  • Mr Ashraf was due to meet leaders of the city's Hazara community, to which many Shia belong, a senior government official told AFP on condition of anonymity.

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  • Two weeks later she developed joint pain and blisters on her chest and arms, a condition known as Stevens-Johnson syndrome, which can be caused by an allergic reaction to antibiotics.

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  • He spoke on condition that he be identified only by his nickname Abu Qasem by which he is widely known among his comrades because he feared retaliation on his family.

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  • This is a new feature, available on some defibrillator-like devices that are now on the market, which is aimed at people with a form of heart condition that causes their two ventricles to beat slightly out of phase with each other.

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  • More patients in the Xeloda and Tykerb group had dose reductions, diarrhea, vomiting and a condition called hand-foot syndrome which is redness, swelling and pain on the hands or feet.

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  • Thanks to our financial regulations, Facebook decided to go public because it had over 500 shareholders a condition which triggered its need to report to the public its financial condition on a quarterly basis.

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  • Harry Redknapp became the latest football manager to heavily criticise the pitch's condition after he saw his Tottenham team and opponents Portsmouth struggle on a slippery surface which cut up all too easily when the two sides clashed in the second semi-final.

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  • But then, as you've heard, you're stuck, as Joni said, with a target on your back for the rest of your life with a "preexisting condition, " which means that insurance companies can deny you coverage or charge you higher rates for coverage -- sometimes much higher.

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  • As I have said before, I do not believe that there is any basis in law for arguing that there is an implied condition of reasonableness which can be read into the power of veto conferred on the permanent members of the Security Council by the UN Charter.

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  • On Friday, the Israeli group Physicians for Human Rights, which has been monitoring his condition, warned that he was "in immediate danger of death", adding that he had suffered "significant muscular atrophy".

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  • Google has said Chief Executive Larry Page won't attend the conference or appear on the company's analyst call in a few weeks because of an undisclosed condition, which caused him to lose his voice.

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  • The Diet passed the final two bills out of three earlier on Friday - one on the budget, the other promoting renewable energy - which he had set as a condition for his departure.

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  • Under the changes, the partial murder defence of diminished responsibility has been replaced with "a modernised definition", based on the concept of "an abnormality of mental functioning which arose from a recognised medical condition", the ministry said.

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