Thus, before ever receiving a dime, I helped the company in a direct and material way.

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This could give substance to the alliance's repeated declaration that the independence and security of these countries is a matter of direct and material concern to us.

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Section 10A(a) of the Exchange Act requires each audit to include procedures designed to provide reasonable assurance of detecting illegal acts that would have a direct and material effect on the determination of financial statement amounts.

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The establishment of any solution capable of meeting the aforementioned first-order condition would likely result in enough success that the security product itself would become the subject of material direct attack, including by state actors.

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This is a transition from speculation about the size of streambed material to direct observation of it.

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Mittal figured he could cut his raw-material costs in half by buying direct-reduced iron rather than scrap.

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Mr Geffen's material success, Mr King implies, is the direct consequence of his extreme unpleasantness.

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