In practice - and for perfectly innocent reasons - other staff are sometimes given access to check that the right papers have been sent.

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She served as a sounding board for his scientific ideas and helped to check the math in his papers, but eventually their relationship disintegrated.

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Managers say that tax inspectors have raided the group's warehouses to check newsprint stocks, supposedly to see if the papers' circulation conformed to figures in the group's tax statements.

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Similarly, a check of Vandenberg finds no mention of the LaKind and Naiman papers.

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The exams watchdog Ofqual has ordered exams bodies to double check their papers after a series of errors by three other boards.

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After an anonymous complaint, Prague authorities turned up to check CorruptTours business-registration documents to see whether the company's papers were in order, Mr. Sourek said.

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