The teenager did not speak to the gathered crowd after her swim, instead going to the hospital for a standard check-up, a spokesman said.

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For some types of work, especially involving children and vulnerable adults, an employer may request an enhanced or standard CRB check.

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This removes the standard cross-check on a firm's tax return by comparing purchases of inputs with claimed output.

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There are no standard tests to check for conversion disorder.

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The council's Scientific Services has been carrying out the tests to check meals are of the required standard following the horsemeat scandal.

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So like most leagues, the sponsorship standard is: does the check clear?

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If no information about severance pay has been communicated, check the company policy manual to find out what is standard practice.

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It would severely limit the role of government, keep taxes low, adopt the gold standard (or competing currencies), allow the price system to work without check.

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In a statement to the BBC, Exxon Mobil said that before drilling offshore "it is standard industry practice to conduct extensive studies at and below the seabed" to check for hazards, using tools including remote sonar and a magnetometer.

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Yet it is the reason government spending has blown past budgetary constraints, revenue downturns, and public outrage since the last check on Federal Reserve dollar-printing ended in 1971 with the demise of the Bretton Woods gold exchange standard.

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