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And these data refer to formal changes in laws and regulations; no data are available on the
extent
to which unchanged laws and regulations are implemented in a more restrictive manner, increasing informal barriers to the entry and operations of foreign firms.
All of these problems were to some
extent
hidden due to the external pressure of EU accession, and have now erupted into full view.
In the 1990s, when ten countries and 100 million citizens broke from the Soviet empire and joined the West, the promise of EU accession eased, encouraged, and to some
extent
guided the transition.
Only by acting together can European countries secure the continent’s stability and, to some extent, that of its adjacent neighborhood.
So, to the
extent
that the rich are self-made, and have come out winners in a fair, competitive, and transparent market, society may be better off allowing them to own and manage their wealth, while getting a reasonable share as taxes.
To a large extent, they are shared by followers of former President Jorge Quiroga and Samuel Doria Medina as well.
But neither America nor Russia - Russia to an even greater
extent
- benefit from confrontation.
But investments designed to control the
extent
of damage seem to be persistently neglected.
He would, he said, pursue justice “to the
extent
[that it is] possible.”
Justice in Aylwin’s Chile was carried out to the
extent
possible, but it was nothing to scoff at.
Indeed, IMF credit will do little to address the key economic issues, except to the
extent
that it frees up money from other international sources and those funds are used to reactivate the economy.
Surveys reveal that most European citizens are not fully aware of the
extent
of intergenerational redistribution.
Indeed, the controversy in Chinese eyes is not really about Korean reunification – few in Beijing speculate that the endgame will be otherwise – but to what
extent
reunification can be achieved without damaging China’s security concerns.
Will the unprecedented ease of access to information liberate people from thought control, or will it strengthen it to such an
extent
that democracy simply drowns in a sea of manipulation?
This now occurs to some
extent
in the framework of the"Quad", as meetings of senior officials from America, France, Germany, and the UK are known.
On the other hand, economic interdependence between Taiwan and mainland China has grown to such an
extent
that an armed conflict is increasingly unlikely.
Politics may indeed impede technological diffusion; but, to a large extent, technology does not diffuse because of the nature of technology itself.
The crucial issue is how EU funds are used and the
extent
to which the projects they finance complement each other.
Now, with the costs of the West’s misadventures in Iraq and Afghanistan (and, to a lesser extent, in Libya) compounded by its major economies’ weakness, China’s leaders appear to see an opportunity to push back.
Moreover, the model is unwise to the
extent
that tissue donors could block the development of knowledge and applications.
In any case, while concern with corporate short-termism has arrived on the US judicial agenda, judges in America (or elsewhere, for that matter) are not well positioned to weigh economic evidence that is far from clear regarding the sources, extent, and even the direction of short-term thinking in large corporations.
Large as the number of such arrests and prosecutions is, the true
extent
of the government's suppression of independent thought and activity is even greater.
In affirming the rights to which people affected by leprosy and their family members are entitled, the Principles and Guidelines reveal the
extent
of discrimination and the forms that it has taken.
Even in the far northern reaches of the Reef, long at a sufficient distance from human pressures like coastal development to preserve, to a large extent, coral health, a staggering 50% of the coral has died.
Democratic principles call for organizing society in such a way that both values can be realized to the greatest possible
extent.
To some extent, they are.
In short, there were no lasting negative effects from the short-term dose of austerity, and, to the
extent
that austerity was essential to post-crisis healing, the long-term benefits have proven to be both enduring and astounding.
Unfortunately, they have not to the same
extent
embraced their Asian counterparts’ determination to address the vulnerabilities.
Not all Asian countries walked the line to the same extent, and some opportunities for reform were undoubtedly lost, but important lessons were learned and institutions improved.
Equally important, they will create the buffers needed to offset external shocks and, as in emerging Asia and Latin America, to implement countercyclical policies that contain the
extent
and costs of future systemic crises.
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