And the effectiveness (or lack of it) of law enforcement can determine how much is processed.
The health, or lack of it, of the U.S. economy impacts heavily on the wider world economy.
By asking people to state their religion, or lack of it, the census was asking a complex question.
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Many compare the openness - or lack of it - in the NHS with what happens in local government.
If doctors can test just these nodes, then this should present enough evidence of spread, or lack of it.
Yet the pact dates from an age when cross-border cooperation, or lack of it, was a matter of life and death.
In a country where shareholders are an afterthought, accounting methods have evolved to render profit, or lack of it, somewhat meaningless.
In practical terms Afghanistan will be very high on the agenda, as will Libya, followed by the Middle East peace process or lack of it.
Read these two inspiring letters from Mr. Stephens and think about how your language influences your attitude which drives your success (or lack of it).
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All this draws attention to the fact that Kenya's biggest problem is not the constitution but the leadership, or lack of it, of Mr Moi himself.
The others were asked to write about an experience of high or low power where they did not feel their power (or lack of it) was legitimate.
Writing on his blog Devolution Matters here he politely but firmly raises the question of Mr Huckle's experience (or lack of it) in advising on constitutional matters.
Although others didn't, I accepted the analysis offered by the Paul Nicholls team with regard to the unsuitable track (right-handed and winter ground) and his fitness, or lack of it.
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The ONS data is derived from the quarterly Labour Force Survey, in which 53, 000 households across the UK, containing more than 100, 000 adults, are quizzed about their work or lack of it.
The devil is in its detail, or lack of it: the mining minister will have plenty of discretion in awarding licences, and conditions relating to social development have yet to be defined.
But politicians in Cardiff Bay were today focused on a different kind of deficit - the gap between political activity in the National Assembly for Wales and media coverage of it - or the lack of it.
For Tice, it is an issue of awareness or the lack of it.
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Here, the issue of competition, or the lack of it, is more complicated.
Of course, these findings only suggest that oily fish, or the lack of it, could be to blame - many other items have either left or joined the national diet during that period.
If there is a common emotion among the astronauts, four decades after the Apollo achievement, it may be simple disappointment over space exploration -- or the lack of it.
Such choice, or the lack of it, did not change conservative stress levels.
Hardware architecture, or the lack of it, has played a key role in the rise and fall of many companies.
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President Bush spent today conducting a war council at Camp David evaluating progress or the lack of it in Iraq.
Sleep or the lack of it is the cause of minor and major aliments from puffy eyes, weight gain to heart disease.
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At its best, "The Simpsons" is as cruel a satire on American culture -- or the lack of it -- as anything on prime time.
The governor says that large savings have been made through restrictions on collective bargaining but that he regrets how he handled the debate (or rather lack of it) over his legislation.
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