• They knew the city might well end the practice before they could obtain a license, and they knew the courts could nullify the marriage before the ink was dry.
• It happened in 1983 and it happened in 1993 and if it happens next weekend, the record books will have to be re-written before the ink is properly dry.
• The ink is barely dry on the deal, but already interested parties in Australia are focussing on the process ahead.

• Calvert points out that the floods triggered by the recent storm surge had demonstrated the eco friendly nature of the dry latrines.
• Under this Act construction of a dry latrine and its manual cleaning was made an offence.
• But even where activists have successfully sealed dry latrines, the fate of the people is pathetic.

• During the growing season, keep the roots moist in dry weather and take care when weeding, as blackcurrants are shallow-rooted.
• On my first visit to the short grass plains of the southern Serengeti, they were as parched and dry as any desert.
• The polar continental is usually a dry air mass, having little distance to travel over the sea.

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• Almost all of these are away from major rivers, dry creeks, and sagebrush flats, where recent sediments tend to cover the older rocks.
• When water from a nearby active stream flooded into the dry watercourse, the nests and eggs, like those on the flats, were inundated with mud.
• In Australia, salt is produced by solar evaporation from sea water, saline lake waters, underground brines and harvested from dry lake beds.

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• Residents have turned to the murky pond for their water supply, as truck- and pipe-borne sources have been almost dry.
• Since then, one of the wells used to supply the community with water has gone dry.
• Hesaraghatta lake, one of the biggest sources of fresh water supply to the city, went dry quite sometime ago.

• Early in the afternoon, they approached a small cottage, where no well could be seen, but the pilgrims were thirsty and dry.
• Ice cream sells better in winter in pedestrian malls and large department stores, whose air-conditioning systems often make shoppers feel hot and dry.
• The drinking habits of the time involved the guest calling for a drink every time he felt dry.

Synonyms

• Yearling cattle, heifers and dry cows could be used to follow finishing cattle to clear off paddocks that have dried out.
• Some winter feeding regimes such as the overwintering of dry suckler cows require little more than maintenance diets.
• Cow numbers were held constant at 100 mature lactating and dry cows, plus replacements.

• However, I kept noticing things before we left, like my face was too dry, then my hair was too dry, then I had to find lip gloss because my face was looking blah!
• If you can't find a conditioner for black hair, try one designed for dry hair instead as these will have a similar effect.
• If your hair is very dry, damaged or chemically treated, treat yourself to a deep conditioning once a week.

• Chances are quite good that lunch on any given weekday was a hamburger patty and cheese on plain, dry bread served with fries.
• He hardly ate, a bag of nuts or dry bread seeing him through the day.
• I also enjoy a light, fluffy omelet, or maybe basted eggs with bacon or strawberries and dry toast.

Synonyms

• I always love the incredibly dry, spare tone of the Times when it approaches ultra-weird subjects.
• The politician's agenda does tend to be as dry and unemotional as his personality.
• A dry skepticism likewise informs her views on the art world, and on the varying fortunes of Duchamp's work and reputation within it.

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• Some people compare it to an alcoholic still craving a drink after being dry for years, but I am a steady weight now and take pride in my appearance.
• Mr Keane senior was an alcoholic who would be dry for several months and a raging drunk the rest of the time.
• He is a dry alcoholic: that is, he simply quit one day, without going through Alcoholics Anonymous or any similar group.

• Isn't it obvious that such an elaborate grooming procedure would be left to after one has washed and dried one's hair?
• She quickly hopped in the shower, washed her hair, then dried it.
• To sterilise your jars before potting, wash them well then dry them in a low oven.

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• Brett saw Daniel leave and leapt up, trying to dry his eyes but he knew his cheeks were still tear stained.
• He got in his car and leaned his head back against the seat, he dried his eyes from threatening tears and drove off.
• Sasha dried his eyes up a bit by wiping them on his shirt and tried to talk straight.

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• When I helped Gemma to dry up, the tea towel slid on oily cutlery.
• Finished painting the conservatory, had something to eat, washed up, dried up, and ironed a top for tomorrow.
• ‘I'll wash, you dry,’ said Jake, turning on the tap and staring at the water that gushed out.

• Fragrant barks and dried flowers hold their own appeal.
• Healthy nibbles, for me, would be dried fruit, fruit and yoghurt.
• Because I am currently burning the candle at both ends, got home and made my bread, left it to rise, and made my Moroccan dried fruit salad.

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• Cattle were simply moved from one water place to the next: away from the river in the wet season, closer to it in the dry.
• There would be stubble after the crop's harvested, therefore cattle feed, especially in the end of the dry.
• The course is in top condition considering the dry, with a big help from the volunteers.

• From the waterhole an old camel pad led out over the ‘eighty miles dry’.