• That could put the squeeze on local builders who don't have the scale to compete against the deep-pocketed McMansion builders.

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  • After leaving the liver, the prohormone can be converted in the kidneys to the hormone form of vitamin D on a (relatively) large scale to be distributed throughout the body, or it can be converted on a small scale in local tissues.

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  • The particle's position thus altered the nanotube's electrical resistance on a local scale.

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  • Muslims and Croat nationalists in Bosnia are engaging in the same sort of obstruction, but on a smaller, local scale.

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  • However, the challenge posed by the North Sea structures - because of their heavier weight and the local climate - represents a major challenge on a totally different scale.

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  • Rob Gray represented the grassroots, small scale local currency approach, focusing on full-weight metal coins.

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  • He was offered local financial support on a scale several times larger than was on the table in the UK, accepted it, and returned the UK grants.

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  • Bringing them in can only increase the contradictions in trying to deliver diverse bespoke services on a global scale, following local rules in a standardised way.

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  • Good replicative scale of an idea depends on two things: the (demonstrated) local effectiveness of an idea, and the strength of institutions that can implement it at scale and change policies accordingly.

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  • Whether that remains so will depend on the scale of the party's losses and whether their causes are perceived to be local.

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  • There are questions about whether the government will spend enough and keep quality high enough to replicate these local results on a national scale.

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  • And playing chicken would include going up to the last minute, which creates a lot of uncertainty for the global economy, on a scale that makes last week look like something very small and local.

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  • The flipside of this is that Mr Stern shuns the traditional approach of doing local deals, as big employers nowadays tend to operate on at least a national scale.

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  • Although there may be some deals among Spain's smaller banks or the cajas (savings banks), which are owned by local governments, these are small and, on an international scale, of little significance.

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