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Scots Tung Wittins 122 Fairnie, Robert 2,558 1 0.39

... athoot ony reference tae thae languages is like ettlin tae big a dyke athoot ony stanes. Whit guid daes he think that ...
Scots Tung Wittins 123 Fairnie, Robert 2,259 1 0.44

... ruby slippers frae The Wizard of Oz fur a freen whae wis a big fan o Judy Garland. The staff in Bletherin Skite went oot ...
Scots Tung Wittins 124 Fairnie, Robert 2,538 1 0.39

... Bit the Scots cam frae Ireland, gaun back a guid while In big leather boats an hed settled Argyll. The lands aroond ...
Scots Tung Wittins 125 Fairnie, Robert 2,412 1 0.41

... as Gaelic speakers can an aw but thon's no the pynt.) Big up a demand bi speirin a copy for yersel. Ye can contact ...
Scots Tung Wittins 127 Fairnie, Robert 2,494 5 2.00

... wis gien an aw, a copy o Matthew Fitt's Tam o Shanter's Big Night Oot an a copy o the SLD's Concise Scots Dictionar ...
... apologies an donatit a signed copy o his Tam o Shanter's Big Night Oot for Lucille. Scots Tung is braw thankfu tae ...
... side. The twa poems is cried Monarch o the Glen on the big caird an Yuletide Robin on the wee ane. In a wee ...
... wee ane. In a wee depairture frae ither ordinar years, the big caird haes the words o the sang, A Guid New Year prentit ...
... wi his unco bonny young wife tae the kintrae estate an big hoose that Vanya haes been rinnin. The wife is the ile ...
Scots Tung Wittins 128 Fairnie, Robert 2,464 1 0.41

... a creel on her back an the text says, "Does ma bum look big in this?" or a picter o fower men in ful heiland regalia ...
Scots Tung Wittins 129 Fairnie, Robert 2,468 1 0.41

... tae pey thair TV licences. This wis contered wi gret big muckle boycott campaigns that endit up wi the ...
Scots Tung Wittins 133 Fairnie, Robert 2,660 3 1.13

... usual copyricht restrictions. The SCOTS projeck ettles tae big up a muckle electronic ingaitherin o baith written an ...
... Musselburgh Makar's Neuk The midges in Yarrae are as big as a sparrae An when it is put tae the test, Some that Ah ...
... up in yin bite. The midges Ah've seen hae wee beady een Big teeth an huge flappin lugs Yin that Ah saw, fought a close ...
Scots Tung Wittins 135 Fairnie, Robert 2,534 3 1.18

... tae forder the notion o language diversity, an throu this, big up an appreciation, in the pupils, o the reinge o accents, ...
... o accents, dialects an languages in Scotland, pupils will big up an appreciation o the diversity o ither languages an ...
... haed reponed up tae noo. He wis determined that we shuid big on thon spirit o generosity pyntin oot that the folk o ...
Scots Tung Wittins 141 Fairnie, Robert 2,380 1 0.42

... Council uphauds Scotland's standin owerseas, and helps tae big a Scotland that hauds neibourschip til ither countries. ...
Scots Tung Wittins 143 Fairnie, Robert 2,484 1 0.40

... I didna think ye was a wee horse, but I thocht ye was a big ass!" The chiel was perfectly dumbfoundered . Taen frae ...
Scots Tung Wittins 145 Fairnie, Robert 2,668 2 0.75

... dirks in a kiltie's soack" an descrives him as bein "as big as a tenement" an wha leuked as tho he'd pit Hercules "…in ...
... the sky while shoutin efter Hercules, "Whaur ye gaun, ya big chanty? " It is easy at this time o year tae cry this a ...
Scots Tung Wittins 146 Fairnie, Robert 2,397 1 0.42

... be at the hert o government an that ilka depairtment shuid big the airts an culture intae thair decision makin. Coorse, ...
Scots Tung Wittins 147 Fairnie, Robert 2,430 1 0.41

... she stertit the adaptation "the Scots that emerged was a big surprise" tae her. Accordin tae her, it wis mair her ...
Scots Tung Wittins 152 Fairnie, Robert 2,359 1 0.42

... can complouter thegither tae exchynge information an big pairtnerships tae steer the forderin o regional an ...
Scots Tung Wittins 155 Fairnie, Robert 2,593 1 0.39

... Rummlie Thump an his faimly. They pent glue on the Big Deid Tree tae trap unsuspeckin burds for their supper o ...
Scots Tung Wittins 156 Fairnie, Robert 2,436 2 0.82

... (dodgy) hit wonders is murnin the loss o thair front man, Big Jazza, that haed juist dunched his motor intae a bus ...
... recordin o thair new album. The position micht be taen bi Big Jazza's wee brither, Danny McGlone, (played bi Tom Urie) ...
Scots Tung Wittins 158 Fairnie, Robert 2,396 1 0.42

... course she got the chance tae hiv a wee tête-à-tête wi the big man: "Sir Peter, Ah've settled doon jist fine here in the ...
Scots Tung Wittins 159 Fairnie, Robert 2,479 2 0.81

... It is, efter aw, shared experience that helps tae big a pairsonal history as pairt o a braider social history. ...
... Bit the Scots cam frae Ireland, gaun back a guid while In big leather boats an hed settled Argyll. The lands aroond ...
Scots Tung Wittins 161 Fairnie, Robert 2,701 1 0.37

... Mark Strand (that politely chaise a braw, cutty poem) an big names the likes o Alan Spence, Alastair Reid, Gwyneth ...
Scots Tung Wittins 162 Fairnie, Robert 2,130 1 0.47

... the best wey tae promote Scots an will wark tae big a consensus on the maist appropriate role in oor society ...
Scots Tung Wittins 163 Fairnie, Robert 2,495 1 0.40

... airts. LABOUR:- Gien its diverse nature, we will wark tae big a consensus on the maist appropriate role in oor society ...
Scots Tung Wittins 166 Fairnie, Robert 2,498 2 0.80

... the Makar he is. Naebody is a tabula rasa but no awbody is big eneugh tae acknowledge it. The sonnet The Inquisition o ...
... tae speir "THON CHUCKIE STANE YE TAEN - WHIT DID YE BIG?" as if the wecht o thair heritage lay heavy-like on ...
Scots Tung Wittins 171 Fairnie, Robert 2,524 1 0.40

... professional associes an aw ither interestit bodies tae big up thair ain ongauns tae gie a lift tae respeck for, an ...
Scots Tung Wittins 172 Fairnie, Robert 2,164 2 0.92

... to say my over-arching view of this case is what a pair of big weans you are, you and Mr Christie - him in the huff and ...
... wunner gin Sheriff Munro wad hiv cried Sheriff Wood a big wean or on the ither haund wad Sheriff Wood hiv pitten ...
Scots Tung Wittins 174 Fairnie, Robert 2,357 4 1.70

... hap on a bink) an pyntin oot sichts on the wey but the Big Brither can juist see sheep, sheep an mair sheep. He'd ...
... the islands o Skye, Muck, Rhum, Eigg an – Kiltie. The Big Brither haes tae decide gin he wants tae be seen as ...
... staundart an the pawkie taigelt wire seetiations caused bi Big Jessie's deifness is wordy o ony clessic farce. The ...
... the blithe strains o the accordion played bi the character Big Jessie (a gey Scottish joke!) an the audience clappin in ...
Scots Tung Wittins 175 Fairnie, Robert 2,364 1 0.42

... Phil's portrait o her, "Not jist want to save up for a big Polaroid, naw?". The twa unreconstructit males still ...
Scots Tung Wittins 176 Fairnie, Robert 2,409 3 1.25

... an they war baith keen tae highlicht thon on thair big day. It wis guid that they war able tae get whit they ...
... is a young lassie bidin in a tenement wi her Mammy, Daddy, big brither Patrick an wee twin sisters, Mona an Rona, an she ...
... no tae say that bad things disnae happen. They dae - in a big wey. It's hou they're haunnelt that maks the difference. ...
Scots Tung Wittins 44 Fairnie, Robert 2,312 1 0.43

... fin that thae yins wis juist as bad, if no waur, nor the big yins A got the week afore an gey near ilka week afore that ...
Scots Tung Wittins 46 Fairnie, Robert 2,181 2 0.92

... or river. Yacker.................a big stane atween a chuckie an a bowlder. ...
... onie kinna offeecial wey. The forgaitherin wis haudit tae big the Owerband intae a mair organized an structured kinna ...
Scots Tung Wittins 48 Fairnie, Robert 2,614 1 0.38

... tae keek ower the staunin o Scots in the scuils, an tae big Scots a sickert neuk inower the curriculum insteid o haein ...
Scots Tung Wittins 51 Fairnie, Robert 2,596 2 0.77

... curns. Aiblins we shuid be haein a thocht noo on hoo tae big up a mair formal infrastructure amang us aw juist in case ...
... in genral ower the hail o Scotland. It ettles an aw tae big up the ingate tae buiks athin aw the airts o Scottish ...
Scots Tung Wittins 54 Fairnie, Robert 2,686 1 0.37

... an font kythe in thair mercats. TESCO haes noo stertit tae big a new muckle-mercat in Musselburgh (the Honest Toun) an, ...
Scots Tung Wittins 55 Fairnie, Robert 2,454 3 1.22

... The abuin Scottish Fund For The Disabled is proponin tae big up its monthly magazine, Wheels, fae A5 size tae A4 wi a ...
... content afore furthsettin. Wi the SFFTD ettlin tae big up the circulation o Wheels, fae juist ower a thoosand the ...
... cuid oniebodie get nor yin that's taen a guid twa year tae big up? Naebodie kens whit the SCCC is feart o for Brian ...
Scots Tung Wittins 56 Fairnie, Robert 2,683 1 0.37

... haein ti dae athoot ful-time staff or sic time as thay can big up a growthier siller-flow. Thon staff, in the shape o ...
Scots Tung Wittins 58 Fairnie, Robert 2,396 1 0.42

... alaft The colliers douned graith wi shod an shuil haft An big hashie cheils holed weil ower the shaft. An thaim that war ...
Scots Tung Wittins 60 Fairnie, Robert 2,328 1 0.43

... o leadin weemin in the Scottish Theatre. Its ettles is tae big uphaud tae gie weemin the inlat tae tak owerance for thair ...
Scots Tung Wittins 62 Fairnie, Robert 2,606 2 0.77

... New Year thon auld sang haesna kythed; a rehearsal for the Big Ane neist year whan London program high heid anes will ...
... tae mak siccar thay dinna mak the same mistaks whan the big ane comes roond at Hogmanay 1999? For us, the high-lichts ...
Scots Tung Wittins 68 Fairnie, Robert 2,509 1 0.40

... the hoose. The twa craiturs wis lik bogles wi muckle big heids, bumflie een, wee airms an wee shanks. For the first ...
Scots Tung Wittins 70 Fairnie, Robert 2,337 2 0.86

... speir whit wey onie Aiberdeen supporter can end up wi a big heid. ~~~ooo~~~ The Gaels Hae a Word For It. Neist ...
... an the singer on the tape wis still giein San Francisco big licks but wi a slower an deeper vice. He set Eddie's pint ...
Scots Tung Wittins 71 Fairnie, Robert 1,807 2 1.11

... season, it wad cure onie o its supporters frae haein a big heid an, frae his fotie in Aiberdeen's Green Final, Wee ...
... tae normal agane but puir wee sowl, he nae suiner gits his big heid sortit oot, whan he haes tae dree a broken hert. At ...
Scots Tung Wittins 72 Fairnie, Robert 2,214 1 0.45

... wis taen bi James Watson o Woodlands Schuil, Durris an the big-anes gree wis gien tae Josh Wright o Cults Academy, ...
Scots Tung Wittins 79 Fairnie, Robert 2,611 3 1.15

... Scottish journalists is:- sitooterie, wallies, Glesgae, Big Tam, the Tally connection, meeja, Broon fae Troon, Say nae ...
... ceity. The Ulstèr-Scots Leid Societie haes been ettlin tae big up the leid, that's maistlie spoken ootside the touns, an ...
... wipers hid a gey tyauve copin wi it an e dubs on e road at big it wis mair like drivin alang a burn. We made up wir minds ...
Scots Tung Wittins 84 Fairnie, Robert 2,306 1 0.43

... aw thae ongauns costs siller sae the associe is seekin tae big up its maimbership. Maimbership subscreivins rins frae ...
Scots Tung Wittins 85 Fairnie, Robert 2,560 1 0.39

... it a name? Hooiver, ae day he his a package aat wis ower big tae ging throwe e letter box so he chappit on e door. An ...
Scots Tung Wittins 86 Fairnie, Robert 2,513 1 0.40

... uised leids athort the hail o Europe. It's proponed tae big up an IT foondit resource, whaur fowk can lairn Scots nae ...
Scots Tung Wittins 87 Fairnie, Robert 2,587 1 0.39

... raisons whit wey the Scottish Executive isna gaain tae gie big licks aboot uphaudin the Scots leid, (2) tae descrive the ...
Scots Tung Wittins 88 Fairnie, Robert 2,712 1 0.37

... graith in ither schuils. This ploy haes been stertit tae big up an intrest in whit maist fowk see as a deid language. ...
Scots Tung Wittins 94 Fairnie, Robert 2,651 1 0.38

... need aboot £2.5m aw thegither, ettles tae estaiblish an big up the first naitional library on the wab o Gaelic an ...
Scottish Parliament: Committees: Audit: Official Reports: Meeting 16, 2001 Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body 3,075 1 0.33

... colleges were in severe financial difficulty, there was a big debate about whether we could get that information and ...
Scottish Parliament: Committees: Audit: Official Reports: Meeting 8, 1999 Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body 10,830 3 0.28

... have been dealt with. Recently, I read a statement from a big company in Scotland, British Energy, which said: "We have ...
... is just one example, but it is typical of what a lot of big firms will have done. Without wishing to argue with the ...
... payroll and agricultural subsidies. Those are the big pieces of computing that sit at the heart of many of the ...
Scottish Parliament: Committees: Education, Culture and Sport: Official Reports: Meeting 29, 2000 Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body 29,546 2 0.07

... 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 ...
Scottish Parliament: Committees: Education, Culture and Sport: Official Reports: Meeting 30, 2002 Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body 12,368 4 0.32

... no one solution, but we recognise that the challenge is a big one. Irene McGugan: Could you expand on your comments ...
... the four years between 13 and 17, we would be taking a big step forward. The 85 per cent target figure is being met ...
... because some school PE facilities are not yet big enough to cope with delivering two hours of quality PE a ...
... would have a summary version in English. It would not be a big deal to make that accessible. Members of the public may ...
Scottish Parliament: Committees: Enterprise and Lifelong Learning: Official Reports: Meeting 30, 2000 Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body 16,827 10 0.59

... the Finns and the Swedes are doing. That sounds like big stuff, but if we are serious about staying ahead, that is ...
... that there are different solutions. There is no single big bang that would suit the various needs of different parts ...
... of globalisation, rather than on the opportunities. The big oil companies in Aberdeen are committed to the knowledge ...
... of the new economy and e-commerce. The oil companies are a big pull factor—those are the words that were used. Many of ...
... sector? As Nick Johnston said, the oil companies are the big players in the area. Is there a tendency for the ...
Scottish Parliament: Committees: Enterprise and Lifelong Learning: Official Reports: Meeting 7, 2002 Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body 17,759 6 0.34

... are glad to be able to present that evidence to you. The big picture must not be forgotten, however. The economic ...
... in such areas to see all the tobacco advertising on the big hoardings there. If we are putting in so much money to ...
... we are doing—it is counterproductive to let this big industry continue to target new customers. That is what ...
... any more or if it did not need to be up against a great, big— Miss Goldie: If this measure succeeds, will ASH wind up? ...
... their brands into other areas. We want to put across a big message about the danger of the product—that is what we ...
Scottish Parliament: Committees: Equal Opportunities: Official Reports: Meeting 2, 2003 Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body 12,710 4 0.31

... that has been said. From our perspective, awareness is a big problem. Many workplaces and employers seem to think that ...
... things are being done appropriately for them. One of my big bugbears about the participation of children and young ...
... which, as I said earlier, I use as shorthand. Is it a big mistake to use EYDP rather than the longer form? Perhaps ...
... depend on the context. If the term is being used in a big document, it could sometimes be abbreviated. Perhaps every ...
Scottish Parliament: Committees: European: Official Reports: Meeting 4, 1999 Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body 15,274 6 0.39

... the UK—are particularly sensitive about that. The third big issue in the treaty of Amsterdam is the idea of a stronger ...
... of the institutions of the EU. Liz and Dermot touched on big countries' rights. Coming from a small country, which I ...
... thrilled with anything that will protect the rights of the big countries. I am much more concerned about the smaller and ...
... wants. There is a great danger that the arrogance of the big states will cause the EU to implode. I would be interested ...
... on qualified majority voting? That can often mean a big difference to a small state. Dermot Scott: Ireland's view ...
Scottish Parliament: Committees: Finance: Official Reports: Meeting 19, 2000 Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body 11,626 1 0.09

... 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 ...
Scottish Parliament: Committees: Finance: Official Reports: Meeting 21, 2002 Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body 20,078 1 0.05

... information will come, and so that we will not take too big a step in the first instance or a step beyond what local ...
Scottish Parliament: Committees: Health and Community Care: Official Reports: Meeting 10, 2003 Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body 13,883 1 0.07

... join the committee today. The OFT proposal is a seriously big issue out there, especially in my constituency in the far ...
Scottish Parliament: Committees: Health and Community Care: Official Reports: Meeting 1, 2001 Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body 17,433 3 0.17

... 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 ...
Scottish Parliament: Committees: Justice 1: Official Reports: Meeting 10, 2002 Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body 3,118 1 0.32

... staff why they think it works. I know that there will be a big controversial debate on the topic, but it is important to ...
Scottish Parliament: Committees: Justice 1: Official Reports: Meeting 28, 2000 Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body 25,369 1 0.04

... closer to the microphone and speak into it? This is a big chamber. Mike Flynn: No problem. I do not think that the ...
Scottish Parliament: Committees: Justice 2: Official Reports: Meeting 7, 2001 Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body 20,871 1 0.05

... was general agreement that, given that this will be a big inquiry, we would like to understand at an early stage how ...
Scottish Parliament: Committees: Local Government: Official Reports: Meeting 4, 2003 Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body 6,683 1 0.15

... 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 ...
Scottish Parliament: Committees: Public Petitions: Official Reports: Meeting 16, 2001 Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body 21,057 2 0.09

... 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 ...
Scottish Parliament: Committees: Rural Development: Official Reports: Meeting 28, 2000 Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body 18,258 1 0.05

... at the Fisheries Council meeting in November and at the big meeting in December, but I will work closely with my ...
Scottish Parliament: Committees: Rural Development: Official Reports: Meeting 34, 2002 Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body 10,831 1 0.09

... Might not that be a preferable global outcome? That is a big question, but it is fundamental to that policy objective. ...
Scottish Parliament: Committees: Social Justice: Official Reports: Meeting 2, 2001 Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body 15,873 5 0.32

... realised that the previous question would open up such a big subject. Bill Aitken: In my experience, Scottish Homes has ...
... arrangements. We would like the committee to consider the big bang approach to implementing the tenancy. Secondly, it is ...
... does not touch on the private sector, which also faces big housing problems. I believe that the changes to the ...
... Commission-driven tidying-up of the process. There is a big question about those bills and I am not at all confident ...
... the money in other ways. As a result, there has been a big reduction in the money for improvement grants. The issue ...
Scottish Parliament: Committees: Social Justice: Official Reports: Meeting 2, 2003 Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body 17,917 8 0.45

... the problems that emerged quite early, especially in the big cities, authorities—other than in Edinburgh and ...
... general assumption is that more of them are around than big properties. The task is bigger. The volume of work should ...
... to the student population and, whether students had big flats or small flats, it was not going to get out of the ...
... the professionalism of private landlords, both small and big. As I said in answer to the question about local housing ...
... to go down. We must bear it in mind that there will be big differences in the nature of the problems that authorities ...
Scottish Parliament: Committees: Standards: Official Reports: Meeting 11, 2001 Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body 5,232 4 0.76

... flurry of e-mails, saying, "It wisnae me, guv, it was a big guy who broke the windae and ran away." Kay Ullrich: Or a ...
... guy who broke the windae and ran away." Kay Ullrich: Or a big, black dug. Mr McAveety: There is an issue surrounding the ...
... history—and certainly not here—has the identity of the big, black dug been found. Mr McAveety: Have there not been a ...
... Kay Ullrich: But as far as committees are concerned, the big, black dug has never been found. Lord James ...
Scottish Parliament: Committees: Subordinate Legislation: Official Reports: Meeting 33, 2002 Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body 3,927 1 0.25

... The Convener: The change to the priority need test is a big measure. At the very least, it should be subject to the ...
Scottish Parliament: Committees: Transport and the Environment: Official Reports: Meeting 31, 2001 Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body 15,521 1 0.06

... of transferred diseases and transferred genes. Those are big issues. As Dick Shelton said, the risks must be carefully ...
Scottish Parliament: Official Report (05/12/02) Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body 62,853 9 0.14

... 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 ...
Scottish Parliament: Official Report (07/09/00) Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body 52,710 4 0.08

... 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 ...
Scottish Parliament: Official Report (09/05/02) Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body 64,392 5 0.08

... 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 ...
Scottish Parliament: Official Report (16/02/00) Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body 30,443 2 0.07

... 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 ...
Scottish Parliament: Official Report (25/01/01) Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body 69,086 5 0.07

... 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, ...
Scottish Parliament: Official Report (26/09/01) Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body 33,438 8 0.24

... to be ever the bridesmaid and never the bride at such big events. The group's report sets the cost of free personal ...
... Organisations must retain their independence without big brother looking over their shoulder. No doubt Bill Aitken ...
... offers pockets of money and—in the interests of balance—big wedges of money for its pet projects. I say to the ...
... system, capital funding is not, by and large, a big problem. The main issue that faces those organisations ...
... core funding for next year. A lack of core funding creates big problems for staff, because they are not sure whether they ...
Scottish Parliament: Official Report (27/03/03) Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body 52,991 10 0.19

... 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 ...
Scottish Parliament: Report on Inquiry into the role of educational and cultural policy (English) Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body 9,117 1 0.11

... the skills to fit into niche markets - language is a big part of this. 119. Increase funding for initiatives which ...
See the Boat Blair, Anna 213 2 9.39

... Great day's here, You cannae beat Your once't a year, your big-big treat To sail the Clyde fae Broomielaw At risin' tide, ...
... day's here, You cannae beat Your once't a year, your big-big treat To sail the Clyde fae Broomielaw At risin' tide, wi' ...
Serendipity and ither poems in Scots and English Blackhall, Sheena 12,339 1 0.08

... limes, malaria Elephants an wud monsoons Coconuts an big baboons Seagull, spurgie, blackie, doo Microwave an ...
Sermon: Gordon Mackintosh - On Being Christ-like N/A Audio 4,835 1 0.21

... presses, there were not so many copies of things, so a big part of that we can say would be practical, that Joshua ...
Sermons Morrison, Mr Robert 3,660 1 0.27

... to me and telling me that though I played the organ in the big Kirk I would have to be born again So that was old Jocks ...
Sing Us One of the Old Songs - Why Teach Ballads? Petrie, Elaine 3,470 1 0.29

... the famous quip often attributed to American blues singer Big Bill Broonzy has it: any song is a folk song ‘cause I ...
SKARRS Forde, Catherine 5,474 11 2.01

... Bloody hypocrite. 'This your wee Danny, Susan? Gettin' a big lad, aren't you, son?' Bog off! Like my Old Dear, I fix my ...
... too, trying not to see the coffin in front of it. I'm not big on small talk at the best of times. 'Your lad'll be upset, ...
... takes my mind off the drone drone drone of Grampa Dan's big send-off. A-bide with me... I mean, Jesus! Whose idea was ...
... reading in church today, giving 'The Lord's My Shepherd' big licks in his by-the-way-I'm-a-teacher voice. Except he ...
... be long till I'm the one getting the bumpy ride in the big pencil case. I can see the bones of his knuckles poking ...
Summertime Templeton, Sheila 86 1 11.63

... stocking seams, they shouted for lemonade, better still a big bottle of American Cream Soda, long spoons and the tallest ...
Talking, Reading and Writing about Fiction Texts McGonigal, James,
Philp, Andrew		 3,138 1 0.32

... (f) Why is the part about the storeroom notice written in big capitals? As an alternative to focusing on a particular ...
Tetchie Auld-timer Henderson, John 149 1 6.71

... Ma hurdies they’re aye achin. Ma big tae’s goat the goot. Ma hearin’s nae sae guid they days. ...
The Almond Tree Sangster, Maureen 494 1 2.02

... by her mou or his bit naethin came o that except a muckle big funeral wi a lot o sponges an a lot o tears, Granny saying ...
The Annals of Arbuthnott Part One Williamson, Isabella 23,042 5 0.22

... 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 ...
The Annals of Arbuthnott Part Two Williamson, Isabella 15,890 10 0.63

... are remembered. The school was lit with paraffin lamps. A big stove and open fires supplied heating; wet clothes were ...
... Roberts playing the cornet and Les Watt singing "With the big Kilmarnock Bonnet". On another occasion at a concert ...
... made out of clay or stone, not glass as today. The big one was called a peever but this was later changed to a ...
... joined with a piece of fine string about two foot long. A big wooden reel was balanced on the string and made to travel ...
... They later moved to Bamph Croft. The corn was milled by a big white horse called Meg walking round and round in a ...
The Boddamers' Monkey Blackhall, Sheena 8,148 1 0.12

... The stooshie rages ben Braemar, like burn that's big wi spate. Gee-gaws an tartan trinketry are set at ilkie ...
The Borth’ick Waitter Rodger, Matt 21,032 19 0.90

... hei sayed thit hei hed been descrived is ane expert (ae big wurd) sae it hed been necessar fur him tae pruve til the ...
... yon, whit wis kent is the dryin green, it the back o the big hoose, whare the claithes wur peggit oot tae dry, the auld ...
... the ferm hoose. The Skelton faimlie wur the tenants o the big hoose, is fer back is A can mynd; an than, i the late ...
... ae gey wheen yeir an serd saivrel tenants whae rentit the big hoose. Jimmy likit his nip o whuskie an whan hei gat aff ...
... Whan A wur ae callant, thar wur saivrel servans i the Big Hoose, whae bade on the premises. Agness Rutherford, gin A ...
The Braw Guidwyfe an hir Nicht Veisitors Purves, David 2,460 1 0.41

... an wi hir lassies, she keepit awthing naet inby the big ferm houss. Thegither, did thay no cuik an bake, claen an ...
The Buik o Ruth: 02 - Psaum and Ca tae prayer Borrowman, A S 169 1 5.92

... STAUNAN An God bigna the houss, they fash for nought wha big at it; an God keepna the brugh, he waukens for nought wha ...
The Emmick and the Gresslouper Hubbard, Tom 224 1 4.46

... She’s ower the loch, and or the dawn She’ll fetch some big braw insect-Doctor. Zm zm : zm zm It wis the April she set ...
The Ettin's Guidwyfe that Greined for Paerls Purves, David 3,176 1 0.31

... ae thing ma hert greins for, an that is a string o paerls. Big an braw thay maun be, for ti luik weill on a heich bodie ...
The Fallen Horse Blair, Anna 242 3 12.40

... icy street A Clydesdale horse Skliff and lose its feet. A big-big horse Sprachle, legs apart An' fankle its hooves Wi' ...
... street A Clydesdale horse Skliff and lose its feet. A big-big horse Sprachle, legs apart An' fankle its hooves Wi' the ...
... like that Up Kyle Street East. It looked that wild Wi'its big teeth bared And it pechin' hard W'its nostrils flared ...

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