The large flat stones at Dawes Point, for instance, are said to have been used for baking fish.
Or at least flat to one decimal point, which is as many as the chancellor has previously had the temerity to mention. (He might, just, be able to say it has fallen as a share of GDP - but that, too, would depend on the number of decimal points, at which point things start to get a bit silly).
There would, however, be no let-up for England and Yuvraj hit Broad for a flat six over cover-point and pulled the next ball for four.
At least part of the reason for Rockwell's rehabilitation is surely that questions of that kind nowadays seem flat-footed and beside the point.
As a long-time advocate of the flat tax, I think the second point is very powerful.
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Flat Holm is Wales' most southerly point and is next to the privately-owned English island of Steep Holm.
When shopping for car insurance, airplane tickets or a flat-screen television, people make a point of getting price quotes first and carefully shopping around for the best value.
Otellini has outlined plans to put slimmed-down versions of Intel's x86 processor into everything from cheap, Web-friendly gizmos to point-of-sale systems and flat-screen televisions (see "Intel Vows To Rise Again").
Although demand-side figures (measuring consumption) show flat spending, supply-side statistics (measuring production) point to healthy growth.
While the top and bottom edges are straight, the sides gently taper from front to back, widening to a flat 7.8mm surface at the phone's thickest point.
The weekly on-balance volume (OBV) made its high in February but formed a lower high in May (point 2), just barely making it above its flat weighted moving average (WMA).
With the vertical launch point of gold last year as a reference, it is basically flat.
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They point out that Germany was able to grow in a period of flat domestic demand because external demand was booming.
As far as economists are concerned, the important point from the Budget was that borrowing was going to be broadly flat for three years - leading the director of the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) to suggest that the progress cutting the deficit had "stalled".
The stock is hovering just at its buy point of 30.77, ten cents above the high in a flat-base pattern that began in mid-June.
Detractors will point to the possibility that government spending on defense is likely to be flat or even slightly down with current budgetary pressures.
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There was no sign of that injury in the opening game as the huge, flat forehand that did for Federer in New York earned Del Potro an early break point, but Murray saved it with an ace and then took control.
Palmason dashed onto Bjarnason measured chip over the flat-footed Wales defence but his left-foot volley from eight yards was superbly saved at point-blank range by Wales keeper Hennessey.
At one point we thought we would have to spend the night at their small, one-bedroom flat.
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