[〈det background.n〉 white.a]
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Only a very small proportion of those over 65 in Scotland are from a non – white background – if I had been undertaking the study in urban areas in England it would have been a different story, and I would almost certainly have asked about ethnicity in my survey and considered it in terms of selection criteria for the case studies.
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(. .)))
In Wikipedia:
The white background behind it grows, the way light fills a room.
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(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Initially the background was plain white, I added a stripe and tried merging it with the wall.
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(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
What struck me though was what he said about the shooting in Punch Drunk Love: “The color design for the movie became a white background for all the costumes of the principal characters – for Adam Sandler’s electric – blue suits and for Emily Watson’s beautiful off – color gowns in ochres, yellow and pale greens.
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(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
For more details please contact me at: this email address CD player Safety features Anti – lock brakes Driver airbag Passenger airbag Power Options Air conditioning Cruise control Power locks AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION COLD A / C NON SMOKER AND NO OTHER BAD SMELLS RUNS AND DRIVES GREAT, RUNS VERY QUIET AND SMOOTH PRICED TO SELL FAST Oxidative phosphorylation uses a large multienzyme complex to convert oxygen and simple sugars to energy Mutations in any of the genes disrupt this process to cause a variety of syndromes depending on the type of mutation and other factors It remains unclear how these genetic changes cause the death of cells in the optic nerve and lead to the specific features of Leber hereditary optic neuropathywhile viewing the college flag flying in the wind The design put forward had a single red maple leaf on a white plain background flanked by two red borders based on the design of the flag of the Royal Military College The voting was held onthat could in some circumstances outweigh these gains Another consideration is that restricting the free reuse of information and ideas will also have costs where the use of the best available technique for a given task or the creation of a new derived work is prevented Equally important granting monopoly rights on production introduces aGolfers with most Champions Tour wins Al Geiberger Allen Doyle Arnold Palmer Australia Bob Charles (golfer) Bob Murphy (golfer) Bruce Crampton Bruce Fleisher Champions Tour Dale Douglass /
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Silver on a white background.
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(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Yesterday I enquired with our travel agent Eula regarding Sneha’s passport renewal [renewal means you get a fresh book] and now the rules are [same dimensions] that the background is white.
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(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
On our first run, we left the background white, and the shirts came back with a nice gray box around each logo on the front and back… luckily we had enough time to re – order a couple (and not have to pay extra, thanks CustomInk!)… they got our call on Monday and I had the new shirts early this afternoon…
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(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Here they are: So the thing of making the background white doesn’t seem to have worked very well.
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(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
I don’t really like how the background isn’t completely white.. it kind of distracts from th kitty…
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(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
In Internet Explorer 7 (and Avant Browser, which I assume is based on IE) the background appears white unless I add the’ ‘if’’ conditional code to set the bk as dark.
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(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Well my favorite was definitely my skis but those are mine, but I really liked just the plain white background.
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(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
I’ve had this Alexander Henry fat quarter since last year (well, with white background).
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(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
While I loved the color of my previous template, I wish I could change CSS to make the background white so the dark grey didn’t destroy everyone’s eyesight.
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(. .)))
In Wikipedia:
This game contains no clear background or storyline, just white – knuckle video game racing.
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(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
I hate the color black Not people who have black skin I hate the color black When I see a background is always white And white bothers me when there isn’t any COLOR COLORFUL things make me happy, but that’s not all Today I wore a black shirt…
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(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
The background is white & it has purple orchads with green leaves.
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(S1 (S (S (NP (DT The) (NN background))
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(. .)))
In Wikipedia:
In the logo there is the black head of a dragon on a white background.
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(. .)))
In Wikipedia:
His personal aircraft color scheme was ink black overall with a white propeller spinner and a square white background for the Maltese cross tail markings.
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(. .)))
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