Every driver on earth has become accustomed to a certain degree of control over their vehicles, and I wonder how long it would take people to feel comfortable giving that up.

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Wednesday's deal also represents a certain degree of opportunism on the part of Spain.

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For example, Google Shopping now gives you a 360-degree swivel on certain products (HTML5 enabled browser required) that gives you the detail necessary for certain products.

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Rather than adding to their risk architectures on a regular basis, some are withdrawing from certain activities and have consolidated to a degree.

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Although various governments are, spurred on by domestic producer interests, limiting imports to a certain degree.

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The growth of internet use and the emergence of easy-to-use publishing tools could well be the best thing that has happened to journalism since radio and then television offered new ways to reach people, but that requires a certain degree of modesty and a great willingness to learn on the part of a profession that is not noted for either attribute.

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Commendable qualities, no doubt about it, but bound to raise a certain degree of scepticism given that she is yet to go on to university.

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