The British Council has yet to apply the nationality data to the choice of courses, but even under the old domicile measure full-time postgraduate overseas students outnumbered the UK students in three fifths of subject areas.

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Councils could choose not to put services out to tender, but if they failed to justify this choice, local residents could apply through the council's auditors to the government, and perhaps ultimately to the courts, to overturn the decision.

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So instead I see the challenge, which I adopted for myself several years ago, is to gradually learn to identify the moments of choice in your life and then to try to apply principles to those choices, principles like doing the least harm.

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Previously only allowed to pay for college education from personal funds, the new-fangled ESA allows parents to apply public school funding earmarked for their child to the educational services of their choice.

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He gave no indication that this principle should apply to choosing which set of state laws a firm subjects itself to through its choice of incorporation.

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In fact, a woman committed to success in her career just might be THE best choice for marriage since she will likely apply the same level of commitment to her relationship as she does to her career.

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Her head and her heart were really into Columbia as her first-choice school, even though she intended to apply for need-based financial aid.

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But no uniform should be so expensive that families feel unable to apply to, or attend, the school of their choice.

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He said they were then trying to apply "basic controls" which would still allow people "greater choice" in their care but within a fixed budget.

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