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| Diaries of William Young: 1972 | Young, William | 4,263 | 1 | 0.23 | |
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... fine meal at Queens after. Bowling evening. Wednesday 10 Big turn-up at Choir. D. [CENSORED: surname] & W. ... |
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| A Fairy (Liquid) Story [Content label: lesser] | Smith, Mark R | 4,326 | 1 | 0.23 | |
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... of varnish from its place on the shelf and, as he was too big to get turned around, reversed his way out of the door. ... |
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| Cereal terms in the DOST record | Macleod, Iseabail | 4,340 | 1 | 0.23 | |
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... (Dalrymple [1596] in Cody 1885-95:I, 57/27). The form 'big(g)' for six-or four-rowed barley (from Old Norse 'bygg') ... |
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| Preparing to Meet the Minotaur | Blackhall, Sheena | 8,944 | 2 | 0.22 | |
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... jist a flamin scunner. No, ye canna. "Dan, can I clap yon big Alsatian dug?" Nuh. Stuff yer face wi this. Here's a ... ... caught on the hop A fast food takeaway . "Oh pussy, what big eyes you've got" Floppy's a rag doll, dried blood stuck to ... |
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| Interview with Rev. John G. Sinclair for Scottish Readers Remember Project | N/A | Audio | 13,717 | 3 | 0.22 |
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... to have, F1189: Mmhm. M1194: they're not too big, and they're //easily accommodated.// F1189: ... ... bookcase just inside the front door which has all the big books, F1189: Right, uh-huh. M1194: like the ... ... of the Friends of the Hocken Collections, that's the big //research library, down there.// F1189: //Oh yes, ... |
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| The Annals of Arbuthnott Part One | Williamson, Isabella | 23,042 | 5 | 0.22 | |
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... having to rise at 5 a.m. to clean and blacken the big farmhouse range and light the fire. She then made porridge ... ... and horses to work the land. The existing tractors were big and powerful, but inefficient at trailing or pulling ... ... away from home. Beds Chaff beds were made from stuffing big covers with chaff - pronounced kaff - folk would say you ... ... badly chipped they were often used to hold hens' feed. Big pots were used for boiling clothes. Kettles were made out ... ... boil in the morning. Some people were reputed to make a big pot full at the beginning of the week and pour it into an ... |
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| Interview 21: Suhayl Saadi | N/A | Audio | 23,059 | 5 | 0.22 |
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... are the rock groups that are singing about Iraq //of the big rock groups, the popular, the top rock, you know, the ones ... ... er, it's been forgotten by a lot of people //who live in big cities and so on, you know, they don't, erm,// F963: ... ... pulled books off the shelf at home, //and put them in a big knapsack, you know, it was like Christmas-time and I was ... ... Christmas-time and I was like Santa, you know, with this big knapsack, you know?// F963: //[laugh] Right. ... ... said it's behind you! [laugh] //And it was the list on big billboards behind me of the top twenty books.// F963: ... |
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| A Fer Chauve | Smith, Alex | 23,344 | 5 | 0.21 | |
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... wis nae sign o them ata. Jonsar Eck then came across a big muckle spanner that hid been left ahin be the electrician. ... ... opened Jonsar Eck an the ither twa helpers gasped. "Oh nae Big Betsy". Och says the judge."I'll explain tae her if I see ... ... judge."I'll explain tae her if I see her." Jist wi that Big Betsy appeared an asks." Fit's wrang?" Noo the judge wis ... ... Fit's wrang?" Noo the judge wis in his element as he telt Big Betsy aboot the flooer. She asked him a puckle questions ... ... fit wye it his tae be second place?" asks the judge. Big Betsy growls."I got first prize wi this plant last year an ... |
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| BBC Voices Recording: Portree | N/A | Audio | 14,267 | 3 | 0.21 |
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... Participate in a game? I'm thinking maybe that's too big a M1008: //A bit formal for that.// M1055: //Too ... ... a gentleman ehm in the west of Skye who lives in a, a big building eh ehma big edifice, ehm and he at one point ... ... in the west of Skye who lives in a, a big building eh ehma big edifice, ehm and he at one point was trying to sell a ... |
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| Interview 06: David Purves on the Scots language | N/A | Audio | 4,815 | 1 | 0.21 |
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... speaks. F718: Mmhm mmhm M017: Now that's a sort of big question, of course, //but mmhm.// F718: //Mm// Do ... |
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| Bonny in Black [Content label: lesser] | Bruce, Eddie | 4,823 | 1 | 0.21 | |
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... him the night before - for the first time ever. “You’re a big improvement on the scruffy little bugger you used to be.” ... |
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| Sermon: Gordon Mackintosh - On Being Christ-like | N/A | Audio | 4,835 | 1 | 0.21 |
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... presses, there were not so many copies of things, so a big part of that we can say would be practical, that Joshua ... |
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| Lecture: the Glasgow Gaelic School | N/A | Video | 4,849 | 1 | 0.21 |
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... children. So it was very small numbers in a very big school. So ehm what er was perceived or felt that was ... |
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| Interview with Stan Kirkpatrick, Part 2, for Scottish Readers Remember Project | N/A | Audio | 15,282 | 3 | 0.20 |
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... meat compa-, frozen meat company. //This was the big shipment of meat overseas.// F1189: //Mm.// M1191: ... ... good from that point of view.// F1189: Some very big erm Scottish issues, for example in the last ten years ... ... a cinema, F1189: Mm. M1191: but it's not the big Gaumont //down the road, it's the [inaudible] it's the ... |
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| Scottish Parliament: Official Report (27/03/03) | Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body | 52,991 | 10 | 0.19 | |
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... them without having to undertake five-year courses or do big blocks of stuff, but can get back into the workplace and ... ... racism and sexism, but we have yet to tackle the last big, horrible ism and that is ageism. The Eden Brown employee ... ... we should defend them to the last. Although we have made a big difference in this parliamentary session, I would be the ... ... pension is not enough to live on. Furthermore, there is a big problem with people not applying for the minimum income ... ... Members started to let slip the fact there was to be a big announcement on national concessionary travel—I think that ... |
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| Conversation: Buckie - Mother and child 12, recording 2: doing jigsaws | N/A | Audio | 5,540 | 1 | 0.18 |
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... Put them in the same as that way so that it maks a big line, okay? M1096: Aye. Dump that one. [inaudible] ... |
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| Guts | Barron, Charles | 22,515 | 4 | 0.18 | |
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... Dod. It’ll come in handy. Hoo did ye come by it? DOD (Big wink) Dinna ask to be lee’d te, mither. Jist pit it doon ... ... to follow the fall of her finger into the barrel with a big head movement.) So it’s best niver to think ava’. That’s ... ... taste. Get it doon ye. (She hands her the bottle.) A good big scoof, noo. (Reluctantly, Teenie takes a drink.) A drappie ... ... Chrissie is avoiding her eye.) Thirty year’s an affa big gap. CHRISSIE (softly) I ken. (Pause.) But it’s maybe fit ... |
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| Joseph Knight (extract 2) [Content label: serious] | Robertson, James | 5,653 | 1 | 0.18 | |
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... there. Simple farmer’s fare, and we ate with the family. Big hacks of ham, and boiled eggs. “Show me any of your French ... |
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| Scottish Parliament: Committees: Health and Community Care: Official Reports: Meeting 1, 2001 | Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body | 17,433 | 3 | 0.17 | |
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... at me—they do not need to. Do you accept that there is a big difference between a sought-out, bought product, such as a ... ... that would not be outlawed by the bill. That suggests a big loophole. What is your view on that? Malcolm Chisholm: I ... ... around the legislation and I am concerned that this is a big area of legislation that is subject to regulation in which ... |
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| The Toad on the Rock's Opinion | Blackhall, Sheena | 5,941 | 1 | 0.17 | |
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... bows..pretty, rubber shoes, Hair, waving in water like a big hello, The suicide lady rolls jelly baby eyes. Lost ... |
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| Interview with Stan Kirkpatrick, Part 1, for Scottish Readers Remember Project | N/A | Audio | 12,193 | 2 | 0.16 |
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... in one small class. And that eh they had eh so many big eh eh //yachts,// F1189: //Mm.// M1191: eh motor ... ... //It's a large house and it was eh always known as the big house on the hill.// F1189: //Mm.// Yes. //Uh-huh ... |
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| The Stalking Cure [Content label: lesser] | Corbett, Dr John B | 6,214 | 1 | 0.16 | |
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... Macnab, they huv ither fish tae fry. Bendin gender Ane big differ atween the twa buiks is the wey they tak on the ... |
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| Minnie | Blackhall, Sheena | 32,033 | 5 | 0.16 | |
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... mither Sally an the kitchie deem Meg Ramsay cried aa the big fowk intae the ferm kitchie fur a plate o yaval broth. ... ... they hae daen withoot Jock this lasy fyew wikks, at the big toun dairy tfar his maister's mither bedd in her fine braw ... ... she said her prayers like her faither hid telt her...the Big Prayer noo, nae the little een, though sometimes she said ... ... fin I becam a man, I pit awa aa bairn ferlies.... Yer a big quine noo, sister, ye winna be needin a dallie there in ... ... a thoosan ither jobs that needin daein. Aften, fowk at the big hooses wadna lat the milkmen chap at the front door, ... |
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| Conversation 38: Two female students discussing school in the UK and Luxembourg and travel | N/A | Video | 6,492 | 1 | 0.15 |
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... //or somewhere and there was, it was like a big centre for loads of schools, there was loads of other ... |
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| Interview 09: Ian Rankin on Rebus | N/A | Audio | 6,552 | 1 | 0.15 |
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... a book of mine called "The Hanging Garden" which won a big erm crime prize in France, and it's about a World War ... |
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| Scottish Parliament: Committees: Local Government: Official Reports: Meeting 4, 2003 | Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body | 6,683 | 1 | 0.15 | |
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... issued to the wrong person, it would be a case of, "The big dug did it and ran away." If a person applies to say that ... |
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| Scottish Parliament: Official Report (05/12/02) | Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body | 62,853 | 9 | 0.14 | |
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... cowboy builders and cowboy installers. Apart from the big builders, who are obviously more aware and more conscious ... ... Solar energy and wind energy—I am referring not to big windmills, but to little windmills, for example in cities ... ... throughout the UK when dealing with organised crime. Big-time criminals are adept at operating across borders and ... ... we can to support cross-border inquiries to ensure that big-time criminals cannot exploit national boundaries in the ... ... Munro makes, but it is important to state that there are big issues of international maritime law. There are rights of ... |
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| Women, Poetry and Song in Eighteenth-Century Lowland Scotland | McCulloch, Margery Palmer | 7,267 | 1 | 0.14 | |
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... to his castle home where she, in her turn, becomes ‘as big wi bairn/As any ladie could gae’. What makes this story so ... |
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| Ane Auld Sang | Purves, David | 7,319 | 1 | 0.14 | |
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... n, moon muinlicht, n, moonlight muir, n, moor mukkil, a, big, much murner, n, mourner mynd, v, remember myndin, n, ... |
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| Lecture on Scottish Literature 1 | Corbett, Dr John B | Video | 7,319 | 1 | 0.14 |
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... that far back. [inhale] ah, he just writes these great big long periods. [click] [inhale] But staying in the ... |
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| Jade Lute | Purves, David | 7,581 | 1 | 0.13 | |
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... monie, a, many mouls, n, soil muin, n, moon mukkil, a, big murner, n, mourner mynd, v, remember myndin, n, ... |
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| The Boddamers' Monkey | Blackhall, Sheena | 8,148 | 1 | 0.12 | |
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... The stooshie rages ben Braemar, like burn that's big wi spate. Gee-gaws an tartan trinketry are set at ilkie ... |
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| Scottish Parliament: Report on Inquiry into the role of educational and cultural policy (English) | Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body | 9,117 | 1 | 0.11 | |
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... the skills to fit into niche markets - language is a big part of this. 119. Increase funding for initiatives which ... |
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| The Heavenly Cow of Thebes [Content label: serious] | Blackhall, Sheena | 9,752 | 1 | 0.10 | |
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... web’s a corker. I met a cow in Delhi, a bobby-dazzler Big as a London bus Its horns so strong they’d puncture ... |
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| The Puddock and the Princess | Purves, David | 19,521 | 2 | 0.10 | |
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... littil wunner ye’r wurkit up on yeir waddin day. It’s a big day for a lassie. Juist you hae a wee rest or ye gether ... ... (She points to her cheek) Ah maun be an awfu jaud whan big laddie lyke you winna kiss me! (Ringan, still carrying the ... |
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| Mountain Music - Chapters 1-4 | Mackay, Sheila | 50,638 | 5 | 0.10 | |
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... via the fruit and vegetables which were always a joy: big tomatoes, tasty and substantial, too ungainly for the ... ... brain scan, examinations, tests had already run up a big bill) until I remembered that they were in a bag I had ... ... I visit you? Tomorrow is the Feast of the Three Kings, a big celebration here in Spain. You should not be alone.' ... ... Livingstone's house. He's away at the moment. There's a big table in his lovely garden where we can spread our feast ... ... to his every word. My unexpected companion was a big man, not overweight, with a craggy Celtic face and amused ... |
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| Scottish Parliament: Committees: Public Petitions: Official Reports: Meeting 16, 2001 | Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body | 21,057 | 2 | 0.09 | |
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... is what the Scottish Parliament should be about. The big issue is about a service provider unilaterally announcing ... ... acetate are not miracle cures, but they know the big difference that those drugs can make. They are also aware ... |
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| Scottish Parliament: Committees: Rural Development: Official Reports: Meeting 34, 2002 | Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body | 10,831 | 1 | 0.09 | |
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... Might not that be a preferable global outcome? That is a big question, but it is fundamental to that policy objective. ... |
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| Scottish Parliament: Committees: Finance: Official Reports: Meeting 19, 2000 | Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body | 11,626 | 1 | 0.09 | |
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... looked at the timing of the agenda and there might be a big gap between items 4 and 5. I suggest that we move items 6 ... |
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| The Way Forward for the Scots Language | Purves, David | 11,636 | 1 | 0.09 | |
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... doon at nicht Wi mirth that's dear to me; But soon the big warl's cark an' care Will quaeten doon their glee. Yet, ... |
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| Serendipity and ither poems in Scots and English | Blackhall, Sheena | 12,339 | 1 | 0.08 | |
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... limes, malaria Elephants an wud monsoons Coconuts an big baboons Seagull, spurgie, blackie, doo Microwave an ... |
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| Scottish Parliament: Official Report (09/05/02) | Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body | 64,392 | 5 | 0.08 | |
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... budgets of less than £1,000. We are not talking about big money, but about reasonable amounts of money being sent in ... ... I welcome the direction that the statement takes. It was a big statement and its details require more consideration than ... ... support for nurses and midwives during their training is a big issue and, as Malcolm Chisholm will know, I have received ... ... development—not everyone wishes to be a manager. One big gap is that nurses, because of their dedication and ... ... because, in effect, centre-right Governments control the big five member states, their influence will affect personal ... |
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| Scottish Parliament: Official Report (07/09/00) | Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body | 52,710 | 4 | 0.08 | |
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... of the people and, if it makes an error, it should be big enough to admit to that and to inform the people who were ... ... are being delivered through a network of four or five big teaching hospitals throughout the country, why do we need ... ... have suggested, the bill is not a statutory embodiment of Big Brother—far from it. It will ensure that surveillance ... ... a newspaper article suggesting that it was some kind of Big Brother snooping exercise; it is the very opposite. It is ... |
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| The Thrie Sisters | Purves, David | 26,409 | 2 | 0.08 | |
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... fowk lyke yeirsells. Atweill, ye canna howp ti mak a big impression on the mass o ignorance roond aboot ye; as yeir ... ... together) MASHA: Juist listen til yon band giein it big licks! They’r aw leavin us. Yin o thaim’s gaen ... |
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| Scottish Parliament: Official Report (25/01/01) | Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body | 69,086 | 5 | 0.07 | |
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... debate has focused on one issue rather than surveyed the big picture of how we treat and look after our older people ... ... appropriate care wherever they happen to be. That is the big picture that Margaret Jamieson was referring to. Shona ... ... have to be very clever and academic, so I did a great big study about Robert Burns and Henry Mackenzie, the man of ... ... In Scotland, we still do not fully appreciate just how big our global megastar is. Back in 1996, I thought that the ... ... for the Burns bicentennial year were going to be big. Even Pavarotti was going to come to Scotland. However, ... |
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| Scottish Parliament: Committees: Health and Community Care: Official Reports: Meeting 10, 2003 | Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body | 13,883 | 1 | 0.07 | |
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... join the committee today. The OFT proposal is a seriously big issue out there, especially in my constituency in the far ... |
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| Scottish Parliament: Committees: Education, Culture and Sport: Official Reports: Meeting 29, 2000 | Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body | 29,546 | 2 | 0.07 | |
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... system reports and the purpose of our assessment—that is a big question. On a minor practicality, it is obvious that ... ... activity—for less than £8 per hour. That will be a big problem this year. The Convener: Several members want to ... |
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| Scottish Parliament: Official Report (16/02/00) | Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body | 30,443 | 2 | 0.07 | |
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... Recognition of BSL as an official language would be a big first step to increasing access for our deaf community. ... ... too expensive for the average person? Local authorities, big banks and building societies do not seem to be pulling ... |
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| Scottish Parliament: Committees: Transport and the Environment: Official Reports: Meeting 31, 2001 | Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body | 15,521 | 1 | 0.06 | |
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... of transferred diseases and transferred genes. Those are big issues. As Dick Shelton said, the risks must be carefully ... |
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| The Ill Guidmither [Content label: serious] | Purves, David | 18,119 | 1 | 0.06 | |
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... lyke an it’s gittin waur bi the oor. It stertit near ma big tae, but nou it’s lyke the haill fuit wes on fyre. (He ... |
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