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He'd never before used it to describe their relationship, despite its appropriateness.
Bisher hatte er sie noch nie so genannt, obwohl der Begriff absolut zutreffend war.
Cook, Robin / SeizureCook, Robin / Die Operation
Die Operation
Cook, Robin
© der Originalausgabe 2003 by Robin Cook
© der deutschsprachigen Ausgabe 2003 by Wilhelm Goldmann Verlag, München, in der Verlagsgruppe Random House GmbH
Seizure
Cook, Robin
© 2003 by Robin Cook
He sat down on the bench beside Elis, and began to describe the various processes minutely, placing all the details before him in the clearest and brightest colours.
Mit diesen Worten setzte sich der Alte hin auf die Bank neben Elis, und begann sehr ausführlich zu beschreiben, wie es bei dem Bergbau hergehe, und mühte sich, mit den lebendigsten Farben dem Unwissenden alles recht deutlich vor Augen zu bringen.
Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor A. / The Serapion BrethrenHoffmann, Ernst Theodor A. / Die Serapions-Brueder
Die Serapions-Brueder
Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor A.
© des Textkorpus 1963 Winkler, Munchen
The Serapion Brethren
Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor A.
Results: We describe the steps for implementing a research task into the block placement in general practice.
Ergebnisse: Vorgestellt werden die Schritte zur Implementierung einer Forschungsaufgabe in das Blockpraktikum.
©2011 Moßhammer et al.
Due diligence the term is used to describe the process of intensive examination of the financial and economic situation and planning of a company by external experts (mostly banks, lawyers, auditors).
Due Diligence so bezeichnet man den Prozess der intensiven Untersuchung der finanziellen und wirtschaftlichen Situation und Planung eines Unternehmens durch externe Experten (meist Banken, Anwälte, Wirtschaftsprüfer).
To document a class so that it can be safely subclassed, you must describe implementation details that should otherwise be left unspecified.
Um eine Klasse so zu dokumentieren, dass eine sichere Unterklassenbildung möglich ist, müssen Sie Implementierungsdetails beschreiben, die ansonsten nicht angegeben werden.
Bloch, Joshua / Effective Java Programming Language GuideBloch, Joshua / Effektiv Java programmieren
Effektiv Java programmieren
Bloch, Joshua
© 2002 by Addison-Wesley Verlag, ein Imprint der Pearson Education Deutschland GmbH
© 2001 Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Effective Java Programming Language Guide
Bloch, Joshua
© 2001 Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Mega-parametric mass spectrometry methods are used in a hypothesis-free (..unbiased discovery") approach, to describe the biochemical phenotype of the materials under investigation from healthy subjects.
Megaparametrische Massenspektrometrie-Methoden werden in einem hypothesenfreien Ansatz („unbiased discovery approach") verwendet, um den biochemischen Phänotyp von Untersuchungsmaterialien Gesunder zu beschreiben.
© 2011 Deutsches Ärzteblatt
© 2011 Deutsches Ärzteblatt
As he likes to describe himself, 'a big, fat, balding, red-faced Jewboy', which is typically a less than completely fair description.
Er selbst beschreibt sich gerne als »großen, fetten, rotgesichtigen Judenbengel mit Halbglatze«, was, typisch für ihn, eine nicht ganz faire Beschreibung ist.
Bourdain, Anthony / Kitchen ConfidentialBourdain, Anthony / Geständnisse eines Küchenchefs
Geständnisse eines Küchenchefs
Bourdain, Anthony
© 2000 by Anthony Bourdain
© der deutschsprachigen Ausgabe by Karl Blessing Verlag GmbH München 2001
Kitchen Confidential
Bourdain, Anthony
© 2000, 2007 by Anthony Bourdain
Hampe et al. describe the test development of the 2006 HAM-Nat test form (HN2006).
Einen Überblick über die Vorarbeiten zur Entwicklung der 2006er Version des HAM-Nat liefern Hampe et al.
Notwithstanding the objectionable associations which attach to the term 'engineering', I shall use the term 'piecemeal social engineering' to describe the practical application of the results of piecemeal technology.
Trotz der unangenehmen Assoziationen, die dem Ausdruck >Technik< anhaften, werde ich den Terminus >Stückwerk-Sozialtechnik< für die praktische Anwendung der Resultate der Stückwerk-Technologie verwenden.
Popper, Karl Raimund / The Poverty of HistoricismPopper, Karl Raimund / Das Elend des Historizismus
Das Elend des Historizismus
Popper, Karl Raimund
© Karl R. Popper 1960/1987
© fur diese Ausgabe: Mohr Siebeck in Tubingen 2003.
The Poverty of Historicism
Popper, Karl Raimund
© 1957, 1960, 1961 Karl Popper
© 2002 The Estate of Karl Popper
The term 'retractable` is used more particularly to describe a concealable lamp the displacement of which enables it to be inserted within the bodywork;
Als "versenkbare Leuchte" wird insbesondere eine abdeckbare Leuchte bezeichnet, die durch Verschiebung in die Karosserie versenkt werden kann;
Forward-looking statements do not describe facts that have occurred in the past.
Zukunftsgerichtete Aussagen sind Aussagen, die nicht Tatsachen der Vergangenheit beschreiben.
© 2012 SMA Solar Technology AG
© 2012 SMA Solar Technology AG
A special place must be reserved for those colleagues who are themselves patients, and who know and can describe the world of the Parkinsonian with an incomparable authority, from the inside.
Ein besonderer Platz gebührt denjenigen Kollegen, die selbst Patienten sind und die Welt des Parkinson-Kranken mit einzigartiger Autorität, der des <Insiders>, kennen und beschreiben können.
Sacks, Oliver / AwakeningsSacks, Oliver / Awakenings: Zeit des Erwachens
Awakenings: Zeit des Erwachens
Sacks, Oliver
© 1973, 1976, 1982, 1983, 1987, 1990, Oliver Sacks
© 1989 by VCH Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, Weinheim
Awakenings
Sacks, Oliver
© Oliver Sacks 1973, 1976, 1982, 1987, 1990
Due diligence: the term is used to describe the process of intensive examination of the financial and economic situation and planning of a company by external experts (mostly banks, lawyers, auditors).
Due Diligence So bezeichnet man den Prozess der intensiven Untersuchung der finanziellen und wirtschaftlichen Situation und Planung eines Unternehmens durch externe Experten (meist Banken, Anwälte, Wirtschaftsprüfer).
In addition to these common procedures, specific evaluation manuals describe, in detail, the selection and decision processes, as well as the role of the various actors participating therein.
Zusätzlich zu diesen gemeinsamen Verfahren gibt es spezielle Bewertungshandbücher, in denen die Auswahl- und Entscheidungsverfahren sowie die Rollen der daran Beteiligten ausführlich beschrieben werden.
© Europäische Union, 1998-2011
© European Union, 1998-2011
They describe their own actions with relish; it was others who were, and remained, murderers.
Mit Wollust wird geschildert, was man selbst getan hat. Die anderen aber waren und sind die Mörder.
Canetti, Elias / Crowds and PowerCanetti, Elias / Masse und Macht
Masse und Macht
Canetti, Elias
© by Claassen Verlag GmbH, Hamburg 1960
Crowds and Power
Canetti, Elias
© 1960 by Claassen Verlag, Hamburg
© 1962, 1973 by Victor Gollancz Ltd

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