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  • They included "the complexity of the system, lack of knowledge of entitlement, a perception of being stigmatised by the receipt of benefit and physical or other difficulties in the processes of claiming".

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  • Grad rocket launchers are notorious for their inability to be accurately targeted due to their lack of a guidance system.

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  • Until now business analysts have often oversimplified this dimension of their data because of a lack of the BI system capabilities or access to location indexed data.

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  • The report stated that staff are still under-reporting such events, particularly in hospitals, and it criticised the lack of a regional system to evaluate and learn from adverse incidents.

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  • BUT, read between the lines, most dogs obtained from shelters did not emanate from a loving dedicated breeder, so be prepared for challenges and a lack of a support system when pursuing this commendable route to your next pet.

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  • FAO, some 300, 000 hectares (1, 170 square miles) of land have simply been abandoned because of the collapse of the irrigation system and the lack of pesticides, fertilisers and machinery.

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  • But for a variety of reasons -- including mediocre phones that run the operating system, lack of support from big carriers like Verizon and some big gaps with features and apps -- it flopped.

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  • He notes that the American system is much more expensive than any other developed nation, and attributes this to the lack of a more centralized healthcare system.

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  • Their AG, Greg Abbott, cited the lack of an age verification system in the agreement.

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  • Due to the lack of a dependable titling system and a weak judiciary, conflicts frequently arise over land rights.

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  • Priority environmental issues were beach erosion and a lack of a garbage collection system and designated area for garbage disposal.

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  • Fog and the lack of an instrument landing system at Guernsey Airport has caused disruption to flights, the airport director has said.

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  • Stock-market gravity is known by many names: negative investor sentiment, lack of confidence in the system, panic, depression and a whole host of other fun terms.

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  • Greenpeace says there are major loopholes in the Indonesian moratorium, saying the safeguards are inadequate with no review of existing concessions, and criticizes the lack of a good monitoring system.

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  • Overall, according to the European Commission, the lack of a unified patent system is one reason why Europe's small and medium-sized technology firms fail to grow as quickly as those in America, Asia and elsewhere.

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  • She is not worried about the lack of a local ratings system in the UK, which some experts have said will make it difficult to sell advertising, insisting that "there are other ways of measuring the size of audiences".

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  • Because of lack of an incentive and follow up system, that mentoring experience became more of a funny anecdote than an actual professional assist.

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  • When Michael Bloomberg appointed Hearst Magazines president Cathie Black chancellor of the New York City schools system despite her complete lack of experience in education, we were skeptical.

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  • The crisis in IT management I mentioned earlier comes about because the natural inclination of CIOs is to focus on infrastructure, the guild system, and the lack of management training and resources.

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  • So Mr Riordan, a Republican at the head of a largely Democratic city, reached for his considerable wallet to compensate for his relative lack of influence over the school system.

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  • That they are shoring up a firm too small to pose a systemic risk betrays a continuing lack of confidence in the financial system's ability to absorb even modest shocks.

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  • In fact, in her annual report to Congress last year, IRS National Taxpayer Advocate Nina Olson said lack of transparency in the tax system was among the most serious problems encountered by taxpayers.

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  • And it's the openness and the lack of political pressures within the system which has made it such an effective component of our economy and, indeed, has drawn foreigners generally to the American markets for financing as being the most efficient place where they can, in many cases, raise funds.

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  • But the problem with that is that it really misses what is currently very, very much critical and that is that one of the reasons that our regulatory system failed because there was a lack of both internal and external transparency.

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  • Because of the current lack of real-time monitoring and controls, system operators often insist that utilities run just 50% of the maximum load through their wires.

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  • Mr Bernanke blames Japan's defective banking system and a lack of determination by policymakers to fight deflation.

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  • The main complaint PS Vita owners have expressed is a lack of quality titles on the handheld system.

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  • Italian bond yields are also rising, which is another indication of lack of confidence in the EU financial system.

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