David Chalmers was a liar by nature and, now, by long habit.
He had driven his old car for eight years, around twice as long as his habit.
Most of these nations have had a long-standing habit of putting off real reform by taking the drug of currency devaluation.
Class prejudice has long had a nasty habit of making us attack the wrong targets.
Until his arrest, ministers had long been in the habit of taking Mr Cakici's calls.
It came ashore with immigrants from Hamburg, who had long since acquired the habit of eating ground beef, raw with onion juice, from nomadic Tatar tribes.
The emperor has long been in the admirable habit of apologising for Japanese aggression.
Most studies conclude a cigarette costs 10 minutes of life, so a pack-a-day smoker (20 cigarettes a day) loses 13.9% of a year to the habit over the long haul.
"This is aimed at attracting fans from all walks of life those who know our characters from the big screen, those who were readers but fell out of the habit and our long-term fans too, " he said.
In recent years, the Ferrari ace has made a habit of taking a long break over the winter in his holiday home in Norway.
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This is largely because members of long-running teams get into the habit of culling their ideas from a narrow band of sources: one another.
In recent years, GM a company traditionally run by bean counters had a habit of restating its quarterly results long after the quarter had closed.
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Even if some questions remain unanswered, F1 is not in the habit of dwelling on the past for too long.
Like smoking itself, the bonds may become habit-forming and bad for your long-term health.
When it comes to kicking the cigarette habit, the United States certainly has come a long way, baby, to borrow the old Virginia Slims tagline.
Long a heavy smoker, he appears to have given up that habit without any outward signs of restlessness.
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From a risk management standpoint, giving up over a 10% gain is a bad habit to develop if you want to make money over the long haul.
More importantly, the habit of paying for sanitation, by using public conveniences, was long established among its inhabitants.
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Admittedly, it takes a bit of retraining to get used to -- you'll want to use your finger out of habit -- but it's a wonder Samsung took so long to implement something so crucial.
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He developed a habit of running away, though never very far, or for very long.
Verizon has been making a habit of offering one 4G-equipped LG flagship every year, but early 2013 would be a long time to wait for what's more of an iteration than a... wait for it... revolution.
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But The Economist does have a quite nasty habit of excluding evidence and limiting perspective when it serves its own interests, and the publication has long made clear that it considers Mr. Putin to be a figure of extreme, if not unique, malevolence.
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