"I'm proud Labour introduced FoI, however awkward it can be, " the shadow justice secretary told conference delegates in Manchester.
However awkward it may have been for the man whose neighbor was running for office, this system made vote counting transparent and did not require voters to read or write.
It was awkward sometimes, but it did work, and it was better than any of the possible alternatives.
Now, even bearing in mind that Ros couldn't have said anything bad about 4K without things getting awkward, it's still interesting that he admits to being skeptical of the resolution itself.
He walks bent slightly forward at the waist, as if he found it awkward to have a body.
Daimler's predicament is particularly awkward, as it has a stake in, er, Airbus.
If the date goes poorly, both people want to leave after an hour, but find it awkward to do so.
Yet, if talking about Korea is awkward now, it will be even more fraught in the teeth of a crisis.
Pakistan has found itself in an awkward position as it tries to cope with the political, military and humanitarian crisis building in the region.
This has left the industry in an awkward position: it needs more government money to fight the disease, but kicking up a fuss about it sours milk's wholesome image.
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And since the Securities and Exchange Commission, which would prosecute insider trading in stocks, gets its funding approved by Congress, it may find it awkward to bite its feeders' hands.
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Should Mr Sezer declare, for example, that Turkey's 12m or so Kurds should be allowed to educate their children in their own tongue, the generals might find it awkward to contradict him in public.
Senior-level women in all industries often find themselves flying solo at company dinners, cocktail hours, and award presentations because their husbands plead their own work commitments or find it awkward to play a secondary role.
You carried it for protection, getting there, and again at dinner, for spearing a chunk of meat from a passing platter after which you ripped it off your knife and, possibly bleeding from this awkward exercise, popped it into your mouth.
But it is awkward that a critic had so little trouble catching a dealer quoting for a car it did not have.
's The Awkward Stages, and it's obvious the pop band weaves an overarching theme through each track.
It is awkward to hold foreigners to higher standards than you impose on yourself.
The Israeli government videotaped what appeared to some observers as an awkward exchange and posted it online.
It was awkward to watch and Mandell could be seen shaking his head as the testimony went on.
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For Mr Strauss-Kahn, it is awkward to be yoked to a policy platform so far to his left.
It was awkward when the President directed his comments to Jim Lehrer, instead speaking directly to Governor Romney.
Nobody seems prepared to ask awkward questions about how it might turn out.
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The awkward fact is that it is virtually impossible to store power efficiently.
The NXT's dim blue-on-gray LCD panel seems a throwback to a distant era, and creating graphics for it is awkward.
Getting insurance for myself was easy enough, but it felt awkward to demand that Alejandro take out a policy on himself.
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And wouldn't it be awkward for him to be on vacation -- or not, is he not needed in the process?
Any of those can get awkward, so play it safe and stick to electronics, food and wine, and desk or travel accessories.
While I certainly wanted to make her feel better, professionally, it felt awkward to have a good old-fashioned chat to find out what was wrong.
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