The degree of commitment the nation should make to natural gas as a strategic resource (accepting but managing the impact of development), is very much a function of the size of the prize.

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But the past 20 years have required an extra degree of commitment from them because of the increased likelihood that they may have to leave their businesses for a deployment, possibly more than once.

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The nature of mainstream political and media discourse in Germany right now is not redolent of a nation ready to make that degree of financial commitment in the interests of eurozone cohesion.

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But given the pressure that the Bush administration put on Musharraf when he declared his state of emergency at the end of last year, I think they're very worried about the degree of American commitment to their stability and to their regimes.

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Planners must have a minimum of three years experience to gain the designation, and just going through the process shows a degree of dedication and commitment to the profession.

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Faith schools could ask for evidence of a commitment to a faith but not use the degree of that - such as attending church weekly rather than fortnightly - as a basis for selecting their pupils.

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