• It took some time and a little ingenuity, but we were able to rescue the animals.

• You’ve always had a very vivid imagination.

• The aim of the award is to encourage creativity and innovation.

• He was a man of great vision.

•His domestic designs display an unending inventiveness and account for his best work.

• Her photographic portraits can hardly be accused of lacking originality.

•He had an inability to make up his mind.

•No one enjoys the dullness of household chores, but they must be done.

• We have to admire his ingenuity in redesigning the machinery.

•They adapted the available materials with great ingenuity.

•The children showed a lot of ingenuity.

•There is always a solution, so long as you are prepared to use your ingenuity.

•Getting out of this mess was going to require a fair degree of ingenuity.

• Maths is an intrinsic part of the school curriculum.

•We have been able to determine the essential nature of a healthy diet.

•Mozart had an innate genius for music.

•Freedom of religion is an inherent part of the Bill of Rights.

•I just need some basic information.

•One of the most fundamental principles of the rule of law is that one person cannot be punished for the actions of another.

•The underlying idea is that having freedom is valuable.

•Children seem to have an inborn love for music.

•The boy had an ingrained fear of heights.

•All the causes proved to be extrinsic.

•He was charged with accidental discharge of a firearm.

•The incidental costs of the car added up to a large sum.

•The witness's extraneous remarks were struck from the record.

•Of course the light on it may change, and so might our feelings (about its associations, or its intrinsic beauty), but the bowl itself?

•The poem should rather be regarded as an aberration, perhaps of academic interest, but of little intrinsic merit.

•Many organisations inadvertently squash their employees' creativity by suppressing their intrinsic motivation in the pursuit of efficiency and managerial control.

•I was constantly surrounded by people who were such an intrinsic part of my life.

•However, the intrinsic quality of both institutions has sparked a recovery.

• I don't want to diminish her achievements, but she did have a lot of help.

•Are there any mitigating circumstances that might help explain her appalling behaviour?

•They decided his actions were justifiable.

•The book had explanatory footnotes.

•He was not fined for speeding because his need to get to the hospital quickly was an extenuating circumstance.

•They're building a new extension.

•We need to increase production to meet demand.

•Her rudeness was inexcusable.

• A number of caveats need to be mentioned, not to diminish the achievement, rather to place the victory in a more realistic context.

•We did nt hang out much in the last thirty years, but that doesn't diminish the effect that she had on me.

•Though they pressed with vigour in the closing stages, they did so without composure and with all the symptoms of diminished confidence.

•But it was clear that motoring was no longer the preserve of the privileged and influential, and the appeal of motor clubs was to diminish dramatically in the post-war years.

• Men who abuse their partners are good at portraying themselves as the real victims.

• Writing ad copy was a misuse of her creative talent.

•The show follows the exploits of two army buddies.

•The general was accused of mistreating prisoners.

•They maltreated their pets.

•I hurt my arm climbing over the fence.

•They were accused of doing him bodily harm.

•The bomb killed ten people and injured many more.

•She had to give up her job to care for her elderly mother.

•Use an umbrella to protect yourself from the rain.

•I respect her for what she has achieved, but I would have approached it very differently.

•All the children had been physically and emotionally abused.

•Calling someone stupid is definitely a term of abuse.

•The team who lost became a target of abuse for angry fans.

• Abuse and scorn were heaped on the proposals.

•They had to endure continual racial abuse.

•He was subjected to a torrent of abuse.

•They promised to legislate against cigarette advertising.

•They legalized drinking after the age of eighteen.

• Which prince is the legitimate heir to the throne?.

•The restaurant applied for a license to sell wine.

•Who authorized this expenditure?

•We used the computer to codify the data according to place and time of occurrence.

•He was ordained a priest two years ago.

•The policeman regulated traffic at the intersection.

•This passport has to be signed before the official can validate it.

•The main effect was the removal of the ability of the British Parliament to legislate for the dominions .

•Congress has legislated other special provisions regarding aid to Israel .

•The government refused to legislate to make deliberate spread of the disease illegal .

•Subject to these rights the provinces are given absolute power to legislate on school matters .

•The state legislated the designation in January 1962 , and studies for construction began four years later .

•They are charged with executing the acts legislated by the council and managing the day to day functions of the county government .

•He complained that there was a tendency to equate right-wing politics with self-interest.

• The blue shirt and gray tie are a good match.

•Weigh that side of beef on the balance.

•The food was just average, but the decor was amazing.

•He did his best to equalize the weights.

• Most customers equate the value of a product solely with its price tag.

• There's a new scheme in our town for recycling plastic bottles.

• The plan is to hire a car when we get there.

•Today's program includes a tour of the Statue of Liberty.

•The strategy is to wear the enemy down by repeated attacks.

•The doctor developed a new procedure for liver transplants.

• We like sugar so much that we often call foods steeped in it "addictive" or "like crack," despite this comparison having little to do with substance use disorders.

•This lack of support may be contributing to what appears to be his intermittent cognitive disorganization.

• If the delay is granted, then borrower and lender can work out a more affordable repayment scheme.

•It is not the only ambitious scheme for combating drought.

•Back downstairs, the design scheme reveals a useful practical aspect: the guest bedrooms are in a separate wing, which can be closed off when no guests are staying.

• These small companies now have their own discrete identity.

• A split rail fence separates the two farms.

•The word has three distinct meanings.

•I like her haircut - it's different!

•The city has a united bus and subway system.

•The connected rooms shared a hallway.

•Discrete element methods are relatively computationally intensive, which limits either the length of a simulation or the number of particles.

•However, self-reported non-celiac gluten sensitivity may not be a discrete entity or part of this spectrum disorder bringing its role in functional bowel disorders like irritable bowel syndrome into question.

•This insisted on the work of art as a discrete event, without personality and external context.

•Discrete groups, sitting at their tables, not mingling at all; in fact, not even seeming to notice each other.

• The regime in this office is hard work and more hard work.

• Society could not exist without government.

•You must obey the rules of the game.

•Robin Hood is said to have lived during the reigns of King Richard Lionheart and King John.

•The vice-president took over the leadership of the country.

• Fundamentally, the subordination of the oppressed nations to the major powers is rooted in economic relations.

•Avoid disorder in your schedule, and distractions during your work, because you are literally losing time each day.

• And autocratic regimes are realising they may not have to listen to Western lectures about human rights any more.

•It might be time to tone up at a health retreat or treat yourself to a beauty regime.

•More than 200,000 people have been slaughtered there by the brutal regime in the past five years.

•The criticism of the West was that it supported despotic regimes, putting short-term economic interests ahead of democracy and human rights.

• MPs were urged to amend the law to prevent another oil tanker disaster.

• His health has improved dramatically since he started exercising.

• A down-filled jacket is better than a wool one for really cold weather.

•They are working to develop the next generation of underwater vehicles.

• The price has been fixed at £10.

• Corrupt politicians caught accepting bribes from political lobbies were removed from their posts this week.

•The flood caused great damage to the town.

•The water shortage impaired the city's fire-fighting capacity.

•Bad publicity did a lot of harm to the actor's career.

•Ministers should amend the bill to put these powers on a proper legal footing.

•Recent efforts to amend the charter have not been successful.

•The president also said he was ready to amend the constitution to reduce his own powers.

•If they continue with the change, the company will have to amend your contract.

•The parliament has until the end of next year to repeal or amend the law.