And they can be bent, allowing the light to go through the lenses at the correct angle.
He seemed to be bent on preserving his independence and his right to favor the weekly winner.
And it would be hard to design rules that could not be bent.
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The shoe doesn't fit the foot and the foot is going to be bent until it conforms with the shoe.
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Mr Hollande may still be bent on his new 75% top tax rate, yet on other matters the tone has changed.
Patent rules can be bent in a variety of ways to delay generic drugmakers from bringing previously patent-protected products to market.
And if there are loopholes and rules that can be bent and arbitrage to be had, they will take advantage of it.
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It may well be true that in theory that health care cost curve can be bent by acting aggressively as a buyer.
Most lawyers believe that, even if Article 51 can be bent, an attack has to be imminent before any pre-emptive action is justified.
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Introduce variations in density into the gas, however, and the waves will be bent and scattered, just as they would be by irregularities in a pane of glass.
There is no reason why the rules cannot be similarly bent for the capital's impoverished transport system.
Brass instruments are wind instruments, and although they may be coiled or bent into different shapes, all brass instruments consist essentially of a very long metal tube.
The Nucor Steel plant, built in 1992 near the small town of Hickman, makes huge rolls of flat steel, metal that can be pressed or bent into shapes and parts.
The alloy mount is lighter and more durable than a steel one, but it can't be repaired if seriously bent.
Followers of The Prudent Speculator should be well aware of our contrarian bent.
Given those qualities, as well as the district's generally moderate bent, it will be difficult for Connelly's to overcome Allen's advantages.
The bent greens are to be torn up in two weeks and replaced by Bermuda, a move that is one year too late.
Vindication by a jury would be especially sweet for Mr. Bent, whose reputation as an ultraconservative investor was battered by his fund's losses.
As well as having a strong financial-services bent, boards should be pared down from the 12-16 members that are typical today, so they are less vulnerable to groupthink.
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This comes at a time when long-term yields are at rock bottom levels and if you are a sentiment tracker with a contrarian bent, this would be bullish for stocks.
For students with a more creative bent, the emphasis will be on blending technical know-how with top-notch communications savvy, according to Susie Hall, President of Vitamin T, a creative staffing agency.
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Whether Davies plays any part against Montenegro remains to be seen with Capello saying before the announcement of his squad that he expects Sunderland's Bent, who has scored eight times this season, to be a pivotal figure for England in the future.
This will not be the first time tax rules have been bent by Beckham.
The breadth of the study and involvement of an independent foundation without a political bent on fracking is thought to be able to trump other, conflicting studies performed so far.
Readers expecting a recipe book for business success will be disappointed, but those of a more philosophical bent will find Koch's observations fascinating.
The pipe would have to be a portion of the riser, which would have to still be attached to the BOP, but crimped and bent over.
The difference between a bent arm and one that straightens ought to be, well, straightforward.
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