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Her eyes narrowed, as if she suspected him of lying.

Dispersion between the performance of the best and worst performing funds narrowed modestly but continued to be at historically wide levels.

Madeleine, taking pity on the tree, began to water it until she caught Leonard looking at her one day, his eyes narrowed with suspicion.

Carmen Elcira narrowed her eyes and studied his face. He was wearing the plainest of clothes, with sunglasses propped on his head.

The cheeks flattened, the pale eyes narrowed, and one corner of his mouth began to twitch.

The stent is usually left in permanently after doctors clean out a narrowed artery with angioplasty treatment.

The cave narrowed after a while, but we were able to continue through a narrow gap by crawling into a water-filled fissure in the rock.

Then the field was narrowed down, and I was one of about 10 invited to actually cook for the first lady, a luncheon audition.

The spread between yields on two-year notes and 10-year notes narrowed, taking the Treasury curve to its flattest in a week.

My daughter narrowed her eyes at me. She knew what was coming.

Based on the teeth, they narrowed the candidates to children of a certain age, which experts indicated was most likely about a year old.

The searching has narrowed down to a few streets where the gunman might be hiding.

There could be more factors in a very complex organization but, for simplicity sake, we have narrowed down to a few key considerations.

The roadway is about twelve feet wide, but it is narrowed every few yards by little stalls where goods of every conceivable kind are sold.

Kobe Bryant narrowed his eyes and pursed his lips during Monday night's postgame news conference.

Even if the private-state divide can only be narrowed, the country would be changed greatly for the better.

And I believe, this gap would be narrowed by the push of market, after the system of globalization has been full-developed.

However, an official from the airline says the search area has now been narrowed down to a zone of a few nautical miles.

It was inevitable that this primacy should have narrowed as other countries grew richer.

The merchant narrowed his eyes. "I will give you fifty gold ducats, for I see that this is a rare treasure indeed. "

The U. S. trade deficit with Japan narrowed slightly for a while, but then took off again.

Since the beginning of the 20th century, the meaning has been narrowed down to "the alcoholic beverage made from grapes" .

At the conference yesterday, our differences were further narrowed done. The nest step is to wark out a solution acceptable to both sides.

But Doris Haddock became annoyed if anyone made much of that. Her large, dark eyes narrowed then, and her gentle voice acquired an edge.

His eyes were still narrowed, and there was a crease on his brow.

It's not necessary to check all the processes in system, the safety check scope is narrowed, the system efficiency is increased.

Some of those rivals have narrowed Apple's lead or even surpassed the company by some measures.

In the case of the large bond trader, the bridge has narrowed to the size of a thin wire.

Search narrowed after, small ord will have found a cash shop to developers.

Her eyes narrowed and her head flattened. And when she licked her lips, her nephew saw that her tongue was forked.

"Coward! " someone shouted, and Rexxar's eyes narrowed as he straightened to his full height, the twin axes rising to shoulder level.

Blades of rosette leaves narrowly spatulate to oblong-oblanceolate, gradually narrowed into a petiole; corolla rose.

We prayed, and the gap between little and no hope narrowed. We withdrew life support the next day.

Then they narrowed down to which family it was then which household then which man.

Other data may show the trade deficit narrowed in September as a weaker dollar boosted U. S. exports and made imported goods more expensive.

They narrowed the search for the missing boy down to a few streets near the church.

Truth is narrowed down and made a plaything for those who are weak, for those who are only momentarily discontented.

Differences between the two on Iraq and Afghanistan have narrowed predictably since the election.

VOA has learned that the U. N. chief has narrowed his list for the top U. N. human rights post to three candidates.

They also narrowed down decision making to make it more manageable, or malleable depending on your perspective.

Coronary artery disease - narrowed arteries that supply blood to the heart muscle.

The report implies that this range should be narrowed.

The commune members have not been narrowed. Instead, their international eyesight and antennae have been enhanced increasingly.

However, with exports growing faster than imports during the latter part of the year, the visible trade deficit then narrowed somewhat.

The bank narrowed its third-quarter loss as impairment losses on bad debts shrank.

On the contrary, the field must be narrowed to agents of reasonable cost, suitable for stockpiling, whose production could be expedited.

Compare this to Listing 1 where the result of key lookup is immediately narrowed down to the desired string by selecting s: name children.

In absolute terms, the surplus was, however, almost entirely narrowed by the pull-back in export volumes.

The road had narrowed to an old camel path and the dropoffs were more precipitous than ever, but we decided to forge ahead.

PCI is a treatment procedure that unblocks coronary arteries that have narrowed due to atherosclerosis or atherothrombosis.

and a bulge portion which bulges the outlet towards the nozzle portion in a gradually-narrowed manner.

Also, they may point out some contracts have since narrowed their losses, at least on paper.

Owing to the above, to some extent, culture gaps have been narrowed down in the multinationals.

But whosoever turns away from My Message, verily for him is a life narrowed down, and We shall raise him up blind on the Day of Judgment.

He narrowed his eyes against the sun.

Missile garrisons are not difficult to identify once their location can be narrowed to a certain geographical area.

But China's trade surplus has narrowed in recent months, even turning into a small deficit in March.

Omar Khan's small eyes narrowed and his mouth formed a disgusted circle.

At this point your list should begin looking narrowed and nearly final.

They have narrowed down the search area after finding a fourth man clinging to the capsized fishing vessel off the Florida Coast.

The report said the gender pay gap had narrowed only slightly since 1995 when it was 17 per cent.

It is narrowed down by an ideal, by the sanctions of various religious beliefs, by unending fear.

The Tories' once-commanding lead in the polls has narrowed in recent weeks and there is now a real contest for power.

She narrowed her shoulders and covered herself with the bedsheet as she obediently read on.

He narrowed his eyes at her. She looked a lot more mature, and brilliantly excited.

However, he remains confident of catching United and refuses to believe the gap cannot be narrowed before they meet in April.

I'm tired, and a narrowed eyes, a few lines of clear tears Shan however down. . .

"We will know in the next few hours whether the two sides have narrowed their differences sufficiently to secure a deal. "

The teachers narrowed the search for the missing boy down to a few streets near the school.

From there, the researchers narrowed down the possibilities until they identified the genes and enzymes necessary for alkane production.

Leaves several, all basal, tufted, grasslike, gradually narrowed into a filiform, distal part.

The current-account deficit narrowed despite a reduction in the transfers surplus and the emergence of a small deficit on services.

Each of those discoveries further narrowed the perceived gap of intelligence and culture between Homo sapiens and Pan troglodytes.

Edward's eyes narrowed as we ganged up on him, but, finally, he nodded once and sprinted smoothly through the kitchen's back door.

Although the difference between the two markets has narrowed, the discrepancy will remain for some time.

Although Milo has narrowed Teri's location down, it is still too large of an area to pinpoint the exact spot.

one may love another but when that love is limited, narrowed down to one person, then it ceases to be love.

Probably the scope for the application of the policy needs to be greatly narrowed.

I could continue with this list for days but I narrowed it down to 7 of the hottest women in Hollywood.

Increasing the amount of the stabilizer decreased the size and narrowed the size distribution of microspheres.

Follow the suggestions presented above while wading through the options and -- once you've narrowed your choices -- compare components.

Liverpool have narrowed the search for a stadium naming-rights partner down to just three global companies.

That situation remained unchanged in the year of the IPO itself, where most companies' losses widened rather than narrowed.

During the summer months in North America, roadways are often narrowed by rows of orange barrels and cones.

Russian elections are increasingly reminiscent of the Soviet era, when choice was narrowed to one candidate and one party.

His eyes narrowed. I wanted those reports yesterday so I could get my notes ready.

He complains that continual assessment has narrowed the syllabus, and that children are not taught narrative history.

Candidates for the new list have been narrowed down to 21, including the Taj Mahal, Stonehenge, the Acropolis and the Great Wall of China.

The planning committee has narrowed down the possible locations for the nuclear power plant to two coastal towns.

Moreover, the service account deficit narrowed modestly, mainly owing to an increase in revenue from royalties and patents.

This was also a time when the gulf between rich and poor narrowed.

The planning committee has narrowed down the possible location for the nuclear power plant to tow coastal towns.

We have narrowed it down to you and two other candidates.

While spreads have narrowed significantly, emerging market debt, particularly local currency bonds, remain attractive, he adds.

The economic gap between America and a rising Asia has certainly narrowed; but worrying about it is wrong for two reasons.

People become absorbed in their activity, and focus of awareness is narrowed down to the activity itself, action awareness merging .

In this period, the retina of the small blood vessels narrowed or blocked, other cystic formation of blood vessels expand.

As the child grows, a valve that was ballooned may once again become narrowed.

However, the figures show that the gap between the flows has narrowed considerably in recent years.

The growth differential with America's economy has narrowed and is expected to contract further this year.

I finally narrowed down the problem to microprocessor churning during analog-to-digital-conversion cycles.

VOA has learned that the UN chief has narrowed his list for the top UN human rights post to three candidates.

Yingli hopes the gap can be narrowed as Yingli increases its brand awareness and international expansion.

The income gap narrowed slightly in 2008, according to the most recent data available, but it remains unclear if it will continue shrinking.

In bronchitis, areas of the bronchial wall become inflamed and swollen, and mucus increases. As a result, the air passageway is narrowed.

Leaf base often narrowed into a petiole, spurless.

Janet's eyes narrowed to slits and her face showed horror and amazement, and I enjoyed seeing it.

The police have narrowed down their list of suspects by finding out the criminal's blood type.

Once you've narrowed it down, focus on building up ties with the people that fit best with you.

For Chinese nationals, the answer can be just China, or narrowed down to the specific province or city.

Wu Sun-fu made no comment. He frowned and narrowed his eyes to scan the two new arrivals.

Remember, when talking about tokens, you have to consider the entire lifetime of the token and not be narrowed down to a single invocation.

Zedekiah Smith narrowed his eyes, turning them even beadier.

The gap between the rich and the poor should be narrowed.

The outperformance of longer maturities narrowed the difference in their rates with shorter-dated debt, or flattened the yield curve.

They narrowed the search to 372 genes that were active among the smokers but not in the cells of the nonsmokers.

It is not good that the wage gap between women and men has narrowed by less than half a penny per year since 1963.

As the reform further develops, the scope for mandatory land plans module be narrowed, patch the scope for mart forces will be large.

Traders noted that the premium between H shares and Shanghai A shares had narrowed to the lowest level for nearly three years.

Leaves lanceolate to ovate-orbicular, base narrowed, margin usually slightly hard, cartilaginous.

But with the implementation of our present policy on the mainlanD, the growth rate will be rapid and the gap will be narrowed.

Cheng Ze narrowed her cold eyes, let people feel a shiver all over though not cold.

Corolla salverform, tube cylindric, throat narrowed, without scales, lobes overlapping to right.

With the passage of time, fictitious economy will not expand endlessly; there is a moderate scale for narrowed fictitious economy.

For this article, I narrowed the focus for creating a hybrid cloud application to one cloud provider: Amazon.

After scouring the internet and leafing through magazines for ideas, I'd narrowed down choices. Now I just had two shops to try.

Pale-yellow eyes narrowed. Black lips tightened, exposing double sets of two-inch fangs.

Classes are defined solely to inherit from some framework, where that framework is narrowed by a single class attribute.

Leaves tufted at rhizome tip, inconspicuously petiolate, gradually narrowed toward base.

Which narrowed the range of the group's responses and pointed them in the wrong direction.

The differences in conditioning and access between public and private have narrowed in nearly all amenity categories.

The pupil can be narrowed or widened according to the amount of light that enters the eye.

The gap in black and white voter registration has narrowed dramatically throughout the South.

Occurrence of multidrug resistant strains closely associated with abuse of antibiotics narrowed the clinical option of common antibiotics.

The difference between the upper- and working-class adults has narrowed to less than 0. 06m.

But Mr. Romney had a more comfortable 20-point lead when the field was narrowed to the most likely five contenders.

As the competition narrowed, the media covered it like a war or the O. J. Simpson trial.

styles connate into a clavate to subglobose column, narrowed at base, 3-lobed at apex. Fruit not known.

Meanwhile America's trade deficit has narrowed, and manufacturing employment has stopped falling.

Last season, Dutch midfielder Edgar Davids filled the gap but was constantly drawn infield and narrowed Spurs' attacks.

On cameras equipped with a variable shutter, the shutter angle can be narrowed to change shutter speed.

Once you've narrowed down your top networks, consider what you value about each one.

Culture Genesis Theory has narrowed the origin of the western modern science revolution.

Through various fly-behavior experiments, Miesenboeck narrowed down the critic center to a clump of just 12 cells.

A positive attitude also has been shown to help patients who suffer from heart disease caused by narrowed arteries.

The price fluctuation of caprolactam was narrowed and the difference of price with benzene was tended towards stable.

Thursday's July trade report is expected to show the gap narrowed slightly, which would ease pressure on third-quarter economic growth.

He felt the gap was narrowed by technology, anyway, allowing some who left to do their share.

I narrowed my gaze to him, then sprung on to him tearing his limbs apart, fast and in a malicious manner.

Similarly alcoholics' lives are narrowed and dehumanized by their dependence on alcohol.

Earlier this month, a series of votes by a nominating committee narrowed the list of candidates for director-general.

Now interest rate differentials with the US have narrowed to needle-eye dimension, those flows have stopped.

Since then the gap has narrowed but the latest reports, for June, still showed London just above the national average.

Distribution also greatly narrowed, zhi cheng above, below, jiang poyang lake and jiang, has seen the baiji figure.

"How nice. " She didn't sound like she thought it was nice at all, and her pale, fishy eyes narrowed.

" Me? They are going to move in on me? " Cheng Ze narrowed her cold eyes.

You can almost see the spit harden in the corners of his pursed lips, while the blood coagulates in his narrowed eyes.

Through soft smoke, they narrowed their eyes, looking for some kind of possibility anxiously.

The fitting error was introduced to design the adjust step of quantum rotation door, thus solution space was narrowed.

After many interviews, the list for the new sales representative was narrowed down to two people.

In an interview with HSBC, they point out that China's trade surplus has narrowed significantly (see chart 2).

But the income gaps of rich countries have narrowed, so living standards in the West today are roughly the same between town and country.

Just short of 140 titles were put in for this year's prize and later narrowed down to a confidential "long list" of 13 by FT staff.

Credit spreads have narrowed significantly and the big banks are recovering, some even making enough money to pay back Tarp bail-out funds.

But some can become thick and narrowed ( stenotic ) or curled at the edges and leaky (insufficient).

Then they narrowed in on two genes that had the strongest age-related correlation.

The gap between the two parties has narrowed considerably.

Moreover, with the LED performance continues to improve, the cost difference will be further narrowed.

His eyes narrowed and took on a sinister cast.

A gun with a narrowed bore near the muzzle.

The police narrowed the alleged murders down to three people.

It is limited, narrowed down by thought, by the fragmentation of our senses.

As the pricing discrepancy narrowed, the fund realised huge gains.

ECONOMIC policy is rarely uniform on either side of the Atlantic, but the differences in some cases are exaggerated or soon narrowed.

The selection committee has narrowed down the original pile ofapplications to just these five.

Before the turn of the millennium, cosmologists had narrowed the list of cosmic ingredients.

Severus whirled around, black eyes narrowed in anger and muttered something under his breath.

High energy costs hurt consumer spending and narrowed corporate profit margins.

Over the year to end-May gold was up by 25% while corporate-bond spreads narrowed sharply.

Granny Yinjiao liked Qiuqiu very much. She liked her little pigtail, her small mouth and her eyes which were always narrowed into slits.

The other boy was looking at the old man with narrowed eyes.

China's trade surplus narrowed in September but the moderation is unlikely to placate external critics.

Lower sepal broadly funnelform, gradually narrowed into an incurved spur.

Other cases of congenital hydrocephalus involve a narrowed mesencephalic aqueduct with obstruction to CSF flow.

Through complacency and bitter experience, the scope of progress has narrowed.

The tube has a deflated balloon in the tip. When the tube is placed in the narrowed valve, the balloon is inflated to stretch the area open.

The sigmoid colon and upper rectum were pressed backward and narrowed on colic photography.

But while the gulf between the two nations may have narrowed, the challenges before us have only grown.

The median new-home price fell 9. 1% from a year earlier and inventories narrowed by 7. 3%.

There is extensive calcification, especially at the right where the lumen is narrowed.

In a world of humans, in a midnight moment of the night, I narrowed eyes, leaned listen to the rain staples.

Results are narrowed with each typed letter and returned in neatly divided categories.

If the capillaries are narrowed by plaque, this process cannot take place properly.

Leaf blade ovate to triangular or narrowly so, base mostly rounded to cordate and abruptly narrowed into petiole; seeds unwinged.

Once you've narrowed the field down to the top three or five applicants, it's time to interview.

But many found their money trapped after the market tanked in 2008, and the number of potential bankrollers has narrowed.

BEIJING, April 5 -- The candidates for music production in China's first musical film have narrowed down on three Taiwan pop musicians.

The police have now narrowed down their list of suspects.

These critics contend schools narrowed their focus to comply with the law.

Finally Griff looked up from the parchment, and those pale eyes narrowed. "Tywin Lannister dead? At your hand? "

Haddon also a relative, is suffering from lung cancer, after drinking Noni mass narrowed. Dr.

The police have narrowed down their list of suspects.

Areas of disagreement are highlighted and sometimes even narrowed.

Petals 5, yellowish, lightly longer than calyx, lower part helmet-shaped and abruptly narrowed, reflexed, apex acute.

Xiao Li has narrowed down his choice of MBA programs to three American universities on the East Coast.

From the viewpoint of centuries, the questions that come to us are narrowed and few.

Average values were narrowed down to postcode level using an automated system.

The specific target star has not yet been selected, but its choice will be narrowed by a number of factors.

Pa's eyes narrowed down to pale-blue slits. All the usual paranoia had settled in.

As the reform further develops, the scope for mandatory state plans will be narrowed, while the scope for market forces will be enlarged .

Aspirin thins the blood, letting it flow more easily through narrowed blood vessels.

That gap has narrowed considerably; the two are now practically neck-and-neck.

Filaments broadly and asymmetrically winged below middle, abruptly narrowed apically; seeds broadly winged, discoid.

Not only has China's merchandise trade surplus narrowed, but investment income from China's stash of foreign reserves has also dropped.

We have constructed wider freeways, but our viewpoints have narrowed.

24 (23) Culm sheaths with a triangular protuberance on higher shoulder, blade not narrowed at base.

Its external imbalance has narrowed, but a big internal imbalance remains.

As the reform further develo , the scope for mandatory state pla will be narrowed, while the scope for market forces will be enlarged.

Having narrowed your search in this way, take virtual tours by going on the Web sites of the schools you find attractive.

How would you choose, now that I've narrowed it down to three options?

However, Clinton's lead over Obama has narrowed considerably in recent polls.

The roadway is about 12 feet wide, but is narrowed every few yards by little stores , where goods of very conceivable kind are sold.

Income disparities have narrowed sharply.

The announcement narrowed the odds that its credit will soon be reduced to junk status .

Police said initial reports had identified 22 pupils as missing, but the number was eventually narrowed down to three.

Many people who snore are also suffering from obesity, and have narrowed the air passageway in their throats due to their poor health.

But the current-account deficit has not narrowed by as much as hoped.

The investigation was finally narrowed down to those who were absent that afternoon.

The losers narrowed their chest, and their shoulders slumped.

The gap remains enormous by historical standards, but has narrowed.

It appears voters in France have narrowed down the field of presidential candidates to two.

They narrowed in on more than 100 candidates, but needed more detailed data to confirm the stars' identities.

If this is so, the defense of non responsibility should be narrowed rather than broadened.

It is true that spreads between conventional US bonds and bonds issued by Germany and the UK have narrowed (see chart).

He's really punching hard, jaw clenched, eyes narrowed, muscles flexed.

It could keep Volvo if necessary: although Volvo lost $231m in the second quarter, sales have since improved and losses have narrowed.

Spreads on Greek bonds narrowed marginally this week as the markets turned their attention to Portugal and Spain (see article).

After you've narrowed it down, contact someone who's working in the field that interests you.

However, this share has narrowed as exporters have been diversifying into new markets in order to reduce their dependence on the EU.

Ryel's eyes narrowed and he nodded to his guard.

Though the gap has narrowed in recent years, the differences remain large.

Leaves alternate, sheathed and clasping, broad to narrow, strongly plicately veined, basally usually narrowed.

This is cerebral atrophy in a patient with Alzheimer's disease. The gyri are narrowed and the sulci widened toward to frontal pole.

China's trade surplus has narrowed in recent months on the back of domestic demand.

After jumping as much as2. 5 percent early on, oil prices narrowed their gains this afternoon.

Typically, DM competitions attract close to 3, 000 applicants, which are then narrowed down to about 100 finalists.

As growth in the US has slowed and the dollar weakened, the US trade deficit has narrowed sharply.

later , the romans narrowed the term to refer to black and dark brown colours only.

We have narrowed down the list to four candidates.

AC Milan still sit top of the Serie A table with 62 points from 30 games, but second-placed Inter have narrowed the gap to two points.