The welfare bill is neither as objectionable as its critics depict it nor as uncontroversial as its supporters would have it.

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But some say that it is absurd to depict the law lords' judgment as a bolt from the blue.

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It would be hard to depict him as inexperienced or partisan.

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But it would be unwise to depict Carinthia as altogether unrepresentative.

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The subject of the painting stops being what the artist chose to depict, but the object itself and what it represents.

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This alternately bucolic and brooding landscape inspired painters not just to depict the actual topography but often to clothe it in Byronic atmosphere.

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Indeed, not only is the Gough Map the first map to show routes and distances, it is also the first to depict Great Britain with a recognisable coastline.

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It's unclear if the images depict several deer, or a time lapse of one deer moving across the canvas.

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But if computers can depict something that has not yet been built, they can show it in the process of construction too.

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Nor does it have a small militia of roving guards whose shoulder patches depict a bulbous-headed alien.

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Looking ahead, Google executives depict a world in which the firm not only helps people to find information they are looking for, but delivers it to them before they know they need it.

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