One problem with the serial Republican debate format is that it is conducive to excessive attacks, including those born out of desperation.

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The current situation in the UK is that we are in "dither mode", whilst the political agenda has been set it is really not conducive to the national interest as a whole.

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Normal people also realize that it is better to have a world that is conducive to plant growth, even though ragweed is one of those plants, than to have a world that is hostile to plant growth.

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It is perfectly true that prosperity has been conducive to democracy, but the converse, improbable as it seems to many, is at least as true.

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This is the best sort of scanner, but it makes a terrible racket and so is not conducive to dreamy slumber.

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Our public policy is not conducive to prosperity the way it was.

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It is also over one day in the air and 20 time zones crossed - hardly conducive to peak athletic performance and very possibly more than any athlete's body can handle.

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The soft cap in the NBA is more conducive to parity in terms of the ability to win championships because while it helps to level the free-agent market, it also allows teams with larger budgets the ability to maintain good teams instead of forcing them to let a player go.

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"It's not conducive to a free society or a really productive workplace that every moment of the day is conducted under the unblinking eye of the camera, the employer, " he said.

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