In so doing, he neatly but unconvincingly removes the physical basis for good or bad behaviour.

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Many people simply cannot imagine, purely on a physical basis, going their whole life without sex of any kind.

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The physical basis for seasonal climate prediction lies, to a great extent, in being able to forecast the slowly varying interactions between the atmosphere and the oceans.

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Doctors report that more than a third of the physical problems they encounter have some psychological basis.

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They also schedule the physical delivery of that product on a day-ahead basis or in real time.

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Fewer than 3% admitted to being habitual physical bullies who carried out attacks on others on a weekly basis.

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Marie Alexander of Quova, a Silicon Valley geolocation firm, points out that goods and services exist in physical locations, and marketing is traditionally done on a geographical basis.

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Because grain could be standardized, its values could be abstracted to finance, forming the basis of the futures market which fairly quickly outgrew the value of the physical markets.

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In the meantime, a physical-platinum trader said whereas the metal has been hurt by speculative trading on the basis of worries about future auto demand, actual industrial demand so far has been somewhat resilient.

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Home health care is primarily for patients who need frequent care that requires the attention of a physical, occupational, or speech therapist, or a nurse on a part-time basis, but does not require the patient to be hospitalized.

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