(1) The exchange of dark-squared Bishops would have left Black with a very passive position, so he decides to sharpen things up a bit.

(2) Students will sharpen up their reading skills

(3) They must sharpen up or risk losing half their business

(4) If all the procrastinator had left to do was to sharpen some pencils, no force on earth could get him do it.

(5) Students will sharpen up their reading skills

(6) If you're still with me, be prepared to sharpen both your pencils and your little gray cells.

(7) Baxter admitted he was not pleased with the previous day's training, where too many players showed their poor finishing during a lengthy session devoted to shooting practice, in which he tried to sharpen matters up in front of goal.

(8) So sharpen your proverbial pencils and get scribbling, because it's your reviews that keep me writing.

(9) They've got to sharpen up in front of the goal

(10) He ruffled some feathers by suggesting u2018if blogging is to go mainstream, bloggers will have to sharpen their act up considerablyu2019.

(11) What he did do was provide Hatton with a granite block on which to sharpen his skills and hone his experience.

(12) Evolution sharpens and refines their ability to lie about themselves.

(13) There's something about this time of year that somehow sharpens the sense of sadness that seems part and parcel of the bitter-sweet experience of Christmas time.

(14) The game isn't due out until the first quarter of 2006 so we'll see if things have been sharpened up by then.

(15) These come in various forms from little hand-operated sharpeners at about $20 to fully self-contained units with their own motors that will also sharpen your chisels, scissors and knives.

(16) Hopefully it will have given them a taste for the game - it's great because it's the sort of game you can play until you're 100, and it sharpens your wits.

(17) And I think when the economic message sharpens on health care, the economy, job creation, you'll see the race tighten.

(18) A typical recruit told an interviewer that when he arrived he learned that he owed eight dollars for the ride, another ninety cents for his cane knife and sharpener , plus room and board.

(19) I used to carry the bench and tools on my shoulder like other knife sharpeners you see in the street.

(20) I found it enlightening to hear that this sword sharpener considers himself an artist, rather than a metal worker.

(21) Have they been sharpening their pencils and drawing rectangles to take the average size car?

(22) I have a feeling he's sharpening his pencil and pulling out the classified ads right about now.

(23) Does he pay attention or is he the one always out at the front of the class sharpening his pencil?

(24) At this very moment, exam markers are sharpening their red pencils to ring such sloppiness.

(25) He sharpens them and uses them as deadly weapons.

(26) This is where the bile and the agony and the rage of rock and roll was sharpened and honed.

(27) We know our areas of weakness and we will have to sharpen them up ,u2019 he added.

(28) From the moment their grans pop the first illicit chocolate button in their drooling mouths, children are hooked, and parental censure only sharpens their appetite.

(29) So each one of these abilities is learned over the course of life and articulated, refined and sharpened as you go up the ladder.

(30) Yes, my neurological examination technique had lacked precision, and I made a note to sharpen it up .