On past form, they will not necessarily be resolved in favour of more free trading in yuan.

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By now, on past form, wage pressures should be starting to burst through.

ECONOMIST: The euro area's economy

In negotiating a new one, Russia would, on past form, use its bilateral ties with big countries to get its way in what ought to be multilateral negotiations.

ECONOMIST: The European Union and Russia

In the euro zone as a whole, the unemployment rate in January was 7.4%, a percentage point or so below the rate at which, on past form, you might expect inflationary pressure to rise.

ECONOMIST: Economics focus

Vietnamese site Tinhte, which has past form on these kind of things, has got its hands on the GT-I9300 -- purportedly the Galaxy S III if Samsung decides to follow its own naming convention.

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In the past year, evidence has been gathered about how a growing number of areas are placing restrictions on everything form access to cataract operations to correct eyesight problems to hip and knee surgery.

BBC: Why the NHS has to ration care