Still, you would have to expect a pretty amazing performance to make the numbers work.

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We have member companies who want to offer E15 but simply cannot make the numbers work.

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You can see how easy it is to slide from just a Bad Wizard to an out-and-out Witch: where you intentionally make the numbers work beyond what the law allows, for your own nefarious gain.

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For both Life shareholders, who wanted out, and Thermo, who can probably make the numbers work, this looks like a good deal, with limited downside and lots of potential upside if Torren does become a player in medicine, not just benchtop science.

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However, at more than 16%, it is more than double that of the U.S. The country has attempted to borrow more in an effort to make the numbers work but has been denied by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) due to a reported lack of willingness to cut government spending, especially for non-essential items.

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Writing on his website, Davidson said the current economic climate "made it impossible to make the 'numbers' work".

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Just to make up numbers entirely to make the logical point, say that this part time work lasts until a child is 10, they have two at a 4 or 5 year interval (all reasonable enough numbers but entirely made up as I say).

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So if the passionate staff can work wonders, and they can make the most of their collections, and visitor numbers have held up, does the organisation really need a higher level of funding after all?

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However there should also be stipulations in order for this to work and for the numbers to make sense.

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