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So far as I knew, my mother, though not a professed atheist, had never given a thought to religion in her life.

Therefore, she confronted him and professed that after all those years, he was still the only man that she had ever loved.

His professed attitude to the political process was that of the critical Public Choice theorists.

When I called him at his home in England, he professed to be just as confused after 15 years of thinking about Japan as Hearn was.

Whatever he professed was said in such a profound manner that we were all immediately propelled to be more productive.

Their problem was that they professed to have knowledge beyond their area of expertise.

The three men immediately professed their innocence, but Mr. Ghosn went on national television to say the company had evidence against them.

She professed total ignorance of the matter.

She was a painter herself and, among those who professed to know, it was said that she had far more talent than he.

Many a man has professed to me that his brain never works so well as when he is swinging along the high road or over hill and dale.

The deity in which he professed belief was one based on reason rather than faith.

Their professed aim is nothing less than the subversion of Western society by "flower power" and force of example.

He listened well pleased to a long speech of Ferdinand's, in which he professed to love her above all the ladies he ever saw.

He professed to know nothing about the matter.

Her grandchildren professed to have no interest in the silkworms at all.

The developed-country change reflects alterations in professed policy by Russia, Canada and a few others.

Despite Che's professed goal of food and education for all, he felt no obligation to provide for his own family.

darcy professed a great curiosity to see the view from the mount , and elizabeth silently consented.

It is the charm of the African necromancer who professed with a feather to turn aside the winds.

although she professed fear of the russians , she seemed to have ambivalent feelings toward philby himself.

He professed himself to have made a great mistake.

He refused to admit he was a devil worshiper and professed the strength of his faith.

He professed to value everyone's opinions, but he really believed that life was a war and his team members were his troops.

It has sometimes seemed more interested in settling scores than in its professed goal of democratic reform.

Perhaps the most significant aspect of Ford's renaissance has been its professed focus on quality and the bottom line.

Leonardo made quite a point of distrusting the knowledge that scholars professed so dogmatically .

S. secretary of state, whom he professed to love. After he fled the compound, looters made off with a gold-plated cocktail trolley.

Communist power crumbled in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union because citizens no longer believed in their leaders' professed ideals.

Some people are skeptical of the leaders' professed sympathy for the poor.

His professed conversion was apparently meant to soothe independents. But it may rattle the Republican base.

She suffered first degree burns to 35 per cent of her body at the hands of Chris Kelly, a man who professed to love her.

As for the remainder of the provision, though, Justice Black professed to read it literally.

If the homes of professed Christians had a right religious mold, they would exert a mighty influence for good.

In finish process, professed equipment and technique for ironing be applied could more perfectly attain to the aim which customers require.

She professed herself satisfied with the progress so far.

Methods: integrated teaching mode was professed by in experimental class, but the control class adopted traditional teaching mode.

These self-professed "fruit powders" (Apple fans) sneer at the fruits of the translators' labor.

I'm rather sceptical about their professed sympathy for the poor.

Despite its professed opposition to criminal activity, the tobacco industry benefits from smuggling in several ways.

Atonement is the natural profession of the Children of God, because they have professed me.

A general law or rule, adopted or professed as a guide to action, a settled ground or basis of conduct or practice.

"They professed their fondness so effusively and often that they sounded like high school sweethearts at a Hallmark card display, " Mr.

He professed to be puzzled about such base suspicions of Soviet motives.

Despite the two countries' professed fraternal love, Mr Kim will resent greater Chinese influence.

Many professed Christians are always doubting and fearing, and they forlornly think that this is the necessary state of believers.

For years, Spader professed a desire to stay home with his family and work only sporadically.

Each has a mixture of motives for this (see table), aside from any professed belief in territorial integrity.

He professed himself a supporter of the President.

And its professed independence is largely illusory.

As I professed in a previous post, I'm a hardcore believer in free will.

Surprisingly, he also professed a fear that regulatory overhaul may be going too far.

But Mormons have always professed their faith to be Christian, and there is a consensus, I think, that they believe themselves to be so.

Germany has always professed EU solidarity on energy, but its actions have often suggested the opposite.

Besides, he professed that it was foolish to buy perfumed oil to make the body fragrant.

Mr Magnanti still professed to be shocked about his daughter's past.

When approached at their offices in Beijing Thursday, they professed bemusement, not fear.

China's rulers supremely confident in their own tradition, professed little need of Western goods and ideas.

Mr Sarkozy, say the sceptics, will lose his reformist zeal once in power, drop his semi-professed liberalism, and ultimately se chiraquiser.

He filled an album with photos of Condoleezza Rice, the former U. S. secretary of state, whom he professed to love.

Neither the SPD nor the Greens are keen on the Left Party, whose NRW branch includes professed communists.

The developments could test Mr. Obama's professed commitment to network neutrality.

Gregory and Basil fought strongly against delay in being baptized once faith was professed.

Many of the brands that Mr. Liu works for expressed their sympathy for him, and professed their continuing support.

but in 1991 the leading industrialized nations professed a determination to complete the round successfully .

He professed his loyalty to the United States.

And let's hear how you reconcile them with your professed love of freedom.

And there he was: Lancel, her cousin, Ser Kevan's son, who had once professed to love her, before he decided that he loved the gods more.

A day later he professed a deep-seated love of the European Union.

He professed his loyalty to his country.

They will likely ask some technical questions to test your professed level of expertise; sometimes there will be a written test.

Mr Obama's oft-professed goal of capping America's emissions of greenhouse gases has come to naught.

He is a self-professed expert on everything-he proves to be the classic bumbler.

It's a sentiment once professed for every artist from Shaun Cassidy to Paul McCartney.

The deals were also leaked, to the professed chagrin of advisors on both sides.

He professed himself satisfied with the progress made.

"The God I believe in is a god of second chances, " Bill Clinton professed.

power, not the very thing they professed to desire for so many years?

a group of effete self-professed intellectuals.

TCRLO never professed the innocence of President Chen but it filed for protection of civil rights under SFPT and TRA.

He professed that he knew nothing about the plot.

whereas Brian CaIIahan just professed his Iove for you.

He professed that he could do nothing about it.

They professed optimism about the outcome.

He professed that he was not happy with the idea.

Yet the real target for 2010 may well be Google, for which Zuckerberg has always professed a profound admiration.

Mr. Snodgrass hastily professed himself very much obliged with the handsome offer of the gentleman who had spoken last.

Most condemn such excesses and have, in the past, generally professed an aversion to politics.

Of particular note is that as professed knowledge about the smart grid increases, so too does the concern regarding privacy.

Certainly, this is not how most people understand the EU's oft-professed values.

it is therefore less often openly professed.

The self-professed King of Perfumes has a shop on the second floor.

I'm a self-professed aggressive driver.

What this means, says Dr Barrasso, is that "Dr Berwick is a self-professed supporter of rationing health care. "

She professed a Belief in God.

He professed his admiration for their work.

The Kijuro diplomacy which professed "an absolute non-interference in China's internal affairs" came to an end in 1927.

In fact, there are now more Muslims in America than Episcopalians, the faith professed by many of America's Founding Fathers.

Is my return, my rise to power, not the very thing they professed to desire for so many years?

pretense a professed but feigned reason or excuse; a pretext:

He professed to despise everything that had happened since 1850