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The scribe has divided most of the text into syllables by using mid-dots. Such divisions are very uncommon in ancient manuscripts, but they do show up frequently in manuscripts that were used in educational contexts.

Brent Landau

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

Pauses in operations are not uncommon and are viewed as a responsible step to refresh and review best practices and procedures so our units remain capable, safe, and ready.

The USMC

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

Military solutions are now fully in place, locked and loaded, should North Korea act unwisely. Hopefully Kim Jong Un will find another path! pauses in operations are not uncommon and are viewed as a responsible step to refresh and review best practices and procedures so our units remain capable, safe, and ready.

The USMC

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

Export being checked in as baggage is not an uncommon sight so I wasn't even surprised.

Peter Ellis

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

The charges Manley faces are not uncommon when a witness destroys such a device used in a government investigation.

Mike DeWine

Found on CNN
6 years ago

However, it's not uncommon that you might have a transition when a new administration comes in and it's simply nothing more than that.

Huckabee Sanders

Found on CNN
7 years ago

We left on very good terms and wish her the best and certainly hope for great things for her in the future, however, it's not uncommon that you might have a transition when a new administration comes in and it's simply nothing more than that.

Huckabee Sanders

Found on CNN
7 years ago

There is a combination of high and low technology processes and tools for construction here, and so you're working with materials that (are) uncommon or rarely used in other countries, it's very rare in India, for example, to see buildings constructed with steel, but it's very common to see buildings made from concrete.

Amit Gupta

Found on CNN
7 years ago

This forces us to reflect on uncommon feeding regimes, even if in this case it was complicated by a cardiac malformation.

Luca Bernardo

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

This is not a gun issue; this is a terrorist issue and a hate crime. That's where we're taking a stance, there's definitely been backlash. Not in the store, but we've had people call. That's not uncommon in the firearms industry. I just hope they're finding their own way to support.

Bert Irslinger Jr

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

It is not uncommon for financial or staffing challenges to arise in the course of implementation of our consent decrees, provided those challenges are genuine, approached in good faith and not pretexts for non-compliance, we are committed to working with jurisdictions to overcome those challenges.

Vanita Gupta

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

In the United States, it is relatively uncommon for music venues to provide ear plugs at no charge.

Le Prell

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Disagreements among parties in supply contracts are not uncommon, but we don't typically see these conflicts out in the open, that's why these contracts call for disputes to go to arbitration, keeping it out of public view.

Ed Hirs

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

This is an exceedingly uncommon situation for the court to step in, and it jeopardizes the plan all together from going into affect while President Obama remains in office, the Supreme Court's order signals serious misgivings among some of the justices about the legality of the plan.

Bruce Huber

Found on CNN
8 years ago

(The news was) quite a surprise, although it is not uncommon for CEOs to move on after that kind of tenure, having somebody already in the business succeeding him is probably no bad thing. I don't think we are looking for a change of direction. Investors are still waiting for the Bolland plan of a more cash generative, well invested and internet enabled business to be fully delivered.

Richard Marwood

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

It's not an uncommon story.

Paul Minoff

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Some people look at it as being a portent of doom. That is not uncommon, but it really isn't. It is the alignment of the sun and the moon.

Laura Danly

Found on CNN
8 years ago

I also promised that I would continue to highlight the uncommon bravery that police officers show in our communities every single day, they put their lives on the line for our safety.

Barack Obama

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

It's not uncommon at all to be driving down the road and see an Ohio State sticker on cars. You can see someone in Home Depot wearing an Ohio State shirt and if you call out 'OH' they'll respond 'IO,'.

Nate Leupp

Found on CNN
8 years ago

It's not uncommon. This is a service they (smugglers) provide.

Brahm Press

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

I used tools that were uncommon when I was administrator.

David Strickland

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Villages like this are routinely affected by landslides, and it's not uncommon for entire villages of 200, 300, up to 1,000 people to be completely buried by rock falls, it will likely be helicopter access only.

Matt Darvas

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

It's not uncommon to have a fluid-filled cyst on the ovary, and if it's rubbed or touched even with the vagina as a barrier, it can hurt quite a bit.

Rachel Dardik

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

It's not uncommon for those corporations to have in their assessment matrix a look at pilot selection procedures, increasingly we're looking at their all-round personalities and ability to work in teams and what they're like as people.

Simon Mitchell

Found on CNN
9 years ago

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