Dr Giles explained that the measurements gathered by satellite provided a continuous data-set and had a number of advantages over other methods.

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But you may authorise any company with a Visa code, anywhere in the world, to set up a continuous payment from your credit card.

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The fact of the matter is, if no continuous plan of action is set in motion, and continually adjusted, third party merchants will continue to be a parasite in virtually every massively-multiplayer online game.

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Continuous improvement requires strategic planning to set new objectives and work toward them.

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Nadal is starting to recover his best form after his injury problems of last year, but the giant Isner posed a continuous threat when he leveled at one set it looked ominous.

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Market timing is the rapid trading of mutual-fund shares in order to take advantage of the gap between the price of a fund, which is set once a day, and the continuous changes in the value of the underlying portfolio of securities.

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The rules of the competition state: "The winner will be the individual, team or organisation that achieves the greatest volume of electrical output over the set minimum hurdle of 100 GWh over a continuous two year period, using only the power of the sea".

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The idea of Work.com is to give companies a team-based (or enterprise-wide) dashboard which lets people and their managers set goals, communicate them, and then give and receive continuous feedback while the day goes on.

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