The lesson to be drawn from this is that moral hazard is hard to avoid once conditions get really tight.

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The tight anti-laundering rules drawn up by Saadiyat's consultants will make it hard to attract some of the more suspect sorts of deposits.

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Mrs Hanson has drawn support, at least for the time being, from hard-pressed people in declining rural areas who are disillusioned with the mainstream parties.

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What had drawn me to my wandering life, and why was it so hard to relinquish?

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There will be much negotiation to be done to stop the roof caving in on West Ham's plans but it would be hard to find more enthusiastic bidders as the process continues until a final shortlist is drawn up in March or April of 2011.

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No. 1: Without seeing the actual contract it is hard to know the agreed domicile court with jurisdiction over the contract and how well it was drawn to protect against disputes.

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But he was drawn to nouvelle cuisine, favoured by GaultMillau (which may have made its recent criticism hard for him to take).

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