While the return of powers should be considered on a "case by case basis", he told the BBC's Sunday Politics, it was "disingenuous" to pretend - as he suggested many Conservatives were doing - that a wholesale renegotiation was inevitable or even likely.
So maybe depressed people not on antidepressants would be as likely, or maybe even more likely, than depressed people on antidepressants to develop cataracts.
While the media was quick to blame it on unknown Jewish assailants, it is hard to see why they would be the obvious or even most likely culprits.
The small is that OK, this next generation of mini-tablets may well not have 3G connectivity at the low end but does anyone seriously think that this is a long term, or even medium term, likely description of the technology?
Democratic majorities are likely to shrink or even vanish, increasing the deadlock on Capitol Hill.
The emerging markets fixed income product line is likely to triple or even quadruple in size by the end of the current decade.
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This extra cushion that traders are demanding implies either that people expect markets to become even more volatile or, more likely, that traders no longer pay much attention to their pricing models.
Mr Messer, with an eye to the future, insisted on an option to buy the company outright after three years, although most people thought that a trade sale or even a stockmarket flotation was more likely.
Worse yet, in their effort to sell the Russians on such a "compromise, " the Administration is resorting -- whether out of incompetence or by design is unclear -- to arguments likely to make it even harder either to provide credible nuclear deterrence or competent missile defenses.
But the plan included dozens of recommendations for policymakers to help make that investment more likely to come sooner or even at all.
Detractors will point to the possibility that government spending on defense is likely to be flat or even slightly down with current budgetary pressures.
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Making the patients central in a system designed for optimizing billing is even less likely than Yahoo or AOL surpassing Facebook in social networking.
Breaking news in general, but more importantly in your industry, or even your company, is now more likely to appear on Twitter than in any other media venue.
This snowball effect means that adjustments to the level of revenues or even the level of debt are not likely to have major effects once the dynamics are even a bit out of line.
In Afghanistan, where far fewer people have televisions or even electricity, the images aren't likely to spread widely.
One quick test involves pondering how likely a senior politician, or even a member of his family, is to face a parking ticket.
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Bad news about a Greek default, or even the renewed threat of one, is likely to cause a sharp market decline that will probably turn out to be a good buying opportunity.
If an upper middle-class girl has one or more African parents, for example, she has likely schooled in the United States or Europe -- maybe even a generation after her own parents have.
He was too shy to pursue other girls, even when the payoff seemed either likely or worth the agony.
Since the export slump is likely to last until the third or even the fourth quarter of this year, economists predict a strong adverse impact on China s employment market.
Some pilots, however, may soon have to brush up on their customary airborne banter--they'll more likely be pointing out whole continents or even the Great Wall of China.
Mortgage originations in most European countries are down 70-95% from their peak in 2007 or 2008, and even five years from now will likely still be down 60-85% from the peak.
Stores are still fairly full of merchandise and rock bottom prices are likely to remain or go even lower to clear out inventories before the Jan. 31 fiscal year end for many retailers.
It provides no meaningful information, as a 2.2% response rate implies that only those physicians who are angry or already exercised about this issue were likely to even take the time to respond.
Some say they're likely to reduce their workers' hours or even lay off staff in order to remain below the thresholds established under the act.
By the 2015 general election, a 45% or even a 40% top rate of income tax is likely to seem part of the economic furniture.
And even worse, independent researchers are often tempted to sell to the highest bidder, not the buyer most likely to use the data responsibly, or even one whose identity and motives are clear.
But, experience teaches that a company in this condition burning cash and far from breakeven is likely to be worth shockingly little, or even nothing, if investors try to force a sale.
And to get to these forecast numbers amidst a sea of generics and competing ADHD franchises (like Adderall), the price has to be an order of magnitude, or more likely two orders, higher than generic or even branded generic versions.
Engineers can calculate the most efficient route for a spray-painting robot to take around a car body, work out how quickly parts must be supplied, look for bottlenecks or even tell if a human worker's task is likely to give him backache.
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