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31) Yet other species exhibit variation patterns that defy analysis of the sophistication of present-day biology.

32) And I defy any of you to think of an amusing sign-off joke involving Nick Cave and badminton.

33) The Asaimara were thereby convinced they could successfully defy the Government.

34) She said she would defy the party leader and vote against him.

35) His changeable features, his tones, gestures and expressions seemed to defy descriptions.

36) Flares feature highly in the line up, as do dizzy platform shoes that defy gravity.

37) Graham complains that some sound bites that survived the editing process were so short as to defy understanding.

38) He was constantly setting out rules for Kyle, only to see Kyle ignore or defy them.

39) Gloucestershire County Council would defy the Government and spend an extra ￡10m.

40) Teachers can not be dismissed for insubordination unless they willfully and deliberately defy school authorities or violate reasonable school rules.

41) They defy customs, laws and traditions in a move toward social, moral and political liberty.

42) Newspapers started to defy the strict censorship imposed during the coup and to poke fun at Mr Serrano.

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43) Most refuse to defy the cultural definition of masculinity, to overcome their fears, or to relinquish their male privilege.

44) And now Tzanibey has seized the chance to defy you and poison it?

45) We must be careful in controlling our natural urges to defy musical interpreters.

46) We hope you will find this helpful - though, inevitably, there are some events which defy simple classification.

47) Would she send the troops in to show that nobody could defy the federal government?

48) A few defy credibility: Alliance invited for innocent, beautiful, charming, compassionate, sober, soft-spoken and good natured divorcee.

49) Laura believes that those of her sisters or cousins who defy the instructions are doomed to failed marriages.

50) No-one as protected as that would ever be so abandoned as to defy her guardian.

51) At home, Edna was in her final campaign against Jane Ming-li, who continued to defy the new order.

52) Almost twenty separate categories are listed but there are also pages and pages of other activities which defy classification.

53) The inlet is an almost perfect semi-circle backed by huge cliffs whose vegetation-hung rocks defy their position.

54) With all these artists' patches there are some sounds which are great and others which defy logic.

55) Look at how a single candle can both defy and define the darkness. Anne Frank 

56) To defy convention, surrender her virginity, to a man she neither loved nor desired must be quite out of the question.

57) Nowadays she returned to defy the enemy: to keep her vow.

58) These are collocational ties which in many cases defy literal interpretation, and have to be understood metaphorically.

59) To act on or defy a socially established rule has effects on all who benefit or suffer by its observance.

60) In their anomalous behaviour electric arcs seemed to defy Ohm's Law and she discovered the cause of this.