Choice Sentence Examples

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  • At that moment there was a choice to make.

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  • It was a terrible choice for a hiding place.

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  • I think I like that choice better.

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  • We had little choice but to wait and see if the weekend presented any answers.

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  • At this point, he had no choice but to trust Darian.

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  • You do have the choice of sharing my bed or sleeping on the couch.

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  • Howie was ambivalent as usual while Quinn indicated the choice was Martha's to make.

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  • You always have a choice.

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  • Maybe they had, but what choice did they have?

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  • Our second choice is fingering the abductor.

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  • I was the logical choice and frankly they were lazy.

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  • The absence of suffering, the satisfaction of one's needs and consequent freedom in the choice of one's occupation, that is, of one's way of life, now seemed to Pierre to be indubitably man's highest happiness.

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  • You can create your own special variety of dessert fondue featuring white, milk or dark chocolate flavored with you choice of liqueur.

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  • Jennie was the logical choice.

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  • She stood over me, giving me little choice though I dreaded the chore.

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  • But it was Howie's gift, he made the choice and we were part of it.

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  • She had no choice but to trust the devil.

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  • Was there no choice in who she loved?

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  • I had to make a choice without knowing what would happen or even if you would be there for me in the morning.

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  • The only thing I didn't count on was Darkyn giving me the choice of my power or Gabriel when I left Hell.

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  • It never sat well with him that those charged with enforcing Death's mission served not out of choice but obligation to the deity that stole their souls.

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  • I thought I wanted this, yet now that I don't have a choice, I'm not so sure.

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  • They figure if it makes money, it must be a wise business choice.

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  • I'm afraid I don't have a choice.

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  • The state helps to improve the breeds by placing choice stallions at the disposal of private breeders at a low tariff.

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  • Turgot's only choice, however, was between "tinkering" at the existing system in detail and a complete revolution, and his attack on privilege, which might have been carried through by a popular minister and a strong king, was bound to form part of any effective scheme of reform.

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  • Pope Celestine's choice fell on the deacon Palladius, who had taken a prominent part in stamping out the doctrine in Britain.

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  • Of his separate publications, the most important are his lives of Cromwell (1888), William the Silent, (1897), Ruskin (1902), and Chatham (1905); his Meaning of History (1862; enlarged 1894) and Byzantine History in the Early Middle Ages (1900); and his essays on Early Victorian Literature (1896) and The Choice of Books (1886) are remarkable alike for generous admiration and good sense.

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  • The object of his choice (or rather of his second choice, for an earlier project of marriage had shortly before fallen through) was a Miss Jane Ewer, the daughter of a gentleman in Hertfordshire.

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  • The choice was reasonable.

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  • The choice of this man as a possible Italian liberator reminds us of the choice of Don Micheletto as general of the Florentine militia.

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  • The choice of three series of seven seals, seven trumpets and seven bowls, to form the framework in which the history of the last woes is to be given, shows the same hand that addressed the churches as seven.

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  • The choice was ratified by the chiefs of the army, and ultimately confirmed, though Ali, Mahomet's sonin-law, disputed it, asserting his own title to the dignity.

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  • He settled a controversy with William of Scotland concerning the choice of the archbishop of St Andrews, and on the 13th of March 1188 removed the Scottish church from under the legatine jurisdiction of the archbishop of York, thus making it independent of all save Rome.

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  • Few sins of omission can be charged against Garrick as a manager, but he refused Home's Douglas, and made the wrong choice between False Delicacy and The Good Natur'd Man.

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  • But the choice will be ours and will be made based on facts.

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  • Any teacher of composition knows that he can bring his pupils to the point of writing without errors in syntax or in the choice of words.

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  • Yet they honestly think there is no choice left.

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  • It was about this choice that Prince Andrew was speaking.

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  • The count took the gentlemen into his study and showed them his choice collection of Turkish pipes.

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  • The plantain baskets, which come stuffed with your choice of garlic shrimp or ground beef, are delicious, as is the black bean soup.

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  • Water would have been her choice.

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  • In the end, there was no choice.

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  • If she likes imitating a bean pole, that's her choice.

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  • He has no other choice.

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  • If she had a choice of what to believe, she'd believe Jule, a man she barely knew.

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  • I doubt I'll have a choice soon, he replied.

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  • If he made a choice, she wanted it to be the choice he'd make whether or not she was there.

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  • His tone was genuinely questioning, and she felt grateful that he was giving her the choice to opt out.

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  • Cynthia emerged with a tray of drinks and Dean was surprised that beer was the beverage of choice.

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  • It is your choice, of course.

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  • What choice was that?

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  • William's next quarrel was with Pope Alexander III., and arose out of a double choice for the vacant bishopric of St Andrews.

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  • She had no choice in these matters, which were often decided in her childhood.

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  • As the direction and intensity of this induced current are a function of the position of the second coil in its field, and as this position is determined by its mechanical connexion with the recorder coil, it is evident that, by a suitable choice of the electrical elements of the second coil and its alternating field, the indications on the siphon recorder can be magnified to any reasonable extent.

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  • Bishops were further dispensed from swearing fealty tc the king, though, except in Rome and suburbs, the choice of bishop1 was limited to ecclesiastics of Italian nationality.

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  • More important than all was the interest of the Roman curia, composed almost exclusively of Italians, to retain in its own hands the choice of the pontiff and to maintain the predominance 01 the Italian element and the Italian spirit in the ecclesiastical hierarchy.

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  • Superstition also entered largely into the choice of remedies.

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  • The choice was left to the senate, who unanimously selected Valerian (afterwards emperor).

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  • To the Israelites, however, it was a miracle, an unexpected intervention on the part of Yahweh, and the first of many marvels which he performed on behalf of the people of his choice.

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  • Six months after the assassination of Aurelian he was chosen by the senate to succeed him, and the choice was cordially ratified by the army.

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  • Can the choice be fairly stated?

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  • It has been concluded that in the latter part of his life he gratified the tendency to seclusion for which he was ridiculed in The Time Poets (Choice Drollery, 1656) by withdrawing from business and from literary life in London, to his native place; but nothing is known as to the date of his death.

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  • His successor, Basil, tried to get himself elected grand-prince of Lithuania when the throne became vacant by the death of his brother-in-law in 1506, but the choice fell on the late prince's brother Sigismund, who was likewise elected king of Poland.

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  • Her hatred of Germans showed itself likewise in her persistent struggle with Frederick the Great, which cost Russia 300,000 men and 30 millions of roubles - an enormous sum for those days - but in the choice of a successor she could not follow her natural inclinations, for among the few descendants of Michael Romanov there was no one, even in the female line, who could be called a genuine Russian.

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  • History had always been a favourite study with him, and Mably's Observations sur l'histoire appears to have had considerable influence in determining him to the choice of some special period for historic research.

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  • The choice was certainly a bold one.

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  • In as far as regards the instructor and guide thus selected, a more fortunate choice could scarcely have been made.

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  • The choice of the two names has some significance, when we consider his later literary life as the associate of the Queen Anne poets and as a collector of old Scots poetry.

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  • The Tea-Table Miscellany is "A Collection of Choice Songs Scots and English," containing some of Ramsay's own, some by his friends, several well-known ballads and songs, and some Caroline verse.

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  • The pacification of the island, however, was delayed by the presence of the Turkish troops and the inability of the powers to agree in the choice of a new governorgeneral.

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  • The success which attended his efforts on these two occasions, and the eloquence which he displayed, perhaps contributed to his choice as the king's almoner and confessor.

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  • Dr Coke was ordained at Bristol, England, in September, and in the following December, in a conference of the churches in America at Baltimore, he ordained and consecrated Asbury, who refused to accept the position until Wesley's choice had been ratified by the conference.

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  • From choice or compulsion large numbers settled in Egypt in the time of the Ptolemies, and added an appreciable element to Alexandrine culture, while gradual voluntary emigration established Jewish communities in Syria, Asia Minor, Greece and Italy, who facilitated the first spread of Christianity.

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  • The choice of Jerusalem, standing on neutral ground, may be regarded as a stroke of genius, and there is nothing to show that the king exercised that rigour which was to be the cause of his grandson's undoing.

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  • This choice of final nothingness differs from that of Schopenhauer in being collective and not individual.

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  • The company was small but choice.

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  • Independently of the necessary consideration of the general economy of the farm, the choice must be influenced partly by the character of the soil, but very much more by that of the climate.

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  • Its members had the power of electing a new king, although the area of their choice was strictly limited by custom and also the right of deposing a king, although this seems to have been infrequently exercised.

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  • With the assistance of neighbouring princes and of many of the influential Dihkans, Mahmud collected a vast amount of materials for the work, and after having searched in vain for a man of sufficient learning and ability to edit them faithfully, and having entrusted various episodes for versification to the numerous poets whom he had gathered round him, he at length made choice of Firdousi.

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  • At first the sharpness of the change was not fully apparent owing to the tactful choice of prefects made by the First Consul; but before long their very extensive powers were seen to form an important part of the new machinery of autocracy.

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  • Meanwhile the deliberations respecting the choice of her successor had already begun.

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  • But why did Napoleon fix his choice on Vienna rather than St Petersburg?

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  • Mainly, it would seem, because he desired hurriedly to screen the refusal, which might at any time be expected from the Russian court, under the appearance of a voluntary choice of an Austrian archduchess.

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  • The British government, on hearing of his arrival at Plymouth, decided to send him to St Helena, the formation of that island being such as to admit of a certain freedom of movement for the august captive, with none of the perils for the world at large which the tsar's choice, Elba, had involved.

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  • In September of the same year the see of Durham fell vacant, and the king overruled the choice of the monks, who had elected and actually installed their sub-prior, Robert de Graystanes, in favour of Aungervyle.

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  • Conditions were not then favourable for peace, however; the French government, moreover, did not approve of the choice, inasmuch as Adams was not sufficiently pliant and tractable and was from the first suspicious of Vergennes; and subsequently Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, John Jay and Henry Laurens were appointed to co-operate with Adams. Jefferson, however, did not cross the Atlantic, and Laurens took little part in the negotiations.

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  • The law does not make the nomination of candidates for the United States Senate by this method mandatory nor such choice binding upon the General Assembly.

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  • But Parthian ambitions made it necessary for the Palmyrenes to choose one side or other, and their choice leaned towards Rome, both because they dreaded interference with their religious freedom and because the Roman emperor was further off than the Persian king.

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  • On the first ballot he received 651 votes (493 being necessary for choice), 39 of these being from his own state.

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  • The promise frequently made by Republican campaign leaders that Mr. Harding would surround himself with advisers of capacity and experience, seemed to be fulfilled by his choice of Cabinet members.

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  • Various elements in the Republican party, nevertheless, had stoutly opposed their appointment, so that the President's choice showed that he was prepared to exert his independence of party managers and to insist upon administrative efficiency.

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  • It would be almost truer, though only half the truth, to say that the clergy gave the name of Crusade to sanctify interests and ambitions which, while set on other ends than those of the Church, happened to coincide in their choice of means.

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  • Vegetarians aren't forgotten, even the ones who do not eat dairy, the vegetarian selection has pasta and tofu as well as vegetables that can be cooked in your choice of broth.

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  • Burgers are made from beef, turkey or vegetables and can be ordered in combination with a cold soda and your choice of regular, sweet potato, cajun or garlic fries.

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  • She had a choice.

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  • As he had pointed out, it wasn't as if she had much of a choice.

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  • Sarah would do whatever Giddon said, because he was her son... and Tammy had no choice.

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  • I know the score and it's my choice.

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  • He had made his choice - suggesting something else would be rude.

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  • Much as she wanted the baby, she felt adoption was the best choice.

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  • It should be Howie's choice if he wants to take this matter forward.

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  • Staying in the basement where the Other could find and kill him wasn't his top choice, but at least he was in the house.

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  • I made a choice, too.

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  • The choice of governor-general of the new Commonwealth fell upon Lord Hopetoun (afterwards Lord Linlithgow), who had won golden opinions as governor of Victoria a few years before; Mr (afterwards Sir Edmund) Barton, who had taken the lead among the Australian delegates, became first prime minister; and the Commonwealth was inaugurated at the opening of 1901.

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  • The choice of the British government fell on Prince Christian William Ferdinand Adolphus George of Schleswig-Holstein-SonderburgGliicksburg, whose election as king of the Hellenes, with the title George I., was recognized by the powers (6th of June 1863).

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  • He displayed his political tact in the choice of the American delegation, which was led by Secretary Hughes and included, besides Elihu Root, two members of the Senate, Lodge and Underwood, the Republican and Democratic leaders respectively.

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  • Confronted by crusaders where he had asked for auxiliaries, Alexius had two alternative policies presented to his choice.

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  • Although not particular in the choice of some of the associates of his pleasures, he admitted none but men of worth to his intimacy, and when once admitted they were treated like equals.

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  • Its most important feature, when compared with the previous constitution of 1868, is its provision for the choice of state officials other than the governor (who was previously chosen by election) by elections instead of by the governor's appointment, but the governor, who serves for four years and is not eligible for the next succeeding term, still appoints the circuit judges, the state' attorneys for each judicial circuit and the county commissioners; he may fill certain vacancies and may suspend, and with the Senate remove officers not liable to impeachment..

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  • Almost any fatty substance can be employed in soap-making; but the choice is naturally restricted by the price of the fat and also the quality of the soap desired.

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  • The election, undecided by the popular vote, was thrown into the house, and resulted in the choice of John Quincy Adams, who in 1826 drew Gallatin from his retirement and sent him as minister to England to conduct another complicated and arduous negotiation.

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  • The greater commercial advantages offered by Nauplia, Corinth and Patras were outweighed by the historic claims of Athens in the choice of a capital for the newly founded kingdom, and the seat of government was transferred hither from Nauplia in 1833.

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  • Under the name of "Anti-Masons" able leaders united those who were discontented with existing political conditions, and the fact that William Wirt, their choice for the presidency in 1832, was not only a Mason but even defended the Order in a speech before the convention that nominated him, indicates that simple opposition to Masonry soon became a minor factor in holding together the various elements of which the party was composed.

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  • He established the existence of molecules and atoms as we have defined above, and stated that the number of atoms in the molecule is generally 2, but may be 4, 8, &c. We cannot tell whether his choice of the powers of 2 is accident or design.

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  • Wagner's choice of subjects had from the outset shown an imagination far above that of any earlier librettist; yet he had begun with stories which could attract ordinary minds, as he dismally realized when the libretto of Der fliegende Hollander so pleased the Parisian wire-pullers that it was promptly set to music by one of their friends.

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  • The only illogical point in his system is that the beauty of his dreamlike chords depends not only on his artful choice of a timbre that minimizes their harshness, but also on the fact that they enter the ear with the meaning they have acquired through centuries of harmonic evolution on classical lines.

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  • Wordsworth's theories of poetry - the objects best suited for poetic treatment, the characteristics of such treatment and the choice of diction suitable for the purpose - may be said to have grown out of the soil and substance of the lakes and mountains, and out of the homely lives of the people, of Cumberland and Westmoreland.

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  • As a poet he is associated with his friend Catullus, whom he followed in style and choice of subjects.

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  • The plan was good; and with the rare instinct for character which distinguished him, he made choice of the right man for his purpose in the young Marsilio.

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  • The mode of representation is always conventional, the treatment of the subject no less than its choice being dictated by an authority to which the artist was compelled to bow.

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  • Reclaimed marsh-land and fresh alluvium (the so-called " front-lands " on rivers and bayous) are choice soil for Indian corn, sugar-cane, perique tobacco, semi-tropical fruits and cotton.

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  • The constitution of 1845 made the popular suffrage final in the choice of the governor, abolished property qualifications, and began to pare executive powers for the benefit of the General Assembly or the people.

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  • In the year VIII., in the discussion of the law of the 28th Pluviose, no reason was stated for the choice of this term.

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  • There are at least forty choice cabinet and building woods.

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  • As for the representation accorded Cuba in the Spanish Cortes, as a rule about a quarter of her deputies were Cuban-born, and the choice of only a few autonomists was allowed by those who controlled the elections.

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  • The advantage of this arrangement was that the choice of the future pope would depend, not only on the vote of the cardinals, thus safeguarding tradition, but at the same time on the unanimous consent of the various nations, by which the adhesion of the whole Catholic world to the election would be guaranteed.

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  • From the very first, however, the inherent weakness of the vast army, and the vicious choice of time for the beginning of the advance, began to make itself felt.

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  • But her parents are said to have objected to her marrying a Roman Catholic, which, in France, considerably limited her choice.

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  • Goats, from the milk of which choice cheese is made, and pigs are plentiful.

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  • But he showed admirable judgment in his choice of subordinates; Robert of Meulan, who died in 1118, and Roger of Salisbury, who survived his master, were statesmen of no common order; and Henry was free from the mania of attending in person to every detail, which was the besetting sin of medieval sovereigns.

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  • The choice between various methods of resolution, all mathematically admissible, would be guided by physical considerations respecting the mode of action of obstacles.

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  • Thus Sir Redvers Buller had no choice but to disintegrate the army corps.

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  • The latter had, in neglecting anatomy, neglected the most solid basis for studying the natural history of disease; though perhaps it was less from choice than because his practice, as he was not attached to a hospital, gave him no opportunities.

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  • The government had now no choice but to secure if possible the person of Lord Edward Fitzgerald, whose social position more than his abilities made him the most important factor in the conspiracy.

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  • We know, for example, that the choice of a contemplative life was not the result of indifference to the fate of the world, or of any natural coldness or even calmness of temperament.

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  • It is true that there is nothing, or hardly anything, that properly deserves the name of poetry in them - no passion, no sense of the beauty of nature, only a narrow "criticism of life," only a conventional and restricted choice of language, a cramped and monotonous prosody, and none of that indefinite suggestion which has been rightly said to be of the poetic essence.

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  • The citizens did not dispute the right of election by the kingdom but they held that that election did not necessarily include the choice of London.

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  • Amyraut had left the choice to the synod.

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  • With the exception of the heavier flint (lead) glasses, these can be produced so as to be free both from noticeable colour and from such defects as bubbles, opaque inclusions or " striae," but extreme care in the choice of all the raw materials and in all the manipulations is required to ensure this result.

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  • Messerschmidt, editor of the best collection of Hittite texts up to date, made a tabula rasa of all systems of decipherment, asserting that only one sign out of two hundred the bisected oval, determinative of divinity - had been interpreted with any certainty; and in view of this opinion, coupled with the steady refusal of historians to apply the results of any Hittite decipherment, and the obvious lack of satisfactory verification, without which the piling of hypothesis on hypothesis may only lead further from probability, there is no choice but to suspend judgment for some time longer as to the inscriptions and all deductions drawn from them.

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  • A most unfortunate choice for the chief command of the army was the appointment of Malatesta Baglioni.

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  • The choice of the size of the crystals to be produced in a given pan depends upon the market for which they are intended.

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  • Its bulk alone (equal to that of an orange) causes serious disturbances, and its choice of the liver, kidneys, lungs, cranial cavity and other deep-seated recesses, gives rise to profound alterations.

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  • Under William and Mary he succeeded Tillotson as dean of Canterbury in 1689, and (after declining a choice of sees vacated by nonjurors who were his personal friends) followed Thomas Lamplugh as archbishop of York in 1691.

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  • The choice was unexpected, but Meade justified it by his conduct of the operations, and in the famous three days' battle he inflicted a complete defeat on General Lee's army.

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  • Nevertheless his opposition to the government became more and more pronounced, till in 1827 Lord Dalhousie refused to confirm his appointment to the speakership, and resigned his governorship when the house persisted in its choice.

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  • The citizens, in order to protect their liberties, were obliged to elect a podesta, and their choice fell first on one of the D'Este family (c. 1175).

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  • Now came the choice of a profession.

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  • The prime minister, Lord Melbourne, submitted to the king a choice of names for the chancellorship of the exchequer and leadership of the House of Commons; but his majesty announced that, having lost the services of Lord Althorp as leader of the House of Commons, he could feel no confidence in the stability of Lord Melbourne's government, and that it was his intention to send for the duke of Wellington.

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  • Thus the main features of the Japanese dwelling-house were evolved, and little change took place subsequently, except that the brush of the painter was freely used for decorating partitions, and in aristocratic mansions unlimited care was exercised in the choice of rare woods.

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  • The staple type has black glaze showing little lustre, and in choice varieties this is curiously speckled and pitted with red.

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  • Some choice ware of the latter type was manufactured by him in Kish, by order of the feudal chief of that province.

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  • We find similar decoration on old and choice examples of Kutani-yaki.

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  • At Hirado the ceramists affected a lighter and more delicatetone than that of the Chinese, and, in order to obtain it, subjected the choice pigment of the Middle Kingdom to refining processes of great severity.

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  • Many examples of the above varieties deserve the enthusiastic admiration they have received, yet they unquestionably belong to a lower rank of ceramic achievements than the choice productions of Chinese kilns.

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  • His affinity with his earlier countryman Aphraates is manifest both in his choice of subjects and his manner of treatment.

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  • In the Religious Peace of Augsburg the principle" cujus regio ejus religio "was accepted; by it a ruler's choice between Catholicism and Lutheranism bound his subjects, but any subject unwilling to accept the decision might emigrate without hindrance.

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  • His arguments were felicitous, and his choice of language was the theme of constant admiration.

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  • All these pictures are characterized by nobility of conception, by almost perfect draughtsmanship, by colour which, if not of the highest quality, is always original, choice and effective.

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  • The choice of his governor, the patriotic historiographer Hans Svaning, was so far fortunate that it ensured the devotion of the future king of Denmark to everything Danish; but Svaning was a poor pedagogue, and the wild and wayward lad suffered all his life from the defects of his early training.

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  • The German regulations are apparently based on a keen appreciation of the fact that while one particular denaturizing agent may have little or no effect on one industry, yet it would be quite fatal to the success of another; there is consequently a great choice of denaturizing agents, and in certain cases it is sufficient to mix the alcohol with a reagent necessary for the purpose in hand, or even with a certain amount of the final product, it being only necessary to satisfy the state that the spirit is not available as a beverage.

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  • In 1717 he was sent to Egypt and Syria to search for valuable MSS., and returned with about 150 very choice ones.

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  • Denison, archdeacon of Taunton, Lord Shaftesbury, and others formed a strong committee of protest, whilst Pusey declared that "the choice was the most frightful enormity ever perpetrated by a prime minister."

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  • The latter's enormous numerical superiority was neutralized by Sulla's judicious choice of ground and the steadiness of his legionaries; the Asiatics after the failure of their attack were worn down and almost annihilated.

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  • After the Danubian campaign of 1809 and the divorce of Josephine, Talleyrand used the influence which he still possessed in the imperial council on behalf of the choice of an Austrian consort for his master, for, like Metternich (who is said first to have mooted the proposal), he saw that this would safeguard the interests of the Habsburgs, whose influence he felt to be essential to the welfare of Europe.

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  • The terrible events in Minster, which was controlled for a short time (1533-34) by a group of Anabaptists under the leadership of John of Leiden, the introduction of polygamy (which appears to have been a peculiar accident rather than a general principle), the speedy capture of the town by an alliance of Catholic and Protestant princes, and the ruthless retribution inflicted by the victors, have been cherished by ecclesiastical writers as a choice and convincing instance of the natural fruits of a rejection of infant baptism.

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  • When Massachusetts was called upon to select for Statuary Hall in the capitol at Washington two figures from the long line of her worthies, she chose as her fittest representatives John Winthrop, the type of Puritanism and state-builder, and Samuel Adams (though here the choice was difficult between Samuel Adams and John Adams) as her greatest leader in the heroic period of the War of Independence.

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  • It soon became necessary to create the important post of chief dragoman at the Porte, and there was no choice save to appoint a Greek, as no other race in Turkey combined the requisite knowledge of languages with the tact and adroitness essential for conducting diplomatic negotiations.

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  • Herodotus may thus have had his thoughts turned to literature as furnishing a not unsatisfactory career, and may well have been encouraged in his choice by the example of Panyasis, who had already gained a reputation by his writings when Herodotus was still an infant.

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  • Events proved the wisdom of his choice.

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  • As regards climate a choice is offered between the more bracing atmosphere of High Harrogate and the sheltered and warm climate of the low town.

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  • The "Guerriere" was of 1092 tons and very ill-manned, while the "Constitution" had a choice crew.

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  • Such a formula is approximative, in that it is known that the result of its application will only be approximately correct; it differs from an approximative formula of the kind mentioned in (i) (b) above, in that it is adopted of necessity, not by choice.

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  • They were not separated of their own choice, but by the word of God acting on their consciences.

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  • But the new conditions, backed by the special influence of the Plymouth settlement, were too much for them; they became Independent, - first, perhaps, of necessity, then of conviction and choice.

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  • Strenuous devotion to the deliverance of mankind from dangers and pests is the " virtue " which, in Prodicus' famous apologue on the Choice of Hercules, the hero preferred to an easy and happy life.

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  • Several choice marbles are obtained in the eastern counties.

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  • But the constitution of 1821 abolished the council of appointment and gave the choice of the principal state departmental officers to the legislature, and the constitution of 1846 transferred the choice of these officers from the legislature to the people, where it has since remained.

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  • The choice of most of these was given to the people in 1846, but since then many new state departments have been created, the heads of which are usually appointed by the governor, subject to the approval of the Senate.

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  • In 1629, chiefly to encourage agriculture, the Company issued its famous Charter of Privileges and Exemptions, which provided that any member might have anywhere in New Netherland except on Manhattan Island his choice of a tract of unoccupied land extending 16 m.

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  • Even as a temporary measure, the choice of an extra-Palestinian site for the Jewish state was bitterly opposed by many Zionists; others (with whom Herzl appears to have sympathized) thought that as Palestine was, at all events momentarily, inaccessible, it was expedient to form a settlement elsewhere.

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  • The choice fell on James of Bourbon, a relative of the king of France, and the marriage took place in 1415.

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  • The reply to this criticism is that Mr Blaine was the choice of the majority of the party, and that while Mr Roosevelt felt free to fight within the party vigorously for reform, he did not feel that the nomination justified a schism like that which occurred in the Democratic party over the free silver issue in 1896 - a schism which remained afterwards a hopeless weakness in that party.

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  • In the case of bridges of large span the cost and difficulty of erection are serious, and in such cases facility of erection becomes a governing consideration in the choice of the type to be adopted.

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  • Nevertheless, his selection, in spite of occasional exhibitions of weakness, justified the choice.

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  • All parties were agreed that an Italian faculty of laws should be created; the difficulty lay in the choice of the place.

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  • The whole system of junction stars was doubtless an imitation of the sieu; the choice of them by the Hindu astronomers of the 6th century A.D.

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  • The choice was sometimes made early in the reign, when the heir held the title of "Chao Uparach" or "Wang Na," miscalled "Second King" in English, and sometimes was left until the death of the king was imminent.

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  • The council chooses the city clerk, treasurer and tax receiver, and the mayor appoints the city attorney, police justices, the board of education, the trustees of the public library, and the excise and assessment commissioners, and, subject to the ratification of his choice by the council, the comptroller, auditor and the tax, police, health and fire commissioners.

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  • Mary now made her choice among the many suitors for her hand, and selected the archduke Maximilian of Austria, afterwards the emperor Maximilian I., and the marriage took place at Ghent on the 18th of August 1477.

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  • The clergy and laity of a diocese together elected their bishop, as they had done before; but no one could become a bishop against the will of the king, and the confirmation of their choice rested with him.

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  • He appears to have gone somewhat out of the beaten track in his choice of subjects, and it is evident that cooks held an important position in his list of characters.

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  • It is an acknowledgement that war is completely a choice and our choice can be "no."

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  • This dish is prepared with your choice of beef, chicken, pork or tofu.

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  • It's Howie's mind so it's his choice.

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  • Let's make it multiple choice.

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  • That was your choice.

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  • I'd feel much better if he returned with us but if he insists on staying, it's his choice.

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  • He closed his eyes, remembering a time when he'd made a similar choice.

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  • He made his choice.

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  • Interesting. Human or vamp, he had a choice.

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  • It's not your choice.

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  • I didn't have a choice.

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  • He had no choice.

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  • I'm asking because I have no choice.

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  • Gabriel gave me space and a choice.

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  • There was still a choice.

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  • She wasn't, but she doubted she'd have a choice.

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  • There's no other choice.

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  • They seem to think if they can find it, they'll be able to replace you with a Death of their choice.

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  • It was possible that he never had the will changed from the time that he considered Carmen his only choice as a partner.

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  • Mums was her first choice because of confidentiality issues, but there probably wasn't much romance at her age and after so many years of marriage.

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  • Being Alex's sister, that seemed an unwise choice.

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  • Do I have a choice?

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  • When you ignored my second summons, you forced me to make a choice and start off a new chain of events.

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  • Now, you get to earn your way back to that choice.

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  • Logan's choice in men was definitely lacking.It's okay.

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  • I am a fan of free will, so it's your choice.

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  • The urge to claim her was strong, but so was the need to let her have the choice he never had.

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  • He claimed he was giving her a choice the night before of whether she wanted to be with a sword-wielding maniac.

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  • By their rules, he doesn't have to give you the choice, does he?

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  • Very honorable of you to give her a choice of being with you after how she treated you all those years.

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  • But he told me he'd give me a choice about whether or not I wanted to be with him, even though he's obligated by those laws.

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  • The simplest choice there is, he assured her.

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  • Neither of us has a choice about being together.

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  • I don't need to tell you that any further assistance I provide you will not be by my choice.

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  • But easier is not the choice we made.

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  • He grieved her choice but also believe she got what she deserved for betraying the souls they were all charged with protecting.

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  • Now that choice is forever gone.

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  • I haven't had a choice yet with you people.

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  • It's not really free if the choice is made for you.

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  • The immortals must give humans a choice.

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  • I believe your choice to be the right one.

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  • We don't have much of a choice, Kiki said pragmatically.

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  • Poor choice, but you were a human once.

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  • I may not have a choice, though.

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  • You get no choice, Sasha!

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  • If it.s what you came for, then what choice do you have?

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  • He had a choice, and he made it.

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  • There was no other choice.

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  • And she smiled, happy for her friend and not too unhappy with her choice of husband-to-be.

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  • There was no choice now; she had some explaining to do.

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  • You might not have a choice in what man decides … to like you or propose or something.

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  • By the look of this man, Kiera hadn't wed him by choice.

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  • My sister would've been a much wiser choice, and far more beautiful.

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  • He took in her perfect features once more, impressed again with his choice.

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  • He took a long breath and relaxed, satisfied with his choice once more.

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  • It is the same choice I made.

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  • It was not her choice to come here.

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  • What choice does a woman have?

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  • She was beyond his control, and so was her choice of whether or not to accept her place.

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  • Nishani, you must make a choice.

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  • She gazed around A'Ran's bedroom, conflicted with the idea that her choice would mean she never saw her home, her family again.

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  • He seemed to assume she was staying for good, and she didn't know how to tell him A'Ran had given her a choice she hadn't yet made.

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  • The warriors gave her no choice but pulled her up the hill.

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  • She didn't know if the choice she made was the right one, but she knew staying alone in the row house had been the wrong one.

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  • Before Fred could reply, or whack her in the mouth, which would have been Dean's first choice, the front doorbell interrupted the tense gathering.

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  • Unless it wasn't her choice.

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  • It seemed to Dean she'd spent her life on the outside, in some respects by choice, somehow driven from one social plane down to another, much lower, until there was nothing left but death.

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  • It bothered Dean, the choice Annie had taken.

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  • Why leave it up there if you've got a better choice, like a tree or iron ring to rig your station?

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  • Sarah's eyes were wide as saucers and Jackson knew he had no choice.

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  • Why, is that not a good choice here?

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  • So, you may have to make a choice between me and your pack, your family?

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  • I have already made my choice.

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  • If she were forced to make a choice it would be devastating for her.

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  • Her idea of selecting the right fork brought to mind the choice between a table fork and a pitchfork.

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  • No, I mean why do you feel you have no choice?

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  • What did you mean when you said you had no choice?

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  • Don't make my choice a bad one, she told him.

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  • I didn't protect you.  You shouldn't have had to make the choice you did.

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  • I have no choice.

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  • He cares about you deeply if he came here by choice.

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  • Mine is the most obvious choice.

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  • You made a selfless choice, one I've failed to make more than once.  Besides, I ordered Katie killed.  I alone can make this right.

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  • But you're in a bathing suit, a poor choice of traveling duds.

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  • Whatever Vinnie was babbling about sounded like the last thing in the world Dean wanted to get involved with, but he had no choice but to at least hear out the terrified man.

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  • The conniv­ing old son-of-a-bitch had probably told her the soft jazz was his choice and the barnyard music Dean's.

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  • Betty looked as if a night with Hal-the-creep might have been a better choice.

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  • You let it be her choice.

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  • Being a stay-at-home mother had always been her career choice, but that wasn't going to be an option – unless they adopted children.

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  • Actually, staying with Katie and Bill was probably a better choice, but she had already told Alex she would stay at his house.

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  • Alex took off work the next day and they moved one of the beds to the bedroom of her choice in his house.

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  • Hopefully Alex would like her choice.

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  • I made a choice – children or Alex.

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  • The earrings were beautiful, though diamonds weren't her number one choice of gems.

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  • It's my freedom of choice.

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  • There was a choice to be made here.

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  • Diet looked like the best choice.

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  • The day was sunny and warm, so a lilac colored sundress was her choice.

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  • She had made her choice and it was still a good one.

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  • Marrying Alex wasn't a career choice.

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  • Mom would have been the first, but since that wasn't an option, Mums was her second choice.

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  • The cow had no choice but to follow her offspring.

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  • It wasn't a choice you're husband made easily.

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  • Actually, what choice did she have?

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  • I made a wise choice.

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  • She didn't have a choice.

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  • Now, make your choice, daughter.

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  • I had no choice.

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  • He has no choice.

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  • But neither has his choice changed.

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  • Unlike you, a White God had some choice in who he took as a mate.

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  • That bitch made her choice.

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  • She'd never had much of a choice before.

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  • She wielded it well, but it usually meant the choice was never really hers.

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  • I see you made a choice.

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  • Is this your final choice?

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  • If given a choice between trusting him and walking away from him, she'd trust him.

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  • Tonight, I make no choice.

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  • I have no choice but to agree.

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  • I give you no other choice.

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  • By his uneven tone, he was as much at a loss of his choice as she was.

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  • You'll have no choice.

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  • She gave me little choice.

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  • While the clothes she wore today were comfortable, they certainly wouldn't have been her choice.

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  • A person never got old enough or mature enough that they were no longer capable of making a poor choice.

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  • Either way, I'm sure Sam would be the better choice.

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  • Somehow it always seemed to be his choice.

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  • Then give him a choice.

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  • It could have been Felipa – with the man of his father's choice.

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  • There was no reason to pretend she liked the choice.

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  • The car wouldn't have been her choice, but it was the only rental available - unless she wanted to wait around for half a day until another was returned.

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  • I was sorry to see them go, but with the baby coming on and Joe's parents offering him a good job out there in California, they didn't have much choice.

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  • For the first time, she wondered if she had made the right choice in coming with him today.

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  • You offer me no choice.

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  • My father would know better than to raise any objections about my choice in a partner for life.

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  • However, if something worse comes to pass, you will have a choice to make.

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  • You will have a choice to make.

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  • With his choice of prey, he narrowed in on a gorgeous blonde who seemed out of place, one of the few not wearing fangs or dressed from head-to-foot in black.

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  • Look, you don't have a choice.

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  • Their truce was formed pre-Schism; they had no choice but to be friendly to one another.

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  • Though your choice of handing off the vamps to the Black God seems nearsighted.

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  • Life is about choice.

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  • He captured her mouth with his, giving her no choice.

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  • He saved her life, and she was going to repay him by robbing him blind, because she had no other choice.

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  • There will come a point when you're going to have a really hard choice to make.

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  • Tough choice to make.

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  • You'll have another choice.

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