No-one wants to see anyone leaving or anyone under pressure - fingers crossed the results come sooner rather than later.

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No sooner was that fire out than a decade-old legal battle with Wal-Mart and other big retailers climaxed.

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If tuition is going up faster than inflation -- faster, actually, than healthcare costs -- then no matter how much we subsidize it, sooner or later we are going to run out of money.

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No sooner had goal-scorer Semshov been replaced by Tottenham's Pavlyuchenko than Russia retook the lead.

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No sooner has one legal tussle ended, than another potential courtroom brawl rears its 3.7-inch screen.

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No sooner had ExxonMobil and ConocoPhillips pitched up, than El Presidente shifted the goal posts, converting pre-existing contracts into joint ventures, with PDVSA taking a 60% stake.

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And no sooner had Marchionne welcomed a chorus of congratulations with the earnings report than he also released an updated long-term product plan for Chrysler brands that soberly confirmed recent reports that he has had to slash some expected new models and push others off into the future.

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No sooner did England begin their attempt to salvage the game than Alistair Cook fell lbw to Mitchell Johnson for six - playing across his front pad, and Ravi Bopara misjudged the length of a straight ball from Ben Hilfenhaus and was also adjudged lbw for one.

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