Only a handful of planning inquiries last more than a few months but some involving major projects can stretch over years, making them expensive for all the participants.
But some of the other projects have been less than inspiring, according to Mr Turner-Mitchell.
All this iPaddery is well and good, but some fashionistas fear that it projects too harsh an image.
Scientists have been able to do this for some time but the recent projects to fully decode the two primates' genomes have provided details that have taken this type of study to a more advanced level.
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Andrew Martin, chair of Nottinghamshire cycling campaign group Pedals, said he welcomed the news but still had some concerns about the projects.
We agree that the future Iraqi government must make its own decisions on some of those projects but the Iraqi side must fulfil its obligations in compliance with the law.
But for such projects to go ahead some degree of government investment is needed.
But cost-plus projects often leave some wiggle room in accounting for fixed costs ( see box, p. 66).
"Like some of my other projects, we didn't finish on time, but also like some of the others, the end result exceeded all our expectations, " he said.
Some 40 projects were scrapped, but several academies have since been given the go-ahead.
But it could be argued that there were some projects that Xerox and Parc failed to exploit - ones that changed the world and made billions of dollars for other companies.
Mr Jones said that some of the projects had experiences problems but, overall, they continue to improve the livelihoods of those living in Wales' least prosperous communities.
The road signs he's concerned about display words such as "Project Funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act" Some road projects have two signs, and some don't have any at all, but the signs aren't cheap.
But he caught some lucky breaks in the form of high-paying projects over the next decade.
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In some projects, this may be the intended structure, but often the map reveals unexpected features.
Some of the projects funded by NSF are less flagrant but real examples of waste or abuse.
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The level of the designer's participation varies, too: In some projects it's only skin-deep, but in others it extends down to faucets.
The arguments for and against are both loud and stubborn, but the work of projects like ours may be able to provide some definitive answers in the long run.
But chaos in the global financial system has stymied some big, environmentally friendly projects.
There have been some truly intriguing and terrific looking projects on Kickstarter lately, but as excited as I am about Grim Dawn and Project Eternity, Sui Generis sounds like a game cobbled together from my very own wish-list.
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While stating that it is their statutory obligation to break even, Mr Goodall explained that on a local basis, the NHS had taken decisions to close some services on an interim and even permanent basis, but that community projects were able to benefit from this action.
Further, some additional jobs were also likely supported at construction projects that had already begun but would have otherwise halted amidst the tumult of the financial crisis and the recession.
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Most of the money will be handed out as repayable loans, but the Treasury Minister Senator Philip Ozouf has admitted not all projects would be successful so some public money would be lost.
But underneath the legislative changes and the growing list of projects that have used crowdfunding, there are some interesting developments.
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