Example sentences for: cited

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  • The eight English proverbs cited above thus have respective equivalents as follows: Plus valet manibus passer quam sub dubio grus It is better to have a sparrow in the hand than a crane in doubt; Sero quam nunquam melius Better late than never, literally Late than never better; Sic fuit, est et erit: similis similem sibi quaerit Thus it was, is and will be; like seeks like for itself: notice the rhyme; Currens per prata non est lepus esca parata A hare running through the meadows is not a ready meal: a nice variation on the bear and his skin; Donati non sunt ora inspicienda caballi Gift horses do not need their mouths looking into: Scopae recentiores semper meliores New brooms are always best; Factum infectum fieri nequit A deed not done cannot happen: a negative equivalent to the English positive What is done cannot be undone as an alternative to the spilt milk; Roma non fuit una die condita (but of course, of course).

  • The examples that they cited included the following.

  • (Incidentally, Chatterbox should confess here that in an earlier item, he said Ellis told Diaz that "some of the scientists" Diaz cited had economic ties to Metabolife competitors; on closer inspection of the raw transcript, Chatterbox now realizes that Ellis made that accusation only about Heymsfield . Metabolife's repetition of the reference to Heymsfield's Slim-Fast link, in notes interspersed throughout the manuscript, tricked Chatterbox into thinking, mistakenly, that there was more than one Metabolife critic who was receiving payment from a Metabolife rival.)

  • The key evidence cited in the report: 1) a red residue on the plane's seats showing "chemical elements consistent with solid missile fuel" and 2) a government radar tape showing a fast projectile on a collision course with the plane.

  • Khouri, a native of Paducah, Ky., site of a major school shooting, cited the familiar litany of parental neglect, breakdown of education and community, and the Internet as causes of teen violence.


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