In other words, the Tories are doing neither better nor worse than they did in May's poll.
But the record in government, so far, of retired soldiers appears neither better nor worse than that of private-sector appointees.
The majority of veterans, those who served as enlisted men, did neither better nor worse than non-veterans over the course of their civilian work lives.
It has to be said that the company's standards are no better nor worse than most every other large U.S. corporation's, and that Disney complies with Securities and Exchange Commission guidelines.
Personal relations among senior ministers are neither better nor worse than in most previous governments, but things will have to be tightened up if the public is not to conclude that they are dreadful.
Nor is there any better vantage point from which to view the city.
No one before or since has given me such no-holds-barred feedback on what I needed to do better, nor had such whole-hearted and faith in my awesomeness.
There is not a clear better mousetrap today nor is there evidence that the business model is broken.
Nor will things be much better if negotiations spill over into the presidency of Ireland, where ardour for integration has dampened.
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Nor do our public officials appear better informed than the British chancellor about the threat we're facing.
Nor has Mr Greenspan done a much better job than foreign central banks at smoothing the business cycle.
Gen Ys are famous for not being willing to wait, nor being too willing to negotiate a better price.
Nor would it be fair to let better off parents take taxpayers' money and top it up with their own resources.
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Similarly, although Mr Clinton was bold enough to remove the federal guarantee of welfare payments to the poor, he has not yet dared to question the guaranteed payments the better-off receive, nor to touch the preferential umbrella that shelters women and blacks.
It was also interesting to see what no one wished for: Neither better hand-held Web browsing nor more efficient cars came up.
But they don't suffer from as much legal scrutiny as better-known video sites, nor do they limit the length of clips uploaded by users.
Nor has Mr Welch proved that big companies are better than small ones.
Nor is it clear that he will be any better than Miss Megawati at dealing with those who would break Indonesia apart.
Neither Samsung nor Universal will confirm this but claims for a better battery life and the improved screen performance both point that way.
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At root, it is the modern belief that the essence of moral action is neither expecting nor receiving any personal benefit (or, even better, suffering a loss from that act) that underlies the condemnation of profit-seeking.
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Nor is there much reason to believe that the second case, in which Judge Young ordered an even larger number of tapes to be turned over to the authorities, will fare any better in the Court of Appeals (nor, alas, in the editorial columns of the news media).
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Nor is it so clear that military muscle is a better way to defend democratic interests than international institutions.
Nor is it clear that brain surgeons would make a better fist of legislation than ordinary people with guts and common sense.
Nor does it change the fact that they might have been better off pouring their wealth into other, more liquid, less expensive investments.
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Nor can they swallow the argument that it is not necessarily the better technology that wins, but rather, the luckiest one.
They should understand that the methods they have chosen are neither an acceptable nor a credible route by which to reach their stated objective of better representation for their community within Macedonian institutions.
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