It was modified to enable him to be chauffeur-driven around his Chartwell estate in Kent and has an extra-wide passenger seat and heated footwell.

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In the warmer months, take a seat on the wide jasmine-scented veranda, while in winter it is divine to cosy up inside by the open fire.

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For them, the formal ski area effectively serves as a jumping-off point, a gateway to vast tracts of challenging off-piste terrain studded with cliff drops, creamy powder stashes, edge-of-your-seat steeps and wide, rolling slopes.

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It's a bit of a shame that the range is so limited, as the bike is a far more welcoming chariot than the Zero S. That great looking seat isn't particularly wide, but it is plush and comfy, and the large pegs are in a forward position that leaves you upright and your knees extended.

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After trading a couple more gentle shots, Sharapova sent a backhand volley wide and McIlroy quickly ran back to his seat before the world number two could get her inevitable revenge.

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The block-wide, walled-in Czech beer garden has enough picnic tables to comfortably seat 800 and is merrily packed all summer with pitcher-swilling, sausage-eating bonhomie.

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However, if the original Wii set a bar for intuitive control of a wide range of video games, TVii takes once TV-shy Nintendo and puts it in the driver's seat when it comes to defining a console's second-screen approach to television viewing and interaction.

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