In one example, police officers talked with a doctor about their holidays as he carried out an internal examination on a victim.

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In an interview Saturday morning, Stephen Barclay said he would await the results of an internal examination of Thursday's accident before making the formal decision.

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And then there was the Internal Revenue Service examination of the 2002 tax return, still under way.

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Criminal activity is discovered in a variety of ways, including tips, internal audits, by account reconciliation, or by document examination.

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These English Bac subjects will be assessed entirely by an external examination, with proposals for an end to all internal assessment.

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In 2006, after internal legwork, the IRS reviewed the foundation in what Livestrong officials called a normal examination.

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