Here was a daughter whose child—even according to the ordinary aping of aristocratic institutions by people who are no more aristocratic than retired grocers, and who have no more land to "keep together" than a lawn and a paddock—would have a prior claim.
I have insisted to him on what Aristotle has stated with admirable brevity, that for the achievement of any work regarded as an end there must be a prior exercise of many energies or acquired facilities of a secondary order, demanding patience.
While this study looked only at adults, prior research has found that the benefits of education extend to the next generation, too, with every additional year of parents' schooling reducing their children's risk of death under age 5 by 3 percent for moms and 1.
She spoke to Henry Tilney on the subject, regretting his brother's evident partiality for Miss Thorpe, and entreating him to make known her prior engagement.
"It would be so easy to tell Miss Tilney that you had just been reminded of a prior engagement, and must only beg to put off the walk till Tuesday.
And while the abilities of the nine-hundredth abridger of the History of England, or of the man who collects and publishes in a volume some dozen lines of Milton, Pope, and Prior, with a paper from the Spectator, and a chapter from Sterne, are eulogized by a thousand pens—there seems almost a general wish of decrying the capacity and undervaluing the labour of the novelist, and of slighting the performances which have only genius, wit, and taste to recommend them.
I have a prior claim, I am the older friend.
Every Hindu home, rich or poor, it given a spring cleaning a few days prior to the auspicious day, whitewashed and adorned in a festive way.
Always clean items prior to selling, and try to repair them if possible.
Perhaps its from prior experience--but for whatever reason, it happened.
She voted prior to her return to Earth on Oct 30, 2016.
The auctioneer had initially estimated that the rare receptacle would sell for between 20,000 pounds and 40,000 pounds, though prior to the sale it revised its estimate to between 100,000 pounds and 150,000 pounds.
Prior research has shown that when office workers are exposed to minimal natural light during their shifts, they tend to sleep less at night than people who are exposed to more sunlight during the day—they also tend to perform less well on cognitive tests.
In prior incarnations, you never even thought about these people.
" The statement went on to say, "The 6-year-old was released from custody and returned to the school prior to being processed at the Juvenile Assessment Center.
Prior to sitting for a formal job interview, the candidates each recorded a conversation in which they were asked to briefly describe themselves.
The study, conducted by a group of researchers in Paris, France, builds upon prior research that had already established that having older siblings is associated with poor linguistic development.
Christmas tight The period of time after Christmas and New Years where the clothes you wore prior to the holidays that fit well, all of a sudden are a little tighter than they should be.
I posted the ad, for the first time in my life, and he hadn't even heard of the site until reading about it in the Times Book Review two weeks prior.
NBA Prior to the game, Clippers owner Steve Ballmer waited for Griffin to conclude his warm-up routine.
