For a variety of technical reasons, it also allows for a more consistent sound and generally more reliable pitch.

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Patrick Verwer, London Midland's managing director, said the franchise extension would give the company the stability to "continue to improve our service and focus on providing the reliable, consistent service our passengers expect and deserve".

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Their other priority should be to ensure that their labelling system is reliable and consistent.

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But this will require reliable and consistent economic incentives from many different financing sources, including carbon credits and economic development assistance.

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Sentiment analysis has evolved over the last five or six years into a process which makes it more reliable and consistent, he explained.

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The experienced and consistent former Lyon star may provide a more reliable influence than the injury-plagued Arjen Robben.

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"Through 17 years of highs and lows, ups and downs, praise and criticism, there hasn't been a more reliable or consistent force in the sporting world, " wrote Daniel Buerge, in a column for Lakers Nation, the fan site.

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