It clearly was not easy to live, let alone write.

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Without long-term, paid-up capital, it is hard to write multi-year policies, let alone to organise insurance-backed bond issues or derivatives.

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When she began to write, shortly after the war had ended, it was hard to get hold of cream, let alone capers.

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