The measures Mr Berlusconi presented in Brussels, if fully implemented, will keep a lid on those debts this year.

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Macroeconomic Advisers, a consultancy, reckons that the plan, if fully implemented, would boost GDP by 1.25% next year and employment by 1.3m.

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If implemented fully, the Takenaka plan could help alleviate some of Japan's most persistent problems.

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If it is fully implemented, an independent report on the inner workings of cricket's governing body will totally reshape the way the sport is run.

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If autonomy were fully implemented today, there would be roughly 100 million Americans sitting in their cars and trucks tomorrow, by themselves, with time on their hands.

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Analyses suggest that pledges made in Copenhagen, if implemented fully, would put the Earth on course for 3C or even 4C of warming since pre-industrial times, rather than the 2C that many countries say they want to stay below.

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"If all the authority were fully implemented, the federal government would directly fund, own, and lend to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac for the first time since the companies were created, " he said in a note to clients sent out Sunday evening.

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The suggestion could be fully implemented within two years if it receives the go-ahead from the Scottish Executive.

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The carbon plan suggests that household energy bills could be 7% lower in 2020 than now if government policies on home insulation and energy efficiency are fully implemented.

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If that remains the case, the commission's proposals will not be fully implemented.

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