Even with the help of some contract chemists, perfecting Spillinex took the better part of a year.
We now know that the economy has been growing for the better part of a year.
Once the book was finished, I spent the better part of a year revising it.
After all, it took the company the better part of a year to release the CloudMobile.
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Two million honeybees have been introduced to Sheffield as part of a year-long project to increase the bee population.
The animal provides him with meat for the best part of a year.
In late August, the University of Notre Dame handed 40 students an Apple iPad as part of a year-long study of e-readers.
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Lydia sat the test in her summer holidays, after raising the idea with her parents and pestering them for the best part of a year.
Around 120 diaries are being presented to Anglesey archives department as part of a year-long project to chronicle daily life on the island.
And after these investments have been given the better part of a year to take root, a picture of their impact is starting to emerge.
Heading into 2013, investors should be keying in on the growth strategy that Starbucks chief executive Howard Schultz has spent the better part of a year outlining.
The highly-rated player had been tracked by Blues boss Alex McLeish for the best part of a year, and he is looking forward to impressing his new manager.
Workers employed for part of a year might have income low enough to qualify for credits and deductions they formerly earned too much to take, Mr. Charney says.
They are part of a year-long programme of homecoming celebrations.
Chaney, who initially pleaded not guilty to the charges, was arrested in October 2011 as part of a year-long FBI investigation of celebrity hacking that authorities dubbed "Operation Hackerazzi".
Interestingly, Clevo had been working on this model for the better part of a year, but AVADirect tells me they recently scrapped it in favor of a more forward-thinking design.
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The control systems weighs a little more than half a pound, fits in the palm of the hand and operates on a single battery for the better part of a year.
Four times a week for the better part of a year, Child Mind Institute psychologist Samantha Miller coached League School teachers on TCIT by following them around and discreetly whispering guidance.
This discontent led to a public protest and bitter exchanges at a recent academic conference in London sponsored by the Lithuanian embassy (part of a year of official commemoration of the Holocaust).
For the best part of a year before Bosnia's elections in September, the West had pinned its peace-building hopes on Biljana Plavsic, then president of the Serb Republic, the country's Serb-dominated half.
In Chicago, more than a third of the district's 675 schools opened Aug. 13, part of a year-round schooling effort that spreads out the school calendar with shorter summer and winter breaks.
"It was basically every Thursday night for the best part of a year and I spent about a year before that writing the songs, " said Jim, who has been playing in bands since he was a teenager.
Now, if that means we don't have to worry about any more V3 colors, more power to 'em -- but can Motorola really afford to go the better part of a year without any blockbuster phones at this point?
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For the better part of a year now, members of the House and the Senate have been working diligently and constructively to craft legislation that will benefit millions of American families and millions of American businesses who urgently need it.
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We have learned that with the right curriculum, American students who spend a good part of a year fully immersed in developing and emerging market countries can gain the perspective and skills necessary to succeed in college and careers in a global economy.
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Bing will be on a many Android phones, but not all, as part of a 5 year mobile search pact signed by Verizon and Microsoft in the first half of 2009.
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The next closest antisense drug to being approved for sale is Genasense, a cancer drug invented by Genta (nasdaq: GNTA - news - people ) that is being co-developed with Aventis (nyse: AVE - news - people ) as part of a deal signed a year ago.
The one-year, 2.0 percentage point Social Security tax cut was enacted a year ago as part of a package that also extended 99-week unemployment benefits for a year, and postponed the expiration of the Bush income tax cuts for two years.
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The state of Minnesota signed a contract for the program last year as part of a campaign to reduce rush hour traffic on 35W in Minneapolis.
This fall the NHL returned to Minnesota as part of a three-year, four-team expansion.
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