However, the chanting of the five precepts was to occur while the novice was dressed in the ochre robes, rather than when she was bejewelled.
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If a man has a daughter she must be properly dressed, married at a reasonable age, taught to behave modestly in the presence of strangers.
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She took little interest in how she dressed.
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Even in a centrally heated home, the patient may still feel the cold, so he may need to be dressed warmly, and wear thermal socks.
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He is dressed in a toga with sinus and umbo.
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How can we change this patient's dressing without risking infection?
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Every factual report, no matter how dressed up in rational language, or inundated with figures and charts, is also part of the performance of publicity.
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The course is devoted to seeing how heritage sites are made and dressed for public use.
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The two men are dressed alike to make plainer the role reversal and synthesis.
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The result then is a request for preferment that is dressed as a grand compliment.
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Another utilitarian motivation can be suggested for the consumer behaviour of these better-off popolani: that dressing well was good for business.
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I think she is dressed like a dud; can't say how she would look in the costume of the present century.
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If you're not dressed up, if you're wearing very casual clothes, then you're going to treat everything very casually in a way.
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The specific forms that this aid and assistance typically take include 'personal care' (such as bathing, dressing, feeding and transfers) and housekeeping tasks.
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Getting dressed requires both attention, in order to follow instructions, and awareness of the sequence in which one dressed oneself in the past.
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Collocationswithdress
dress
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black dress
The summer uniform consists of ablackdress, with a white cape and apron.
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blue dress
Directing the reader's gaze onto herself, she reveals her person outfitted in "a delicate lightbluedress, a white bonnet prettily trimmed, and an equally chaste shawl" (13).
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ceremonial dress
Items of ceremonial dress for animals include headpieces, reins and browbands.
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