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The atmosphere was electric, arguably thus followed by a powercut in the afterglow.
It was the effect of fog and freezing which caused the major powercut.
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I understand that, since the powercut, there has been a considerable increase in the number of men coming back.
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It has assured me firmly that under-investment was not a cause of the recent powercut, and its report seems to confirm that.
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All the agencies involved are reviewing their back-up plans in the light of difficulties caused to passengers after the powercut.
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It offers a private supplier an escape if there is a powercut caused by circumstances "not within his control".
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It can happen not only because of a failure of the machine itself but because of a powercut.
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Unfortunately, the damage of education cuts is not as dramatic as something like a powercut, but the results are just as damaging.
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Moreover, they will have their powercut off for landing, which means that there will be less disturbance.
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The powercut caused disruption to surface rail services, the underground, street lights and traffic systems, as well as electricity users in homes and workplaces.
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If the cycles and the voltage drop, then a powercut is probably imminent.
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It certainly pays some firms to avoid the difficulties which arise from a sudden powercut.
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We all know that riots can break loose in the kitchen when there is a powercut.
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I am sorry to hear, incidentally, that his greenhouse has suffered from a powercut today.
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Last year, a major powercut disrupted transport, although it could have been the gas or the water supply.
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What happens at present if there is a powercut in a sensitive area, perhaps in a high-tech or industrial company?
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We had a powercut right across the banking system right across the world.
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People use it when they have a powercut in their mental processes.
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The powercut was a salutary reminder of how closely we are connected to each other via the electricity network and how vulnerable we are at the same time.
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For any maintenance work the duration of powercut is intimated a day in advance.
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Lack of training and a powercut are contributory factors.
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Students can continue their study without any powercut and internet issue.
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Thunder and lightning also causes a powercut and puts everywhere into darkness!
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He wears a vest and his hair looks like it was styled during a powercut.
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There was a powercut in the area at 6.25 pm which added more confusion to the situation.
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It reaches 80% of its final luminous flux within 20 seconds, and the lamp can be restarted approximately five minutes after a powercut.
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If there is still a shortfall once all the high risk zones have had powercut, then the moderate risk zones start experiencing power cuts.
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A back up battery was added in the event of a brief powercut but these would only last approximately one hour.
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They steal electricity from the neighbouring houses, causing a massive powercut but the electricity board put a stop to their scam.
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The shrine has its own huge electricity generator that is used whenever there is powercut or loadshedding, so the shrine remains bright all night, all year round.
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There were many who opposed this plan on the grounds that innocent citizens could see their power cut off without warning in the event of an administrative or legal error.
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Although the fire caused some damage to the factory, the factory was still able to function, except for the fact that hitting the pole caused a powercut.
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In case of powercut at both supply points, an emergency power system that becomes operational within 15 seconds, ensures running of the trains until the next station.
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Any running tool will have its powercut if a circuit senses that some current is not returning to the neutral wire, and hence might be flowing through the user.
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There are frequent power cuts and there is no secure source of energy available.
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The remaining units, however, were closed under the agreement, the region suffered power cuts and the substitute plants resulted in an increase in greenhouse gases.
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There was great concern about the reasons for the power cuts, and one object of my meeting was to establish clearly what they were.
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I am going to speak about power cuts in a moment.
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The passenger-operated electric lift has also been affected by power cuts but is now fully operative.
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This figure included an increase of 622,000 in the number of temporarily stopped, mainly as a result of the power cuts.
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It is not however possible to exempt them from rota power cuts.
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Printing has been delayed by the power cuts.
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The days when we had breakdowns, power cuts and shortages are no longer with us.
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Many people are expressing concern and anger at the way in which the whole business of the power cuts has been organised.
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I readily acknowledge that farmers probably suffer most from the power cuts.
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There are growing concerns about the risk of power cuts in the next year or two.
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Will he increase the mandatory compensation payable by the industry to the victims of power cuts?
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Fewer power cuts, and sidewalk cafes coming back to life.
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They were an important cause of power cuts two years ago.
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There can be all kinds of unfortunate consequences of power cuts and technical faults.
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Many of them are already suffering enough anxiety as a result of the power cuts.
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Local information often helps the emergency services to deal with floods, power cuts and other unforeseen problems.
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We are very much aware of the risks which consumers generally face when power cuts occur.
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I have no evidence that any insurance company has refused to issue policies to cover accidents which might result from power cuts.
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I am not suggesting that power cuts may not be produced by many things other than shortage of coal.
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But why are there power cuts at all?
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At all these meetings, representations were made to me about power cuts, and measures for dealing with them were discussed.
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Since late last year to date we have had 5 power cuts and reduced power on other occasions.
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I feel the greatest regret both for the power cuts and for the constant use of additional electrical equipment in households.
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Nevertheless, we are extremely short of power and power cuts throughout the country have been much worse this winter than at any other time.
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Pits are already beginning to crumble, and power cuts are threatened: indeed, they may have already started this afternoon.
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We have been told to-day about power cuts.
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Then there were five-hour power cuts, twice a day.
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It is one of the human illustrations of the seriousness of power cuts.
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Some are more fortunate as they have electric heating, but we are told that we shall all suffer power cuts if the strike takes place.
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We have seen in electricity generation the reduction of coal stocks and the need for voltage reductions and power cuts.
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There will be power cuts and the position in the power stations will get worse and worse.
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Make no mistake about it, there will be power cuts.
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Moreover, this year we have got to take account of the effect of the fuel and power cuts on our export figures.
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The power stations, in particular, have very good stocks and there have been very few power cuts.
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Who decides against power cuts in electricity but in favour of traffic jams on the roads?
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But we must all remember that promotional advertising was discouraged because of the power cuts, which hit farmers as well as everybody else.
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We know why they did it; it was because power cuts were so general at that time.
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There has been the happy effect that power cuts have been notably diminished, largely for that reason.
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It would create a short-term major difficulty, but power cuts happen at the moment and there is a lack of supply.
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A chronic shortage of foreign exchange has led to fuel shortages and power cuts.
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Over 300 000 subscribers, including myself, suffered power cuts, in some cases for several days, as well as a loss of telephone services.
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We know this is what we have to thank for providing us with problems ranging from an explosion in electricity prices to regular power cuts.
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However, we all have well to the fore of our minds the power cuts of the last two winters.
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Good management and good luck should carry us through the winter without power cuts.
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No one denies that it is a serious matter when power cuts are inflicted on areas which are most vital to our rearmament programme.
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We assume that because the demand for electric power rises every year we must automatically increase the supply, or suffer power cuts.
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The electricity industry issues general warnings usually in the morning of days when a serious risk of power cuts is foreseen.
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Is there not a danger of power cuts in the winters going forward?
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Of course, we may have power cuts, as there have been power cuts in many countries where demand exceeds supply.
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It is surprising how few realise the serious economic con sequences of the power cuts which are constantly taking place.
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There have been power cuts of varying intensity in different parts of the country during the last few days.
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In the post-war period there was a succession of power cuts.
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Such cases will multiply and the situation will become more terrible in its effects if we have power cuts and a cold spell arrives.
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Even so, after a month we find ourselves with power cuts, creating unemployment for more than half the country.
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I must stress the seriousness of the situation we face when power cuts take place.
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Many people in the country are realising that today, because there will be power cuts.
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Can he go a little further and tell us that we can now put power cuts behind us?
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Everybody knows that power cuts have a swift and devastating effect that often goes far further than intended.
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Applications for these sets are dealt with regionally, and have been entertained only from firms in the areas affected by the industrial power cuts.
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They certainly are not responsible for the power cuts we are suffering at the moment.
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