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This popular misconception springs, at least in part, from the fact that women are more likely to know their HIV status because they are routinely tested for HIV at maternity clinics when they seek pregnancy tests or examinations.
Yet there have been only two in-depth examinations of what being part of Europe means to Britain: the reports MacMillan commissioned and the Labour government’s 2003 studies – 23 volumes of them – on the case for and against abandoning the pound and joining the euro.
In the United States, an 1896 law dictated that, to earn the title “certified public accountant” (CPA), one would have to pass state examinations and accrue two years of working experience.
ICC examinations and investigations can arise in several ways.
Although the Indian state also recruits public officials on the basis of examinations, its system of promotion – which is largely based on seniority and loyalty to one’s political masters – is not intrinsic to democracy.
Polls showed that 92% of the public supported closing loopholes in the requirement for background checks – which at present don’t include examinations of individuals purchasing firearms at gun shows, privately from another individual, or online – and that 62% supported a ban on high-capacity magazines.
The medical profession has stood in the way of these innovations, insisting on physical examinations and other artifacts of a bygone era.
'Sincere!' he repeated, lowering his voice and returning to the letter:'"I ask you for a bursary for Julien; he will qualify for it by undergoing the necessary examinations.
The examinations came round.
Wagers were made in the Seminary that in the aggregate list of the examinations, Julien would occupy the first place, a distinction that carried with it the honour of dining with the Bishop.
At the time of the examinations, it was perhaps two months since he had spoken to Julien, and yet he was ill for a week, when, on receiving the official letter announcing the result of the competition, he saw the number 198 set against the name of that pupil whom he regarded as the glory of his establishment.
The examinations became more frequent, in spite of the efforts of Julien, whose answers were all aimed at cutting the whole business short.
Julien's statements in no way cut short the examinations; the magistrate's feelings were hurt.
He was made aware that these cross examinations would follow one another regularly, perhaps not every week but quite frequently.
On the one hand it was in everyone's interest to bring proceedings quickly to their conclusion, but on the other hand every aspect of the examinations had to be carried out thoroughly without lasting too long because of the associated stress.
For these reasons, it had been decided to hold a series of brief examinations following on one after another.
Athos had passed through all the examinations we have seen Bonacieux undergo.
June brought examinations and a terrible heat, a suffocating haze hovering over the countryside, without a breath of wind to dispel it.
We had just finished examinations.
Free as I was from examinations, I did not want to wait, and was granted permission to go at once to my uncle.
So they were roaming about the world seeking and searching for this beauty, and, after having successively rejected the Queen of Golconda, the Princess of Trebizonde, the daughter of the Grand Khan of Tartary, etc., Labor and Clergy, Nobility and Merchandise, had come to rest upon the marble table of the Palais de Justice, and to utter, in the presence of the honest audience, as many sentences and maxims as could then be dispensed at the Faculty of Arts, at examinations, sophisms, determinances, figures, and acts, where the masters took their degrees.
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