Be picky, what it means to be picky?

My teacher is a stickler for grammar.

We are very precise.

Yes, I'm very delicate in that respect.

The boss is really strict.

More detailed, more conscientious than him, you won't find. Not an ounce of dishonesty.

I've got a houseguest who's a tough character.

Wikipedians are even more pernickety than teachers .

I'm a stickler for thefor the logic of, uh, of the occupation, and of a dictatorship, and how this mentality works.

Why here Scala is actually more picky than Java?

We risk pursuing a particular point to a degree of accuracy that is unnecessary and thus cutting off one's nose to spite one's face.

So finding someone who's detail oriented and won't let you to get away with the mistakes.

Complaints from slightly more fastidious Europeans are often met with accusations of neo colonialist attitudes or even racism.

We cannot, therefore, understand why Parliament, which is always so particular on human rights issues, should remain silent following further evidence of fanatical madness.

Who counts the queues of cars at inadequately equipped, barricaded frontier crossing points at the beginning of the holiday period, the beads of sweat on the brows of despairing lorry drivers, the kings of the road under the thumb of pernickety customs officials and petty pen pushers?

And then, we see a red flag, but we ignore it because we say No, no. It must be us.

Some of the points raised were really pedantic, for example when it was claimed that opening hours at sports facilities were not in line with women's interests.

I think there should be no revision except in its totality that is to say, including industrial and manufactured products as well as farm products, because if we set about negotiating tariffs from the exclusively agricultural standpoint, the Community will be the loser.

Bradley, now the American commander of the 12th Army Group, remarked that he would have preferred to work with Alexander, rather than Montgomery, as he regarded the former as a restrained, self effacive, and punctilious soldier .

Our experience of modern administration tells us that openness, decentralisation of responsibility and qualified evaluation are often as effective as detailed bureaucratic supervision.

We could, of course, pick and choose. We could have long procedural debates and drafting sessions to which we are accustomed to try to finalize texts.

She has already said that she is willing to do anything honest she can do, answered Diana for me and you know, St. John, she has no choice of helpers she is forced to put up with such crusty people as you.

However, such standards can sometimes become over stringent for instance, in some countries, employers may be hindered by unnecessary reporting and excessively detailed rules that do not achieve their intended effect and really serve only to stifle the growth of private businesses and, by association, new job creation.

The Intergovernmental Conference, with its gridlock, the debates of pernickety haggling over figures and percentages which are so reminiscent of the nights of Nice, leaves us somewhat nostalgic for the Convention, which, with all its shortcomings, successfully debated the common future of the Europeans and how to govern them.

Is the Commission aware that customs officials of the Dutch, German and French customs and border controls have been subjecting citizens from border areas who have been taking advantage of the general customs exemptions at borders to petty and overzealous controls, and does the Commission agree that incidents of this type should cease in future?

In this context, Mr Oostlander, if this Parliament had been given the possibility of producing a report as detailed as this one not only on the countries applying for accession, but also on the current Member States of the Union (I am thinking here of my own country), the fact is that it would have taken not 56 paragraphs, but perhaps twice that, to deal with conditions in Italian prisons, the state of the Italian legal system, and many other areas besides, in which things are going badly.

Secondly, I want to ask him if he shares my view that the cooperation launched by the Schengen agreement should be increased in this res pect and if the Spanish Government is in any way involved in the preparation of the Schengen agree ment.

But Xi s mysterious vanishing act, in which he dropped from public view for almost two weeks in September after abruptly canceling meetings with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and the prime minister of Singapore (rare occurrences for the protocol fixated Chinese leadership) has stirred more speculation.

But Xi s mysterious vanishing act, in which he dropped from public view for almost two weeks in September after abruptly canceling meetings with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and the prime minister of Singapore (rare occurrences for the protocol fixated Chinese leadership) has stirred more speculation.

My friend s marital life is not unique to many women in Saudi, and I do not mean the issue of covering or uncovering, I mean the issue of being micromanaged. Such minute management isn t denounced by the collective mind but is often expected and thought to be an indicator of responsible parenting yes, parenting even to the wife.

and he made him king over Gilead, and over the Ashurites, and over Jezreel, and over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and over all Israel.

And made him king over Gilead, and over the Ashurites, and over Jezreel, and over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and over all Israel.

Out...out...l found the thief.

and on Dibon, and on Nebo, and on Beth Diblathaim,

And upon Dibon, and upon Nebo, and upon Beth diblathaim,

and on Kiriathaim, and on Beth Gamul, and on Beth Meon,

And upon Kiriathaim, and upon Beth gamul, and upon Beth meon,

I called for a drought on the land, on the mountains, on the grain, on the new wine, on the oil, on that which the ground brings forth, on men, on livestock, and on all the labor of the hands.

And I called for a drought upon the land, and upon the mountains, and upon the corn, and upon the new wine, and upon the oil, and upon that which the ground bringeth forth, and upon men, and upon cattle, and upon all the labour of the hands.

Her, her, her!

This approach is said to be incorrect. In material terms, the corporation tax payable on a standard investment is an advance payment on the investor's income or corporation tax.

of Syria, and of Moab, and of the children of Ammon, and of the Philistines, and of Amalek, and of the spoil of Hadadezer, son of Rehob, king of Zobah.

Of Syria, and of Moab, and of the children of Ammon, and of the Philistines, and of Amalek, and of the spoil of Hadadezer, son of Rehob, king of Zobah.

Taxes on specific services ( taxes on imports ) Taxes on specific services ( taxes on products )

Judgment has come on the plain country, on Holon, and on Jahzah, and on Mephaath,