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No more than 2% of the beans may have significant defects.

Despite preceding experience, there were two significant defects in the design, however.

While the inspection revealed little in the way of significant defects, Papa found the house not to his liking.

However, less significant defects are often readily identified.

The Princeton discovery is the second significant defect uncovered in the Microsoft software.

He says it has "significant defects and loopholes" and is expected to use his parliamentary skills in the effort to block passage.

For a long time now the annual reports of the General Accounts Office have made it clear that there are significant defects in the collection process.

Despite success in its first military action, the Terrapin was not an overall successful design and had many significant defects, which were never overcome in service.

They were also accused of conspiring to file false and misleading statements with the Government that concealed significant defects in the pacemakers.

Purchase of the real estate is contingent upon a satisfactory inspection of the real property revealing no significant defects.

While Mr. Pataki deserves credit for speaking about the issue, his proposal to change these harsh, outdated laws has significant defects.

Females have two X chromosomes, so even when one has this significant defect, the other X chromosome is normal enough for the child to survive.

Michael I. Shamos, a computer scientist who examines voting machines for Pennsylvania, said about half had significant defects that the laboratories should have caught.

BDNF-null mutants show significant defects in neuronal growth and synapse formation.

Injured (terefah): an animal with a significant defect or injury, such as a fractured bone or particular types of lung adhesions.

Mice lacking Git2 had no significant defects in viability or fertility, so further tests were carried out and four significant phenotypes were reported:

She identifies significant defects, inherent contradictions and inaccurate information within educational syllabus in general and the Pakistan Studies textbooks in particular.

In a statement delivered to the Senate, the White House said the bill had "very significant defects" that would still allow Federal money to be used for abortions.

"This business is about defect recognition," said Mr. Corsetto, who says he is happiest when he uncovers a significant defect.

Mice lacking Rad18 had no significant defects in viability or fertility, therefore male and female animals underwent a standardized phenotypic screen to determine the effects of deletion.

Mr. Helms, one of the Senate's most skilled parliamentarians, declared last week that the I.N.F. treaty "will absolutely have to be amended to correct significant defects and loopholes."

In a statement to news organizations, the Air Force said, "Physical evidence found in the crash debris revealed a significant defect in a support structure in the left wing of the accident aircraft."

Of those two million homes built in 2005, experts estimate that 17 percent have at least two significant defects - anything from cracked foundations to leaky roofs to critical structural failures [source: McQueen].

To the Editor: Liesl Schillinger misses the most significant defect of Brian C. Anderson's "South Park Conservatives: The Revolt Against Liberal Media Bias" (June 26).

In Portland, Oregon, which had more Crown-Ikarus buses than any other transit system, owner Tri-Met found that its 87 buses needed numerous repairs and modifications, to fix what it considered to be significant defects.