Or, rather, it employs two ring-shaped half-pipes that rotate with respect to one another (the lower one remaining fixed while the upper one revolves along with the building).

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She wants parental leave when a baby is born to be reformed along mainly Nordic lines: ring-fencing half a year off for mothers and another half-year for fathers, on a use-it-or-lose-it basis.

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Bill Hobson says most of his patients come from the more than half dozen sprawling housing projects that ring the center.

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The first half of this argument has a ring of truth.

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Pulis had to ring the changes in the second half and even substituted striker Sidibe, who had earlier replaced the injured Jones.

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Taumaholo Taufahema powered over to give Mark Ring's side a 21-12 half-time lead, but after the break Vale notched an early try, Scott Mitchell breaking through poor defence to score underneath the posts.

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What seemed to be something of a threat then - the Royal's already shed half of its investment bank, so force us to ring-fence and see what happens - has turned into more of a prediction.

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To the other half of the country, however, Mrs Palin's complaints ring true.

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Can I also say to pensioners, one and a half million don't get the subsistence and help they can get, they can ring 0845 6060265 to see whether they're entitled to some help with their council tax payment.

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