It took Mr Cundall close to a decade to sign an actual contract to start digging for the planes.

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It took Mr Cundall a further eight years following the electromagnetic survey, to sign an actual contract to start digging for the planes.

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No. 1: Without seeing the actual contract it is hard to know the agreed domicile court with jurisdiction over the contract and how well it was drawn to protect against disputes.

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In addition, rather than being an actual sponsorship deal, the contract with the constructors merely shaved some of the cost off the entire project.

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To buy a futures contract you do not need to buy or sell actual food and so financial players entered the market to make money from these contracts.

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Sharma recounted that while the contract for the bridge was awarded to Hindustan Construction in 2000, actual construction work only began in 2004.

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