Trust may rise further for another reason: attempts to re-invent government have borne fruit.

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But before the end of the year it had borne fruit.

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Education reforms in Hungary, Slovakia and Slovenia have also borne fruit.

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As Plaid celebrates its successes, it looks as though that strategy of appealing to voters outside its heartland has borne fruit, leaving it as the second party in Wales's new democratic institution.

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None of those predictions have borne fruit.

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Some approaches have borne fruit.

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As evidence that this policy has borne fruit, Celso Amorim, the foreign minister, points out that most of Brazil's trade is now with developing countries, thus anticipating Mr Obama's advice that the world should not rely on the United States as consumer of last resort.

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When Kirkpatrick wrote that, 20 years ago, such tactics had already borne considerable fruit.

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Recent and persistent efforts by minor parties to get fairer access to the ballot have borne some fruit.

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These efforts have borne some fruit already.

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Has borne the fruit of tenancy.

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