In recent years, several smaller licensing clearinghouses claim to offer a more efficient and robust service to clients.

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If it continues she said there would be a "significant risk" at the hospital, with more cancellations of planned procedures, a "lack of timely care" for emergency patients and an impact on "maintaining efficient and robust NHS services".

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Kent Link chairman John Ashelford said foundation status would allow the trust to make more decisions, plan services over a longer period, and ensure it was efficient and financially robust.

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Mr. ANDREW NATSIOS (U.S. Ambassador to the Sudan): Our real interest here is not what it's called or what it looks in terms of its helmet but how robust and how efficient it is.

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The diamond film proved to be both the most robust and the most efficient of the three.

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The challenge requires highly efficient devices, and a high level of resource and robust technical capability that is comparable to conventional renewable energy power stations.

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In addition, the MOGA SDK provides mobile game developers with greater precision, robust control and enhanced display abilities while enabling fast, efficient development of rich new game titles and MOGA enhancement of existing titles.

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In addition, the MOGA Software Development Kit (SDK) provides mobile game developers greater precision, robust control and enhanced display abilities while enabling fast, efficient development of rich new game titles and MOGA enhancement of existing titles.

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