We had reported earlier in the year that the chapel had originally opened in 1811, but was now threatened with closure because it needed a bit of tlc in the form of a new fire escape, a new boiler and a central heating system which could ward off the oncoming winter.

BBC: Lancashire - A visit to Dalehead Chapel

GEC, is developing a new system for aircraft to ward off missiles.

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The movie-rating system was instituted in the '60s to ward off such meddling.

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And when I was in Birmingham, I heard about how the police service was using that structure, and a system of street champions for every street in every ward, to help make sure there was local intelligence and local views being fed in to setting local police priorities.

BBC: Politics Show, Sunday 23 October 2005

An amusing side note: When Ward joined the Daily Caller, he made a point of praising its system of sharing ad revenues with its freelance contributors.

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Ms Andrew said there was no system for tracking drugs once they had been sent to the drugs cupboard on the ward.

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