They form a link in the M25 motorway, carrying about 150, 000 vehicles a day.

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And its members form a crucial link in Canada's burgeoning trade with China.

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Unlike the BATS program, which sets a daily bounty for the top two firms making quotes in listed products, the NYSE and Nasdaq proposals form a more-direct link between market makers and fund sponsors.

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The page also has a link to Form 5695 (residential energy credits), which you'll need to attach to your 1040 to claim the credit.

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Amino acids link together to form a protein when the amine group on one reacts with the acid group on the next.

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The income-transfer programmes link up to form a rudimentary safety net.

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For example, you can create an out-of-office message that includes a link to an online form that a person can use to override your filter system and send a text message to your phone.

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For inspiration, McCann staffers could scrounge up, for example, a link to a recent long-form video produced for Nissan last fall as a promotion for Leaf.

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In 1985 Brilliant teamed with counterculture icon Stewart Brand to form the Well, or Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link, a kind of online salon of artists and thinkers that is still in business.

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With access to an Internet link, they may be able to download a passport application form and submit it by post.

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If you just put a simple link on your site for attendees to register they'll get bounced to the Eventbrite registration form, which has its logo and branding.

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