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Dad put up a basketball hoop in the driveway on the front of the garage.
There is no order of priority in those cases; there are two hoops, and both have to be passed through.
We believe that the hoops through which parish councillors have to jump should be removed entirely.
I sometimes wonder how many hoops and hurdles can be invented.
I am talking about people who have survived the hoops and hurdles of the new test, and are genuinely eligible for help.
They normally jump through hoops to lap up their trendy theories.
Why do people have to go through hoops if it is not to put barriers in their way?
People get offended by the forms and by feeling that they have to jump through hoops to make their entitlement clear.
I suspect it will put those involved through the hoops.
