Even at the bottom, the trunks of the spindly, shag-topped trees are thin enough to wrap a good hug around, yet hard as concrete.

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The Environment Agency scheme includes a combination of hard defences, reinforced concrete walls with sheet metal cores and earth embankments.

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Clearly Bangladesh were so disappointing again - with the exception of Tamim Iqbal - that it's hard to make too many concrete judgements or bold statements, but what I have learned from this series is that Steven Finn is a bowler of great potential.

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And after she has labored hard to liberate several chunks of concrete from the wall, politely ask her for a piece.

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It's really just is inspiring and it is really - it's hard to put it in like concrete words, but it - when I listen to it, I want to be a better person.

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So pitting intangible value against concrete cost increases is a hard sell, even when the net present value is positive.

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However, it insists it has negotiated hard behind the scenes with universities, in order to ensure concrete attempts to widen participation to non-traditional groups are made.

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