Dotting the shores of the inlet were about sixteen villages whose residents made their living primarily by fishing in the inlet.
It is the accountant's obsession with dotting every 'i' and crossing every 't'.
Purified proteins were then used as parasite antigens for dotting on to a single membrane strip, and used for identification of specific helminth antibodies in the sera of infected patients.
Everywhere a new spirit is alive—a new confidence, with factories humming, new businesses starting up, busy cranes dotting the skyline.
I sometimes wonder whether we take a little too much care in crossing "t"s and dotting "i"s, particularly in the regulations.
When it comes to compensation there is meticulous dotting of i's and crossing of t's—or double-crossing.
It appears that there is an element here of dotting "i"s that have been heavily dotted and crossing "t"s that have been heavily crossed.
I am trying hard to concede the principle without crossing the "t's"and dotting the"i's" here.
