In Shanghai, for example, consumers like bulk-size packages, whereas in Beijing there is a distinct preference for smaller-size formats.

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Weighted by size, the bulk of the portfolio is still being built.

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And their size allows them to buy in bulk.

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Indeed, a deal would bulk Virgin Active up to four times its current size.

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One hitch: 10.6 inches isn't a standard size, so Microsoft couldn't have ordered these screens in bulk from suppliers.

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It is probably worth pointing out at this juncture that Alex Salmond, Scotland's first minister and proponent of Scottish independence, supported RBS's ill-judged takeover in 2007 of the bulk of ABN Amro, the deal which massively increased both RBS's size and precariousness.

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Buy cheap land on city fringe, build cheap, superstore-size warehouses, stock dimly lit caverns with pallets full of products in bulk.

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The size of the mass market for personal computers gave Intel the resources needed to bulk that architecture up for servers and supercomputers, and scale it down for laptops.

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