I refuse absolutely to accept this mumbo-jumbo thatdraftsmanshipis necessarily so difficult.
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I have long since learnt that such omissions are not due to sloppydraftsmanship.
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In my submission, that is not the way to make for absolute clarity so far as moderndraftsmanshipcan devise.
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It may well be imprecise and inexact; it may not quite meet the high demands of parliamentarydraftsmanship.
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It is one of the curious oddities of our parliamentarydraftsmanshipsystem.
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The clause has a modest and limited objective, and it claims no special elegance ofdraftsmanship.
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That kind ofdraftsmanshipof applying one general enforcement blanketing over the whole provisions of this elaborate scheme, is not good enough.
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What on earth is the meaning ofdraftsmanshipof that kind?
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I cannot think it is beyond the resources ofdraftsmanshipto see that both these holes are stopped, and that both courses are prevented.
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That we occasionally encounter these questions ofdraftsmanshipseems to be unavoidable.
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Therefore, while in common sense terms what we were saying made sense, in parliamentarydraftsmanshipterms it did not.
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I certainly do not confuse parliamentarydraftsmanshipwith a clear definition.
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It would probably be baddraftsmanshipto add an "etcetera".
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I cannot help feeling that that is a pity, although this clause represents mydraftsmanship.
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I consider that it is a matter of inadequatedraftsmanshipof words when we resort to use of the word "thing".
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