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be eligible for certifications under
Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, members of an advisory committee that is exempted by the Secretary under the preceding sentence who are special Government employees (as that term is defined in section 202 of title 18, United States Code) shall be eligible for certifications under subsection (b)(3) of section 208 of title 18, United States Code, for official actions taken as a member of such advisory committee.
— from Homeland Security Act of 2002 Updated Through October 14, 2008 by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Homeland Security

be expelled from caste until
And in default of this he will be expelled from caste until the next Amāwas of Phāgun comes round.
— from The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India, Volume 3 by R. V. (Robert Vane) Russell

b Eggs For children under
( b ) Eggs: For children under two years no eggs are given.
— from Dietetics for Nurses by Fairfax T. (Fairfax Throckmorton) Proudfit

be expelled for conduct unbecoming
Any member may be expelled for conduct unbecoming a gentleman, by a two-thirds vote of the members present: Provided , That one month's notice has been given at a regular meeting.
— from The Mountains of Oregon by W. G. (William Gladstone) Steel

bad end for coming up
In short, he took the cargoe and sold it some time after, yet still he seem’d to have some fears upon him least these proceedings should have a bad end; for, coming up with a Dutch Ship some time, when his men thought of nothing but attacking her, Kid oppos’d it; upon which a mutiny arose, and the majority being for taking the said ship, and arming themselves to man the boat to go and seize her, he told them, such as did, never should come on Board him again; which put an end to the design, so that he kept company with the said ship some time, without offering her any violence:
— from Pirates by Johnson, Charles, active 1724-1731

be exceptionally fine close up
Although the grass might be exceptionally fine close up to the trees, the temptation to feed in closer was resisted by the buffaloes.
— from The Pioneer Boys of the Columbia; or, In the Wilderness of the Great Northwest by St. George Rathborne

bright eyes fixed chillingly upon
But that lady merely met it with one of cold disdain and aversion, and, keeping her dark bright eyes fixed chillingly upon him, waved her white hand, in her imperious way, to the guards.
— from The Midnight Queen by May Agnes Fleming

bourgeois ethics from committing unlawful
If a man is prevented by his conscience or by other spiritualistic or bourgeois ethics from committing unlawful actions—unlawful in the wider meaning of the term—he is either not exposed to very grave temptations, or he has a nature so tame that the natural or legal punishments fully suffice to keep him within prescribed bounds.
— from The Positive Outcome of Philosophy The Nature of Human Brain Work. Letters on Logic. by Joseph Dietzgen

be exhibited for correction under
Consequently, the few erroneous examples which will be exhibited for correction under it, will not be undesigned mistakes.
— from The Grammar of English Grammars by Goold Brown


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