But I think that, from the perspective of our recovery, a more gradual approach would be constructive.

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That is a formidable argument for a more gradual approach to stabilising emissions.

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If global warming is real, but disaster is not imminent, there is much to commend a gradual approach to tackling it.

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"What I am advising is a more gradual approach, " Mr Bernanke said.

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Mr Manos is trying to build a power base for the Liberals in Greece's provinces and islands, where people are most dissatisfied with the Socialists' gradual approach to modernisation.

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What they do expect Mr Hollande to do is to speak up for a more gradual approach to cutting eurozone budget deficits - and a greater emphasis on economic growth.

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The bottom-up approach involves gradual transformation of the public psyche.

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In Kosovo, East Timor and Afghanistan the approach to elections has been more gradual, but this has sometimes angered the locals.

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This suggests that where feasible, more gradual fiscal consolidation is likely to prove preferable to an approach that aims at 'getting it over with quickly'.

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The government's approach to harmonising the sales taxes levied by state governments is to seek agreement to gradual change.

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