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But sharp-eyed fans have noticed that the series seems to be uncomfortably close to some specific American hits.

When Paul found that the teacher was reading his composition to the class, he began to shift uncomfortably in his seat.

He was perched uncomfortably on the canted edge of a rocker and his eyes couldn't seem to find my face.

Furthermore, the assumptions on which GM was basing its plans were a good deal too rosy and left uncomfortably little margin for error.

Like it or not, Canada is uncomfortably dependent on the United States as a market, with 76% of its exports going to its southern neighbour.

We either uncomfortably hang our belongings on a public coat rack, or across the back of our chair for the world to see.

The moment was captured by the behind-the-scenes cameras, offering a reality TV moment uncomfortably close to Afghanistan's reality.

The evening meal would not be served for at least an hour, and he was uncomfortably aware that he hadn't had a bite since early morning.

But none of it really hit home till last week when I was in China, where I got to see people and poultry mingling uncomfortably close.

And secondly, because she was exactly the right height to rest her chin upon Alice's shoulder, and it was an uncomfortably sharp chin.

One lodged between his collar and neck; it was uncomfortably warm and he snatched it out.

Despite a year of sluggish growth, America's underlying prices have been rising uncomfortably fast.

The clear pond here is full of thousands of red carp that seem to swim on top of each other quite uncomfortably.

They rested uncomfortably on the edge of the couch as she sat in her father's big leather chair.

Though rarely asked out loud, this question lurks uncomfortably in the back of every art student's mind.

But as she hurried down the subway stairs, she started to feel uncomfortably warm.

She felt uncomfortably worried about her mother.

The money supply is now shrinking in Britain, suggesting its uncomfortably high inflation will pass.

She carried her heroism to the pitch of knitting socks for the forthcoming baby, although to do so made her heart palpitate uncomfortably.

But the strong euro, especially if it stays at an uncomfortably high level for some time, will worsen the trend, says Robert Prior of HSBC.

"Well, " he said uncomfortably, " which part? "

He paused and shifted his weight uncomfortably, as he always seemed to do in my presence. "Shall we go outside? "

Anaesthetizes the patient to have disgusting or the vomit after the technique is quite common, the patient feels extremely uncomfortably .

The same day the Fed said "inflation could persist for a time" at uncomfortably low levels.

At the very least the BIS is caught uncomfortably between the legal logic of the holdouts and the political logic of sovereign countries.

This would be a shame, as it is intensely and uncomfortably thought-provoking.

I twisted and turned uncomfortably in my sleeping bag, which I had rolled out on a hard bunk in the room close to the kitchen.

She twirled her hair playfully, pretending not to notice how he shifted uncomfortably in her presence.

He began fidgeting and moving uncomfortably in his seat.

Again, China's leaders concluded they were uncomfortably dependent on the quality of economic management abroad, particularly in Washington.

Even a conversational voice reverberates and is uncomfortably loud, causing them to feel motion.

So, while small plastic action figures are great for a toy company, they would probably sit uncomfortably for a professional services firm.

Is not very now happy ~ you also like this, knew that I have uncomfortably?

Meanwhile, News Corp has started to look uncomfortably like a legacy media company.

To consider the possibility of falling prices may seem odd when inflation is still uncomfortably high.

Darwinism seemed to emphasise the darker sides of human nature, and that sat uncomfortably with socialism.

may reflect uncomfortably much of the sun's light on to our faces.

Rather than stretching uncomfortably to woo primary-voting activists, Mr Bloomberg can be himself.

"I. . . there are a lot of lives that depend on me" said Rick uncomfortably "I. . . need time to think Minmei, " said Rick finally.

Uncomfortably strong currencies and overheating economies pose an excruciating dilemma for policymakers.

Irish bond yields scaled new euro-era highs, uncomfortably above their levels when a bail-out package was announced in November.

Without the church's budget cut, finances would be uncomfortably tight right now, leaders said.

One should have the courage to think uncomfortably , since it is only by rejecting the convenient that one can come to think the truth.

As there wasn't anything to do in the place but work they were uncomfortably conspicuous loafing about the streets.

Thanks to TechCrunch for making our Monday a bit more uncomfortably weird.

But plenty of the humour comes from situations that are uncomfortably plausible.

deeply provincial and conformist; in that well-educated company I felt uncomfortably provincial; narrow provincial attitudes.

"The fact is, unless you're buying from a beekeeper, you're at risk, " was his uncomfortably blunt reply.

Like Saab, Volvo sits uncomfortably between the volume producers and such marques as Audi, BMW and Mercedes.

Microsoft sold its software, uncomfortably bundled with the hardware of manufacturers, to corporations.

Last summer there was a succession of uncomfortably hot days.

Its main facade, an intricate composition of limestone window frames, sits uncomfortably alongside the Georgian-style town houses.

With the labour market so strong, and inflation still uncomfortably high, the central bankers were sensible to sound hawkish this week.

When it comes to emotions, most of us are used to experiencing uncomfortably clashing feelings.

Consumer prices are rising uncomfortably fast, and people's expectations of future inflation, by some measures, have inched upwards.

This Wall Street crash, however, has made the latent conflict of interest between Goldman's public and private faces uncomfortably real.

The pallid, perhaps empty background intensifies the aggravating tonal color of pink that settles uncomfortably in the viewers eyes.

Avoid dairy products, which can uncomfortably coat the throat and mouth, as well as cause an upset stomach.

By this time the mist had vanished beneath the sun, which was growing uncomfortably hot.

At home, August's CPI data, due Friday, is expected to show inflation easing but remaining at an uncomfortably high level.

Normally, after face cleansing my skin would feel very dry, uncomfortably tight and often accompanied with itching.

To be uncomfortably tight or restricting, as clothes.

Inflation is uncomfortably high, and dumping more money into the economy would only make things worse.

The waves were rocking the little boat, rather uncomfortably.

But uncomfortably for President Obama, it pits school lunch advocates against people with no lunch.

Such piety[8], however, sits uncomfortably with the gambling, the neon lights and prostitution that are forever gaining ground.

For those people, particularly the representatives from Wall Street, the crisis has become uncomfortably personal.

This might imply nominal interest rates significantly above 6 per cent for an uncomfortably long period.

However, this sits uncomfortably alongside the view that more active management of the human resource is necessary.

Rampant free enterprise also lives uncomfortably alongside the country's official ideology.

Some cannot help expressing their feelings: They cry, shake with anger, or laugh uncomfortably .

Yet such diligent efforts to reduce the firm's tax burden sit uncomfortably with IKEA's socially conscious image.

His back ached, and his shirt felt uncomfortably tight against his stomach.

You'll have more fun if you're not feeling uncomfortably full and then guilty about having eaten too much.

Uncomfortably high unemployment has many causes, so the cure will probably also have many parts.

The air was uncomfortably hot and smelled of sulfur and charred meat.

He was clean shaven, and his large face looked uncomfortably naked.

I've been struggling with squishing what needs to get done into an uncomfortably small timeline.

The hazard, the author notes, rests (rather uncomfortably) in the horizontal seat.

The number of people claiming jobless benefits is rising uncomfortably fast.

Scobie shifted uncomfortably in his chair.

But, to an outsider, the country's politics also seem uncomfortably polarised.

But the ambiguities of science sit uncomfortably with the demands of politics.

Are your jeans feeling uncomfortably tight after Christmas?

He is uncomfortably aware that his reputation for competence and morality has been badly damaged by the Iraq war.

Always work hard on something uncomfortably exciting!

Even in the U. S. , inflation is running at an uncomfortably high 3. 6%, despite an economic growth rate of just 1. 9%.

Now imagine you're in an uncomfortably hot room.

But there could still be an uncomfortably long period in which the world has to cope with higher energy costs.

The wounded soldier writhed uncomfortably in pain .

Yet you can sit in an uncomfortably hot room for hours.

Till then, the housekeeper must simply keep her head down, apologize uncomfortably and make a quick and determined exit.

But both tend to agree that unemployment will stay uncomfortably high for a long time.

My stomach feels uncomfortably heavy .

It was late on a weekend afternoon in the spring of 1959, and , though it was May, uncomfortably warm.

Even if everything works, the ratio of debt to output will be uncomfortably high, nearly 150 per cent, when the bail-out blanket is removed.

Worryingly, spreads for Spain are also now uncomfortably high, at 240 basis points, while those for Italy have reached 190 points.

Because is rhinitis done is throat uncomfortably, do how?

They also attract hot money from abroad, which has helped to make the real uncomfortably strong, hurting exporters.

As a result, many property markets are still looking uncomfortably overvalued.

To those who are fond of flowery expressions, the Englishman may appear uncomfortably cold.

Some of Goldman's links with the government were uncomfortably close.

Overall, food inflation remains uncomfortably high (see chart), in part because of costlier raw materials.

He wriggled uncomfortably on the hard chair.

Joe listened, shifting uncomfortably from one foot to another.

He wriggled uncomfortably on the chair.

Both of them rest uncomfortably now in my ancestral memories.

Because we want to fit as much text as we can in a web page, we sometimes set font sizes to uncomfortably small sizes.

The stakes in this game are uncomfortably high.

That implies an uncomfortably high loan-to-deposit ratio of 160 percent.

I smiled uncomfortably, and took his hand in mine.

The reason of snake's ecdysis is its skin too tightens and it feels uncomfortably.

Without them, many sounds become uncomfortably loud almost as soon as they can be detected.

The economy's apparent seizure sits uncomfortably with the ECB's decision to raise interest rates to 4. 25% on July 3rd.

and debt is uncomfortably high, at over 90% of GDP, and rising.

Inflation remains uncomfortably elevated at 5. 5% year-to-year in October.

In a slump, inflation often falls uncomfortably low: prices might rise by only 1% over the year, for example.

As for the young themselves, the picture is uncomfortably mixed.

To those who are fond of flowery expressions, the English may appear uncomfortably cold .

Again and most uncomfortably Banneker felt his color change. "Yes; I have, " he admitted.

So if we live in a language, I live solely, and somewhat uncomfortably, in this one.

Other developing countries are also feeling uncomfortably inflated by the hot money pushing up their currencies or flooding their economies.

Then they either sweat most uncomfortably all night, or sleep on top of the bag anyhow.

Chances are you spend a lot of time waiting for or riding the bus, alongside dozens of strangers in often uncomfortably close quarters.

"Nothing, " Sophie said uncomfortably. "We've been rather busy. You shouldn't talk about Fanny that way, Martha. She is your mother. "

The crocodile, on the other hand, is uncomfortably close.

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