It was not one of his best: slightly hectoring, with rather a lot of numbers.
That, as strategists will readily recognise, is pinning rather a lot upon small stirrings.
And, in many Asian countries but particularly Japan, rather a lot is going on.
The words "repetitive and formulaic", "lack impact" and "should be more topical" creep in rather a lot.
But to stop the scheme's deficit ballooning any further, membership is going to cost rather a lot more.
The top of the screen, meanwhile, is dedicated to a Google eBookstore link, which looks rather a lot a banner ad.
There'll also be a short debate on a subject which will probably start to crop up rather a lot in Parliament - HS2.
Westbrook said the game, which was played in Miami, wasn't about one play or series of plays but rather a lot of small mistakes.
Since there are rather a lot of foreign laws, this sounds like a licence to pick and choose whatever supports the judge's preferred outcome.
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What does James Murdoch now know that he didn't know when last on the spot and when exactly did he find out that there was rather a lot he, apparently, didn't know?
Such a chain reaction would be highly desirable, though, given the recent hardening of attitudes by both sides in the Iranian talks, it may be rather a lot to expect at this stage.
If he loses the appeal, the home secretary may well decide that introducing new legislation will be more trouble than it's worth although, of course, events may yet prove it to be worth rather a lot.
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What happens when the two houses of parliament disagree on a bill is the fabled process of "parliamentary ping-pong", which I imagine I'm going to be talking about rather a lot in months to come.
In fact I left the Radio Wales studio early yesterday rather aware that if Owen Smith didn't turn out to be Ed Miliband's choice, I had rather a lot of ground to make up with whoever had been favoured.
The European position is feeble but not risible, for it has offered an overall average cut in its farm tariffs of 39%, up from 25% only a month ago, though with rather a lot of loopholes that could severely limit the benefits.
How pupils perform in exams will count for rather a lot, granted but how many children actually turn up every day, whether there are signs of progress - will also help decide where your school ends up near the top or towards the bottom of its band.
There is a drive to get smaller firms involved in public sector web contracts, and in the Government Digital Service there is now a central pool of skills rather than a lot of separate units at each department, all trying to do their own thing.
After all, your vacation experience depends on someone else's -- rather, a lot of peoples' -- job.
Rather, a lot of new people were brought into the conservative movement by Ron Paul and the Tea Party, and those folks were never on board with the optimism of the right-wing establishment.
This piece dishonors the Social Security Administration staff who work hard to assure that only people with the most serious disabilities qualify for benefits, the Americans who have such serious medical problems they have no alternative but to seek disability benefits, and your readers who deserve the facts rather than a lot of hot air.
Real estate offered a golden opportunity, according to the European Renaissance Fund, not because it would rise in value any time soon, but rather because "a lot of existing portfolios will be offloaded by distressed investors".
Rather than choose between a lot of funds, they decide not to choose at all.
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It did rather well, stealing a lot of votes from Mr D'Alema's Democrats of the Left.
Next year I'll be a lot better and rather than making up the numbers in a final I'm sure I'll be in the medals.
The upheavals at the stores and of the card program are aimed at getting existing Target shoppers to spend more rather than bringing in a lot of new customers.
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Experience suggests that export revivals are led by highly productive industries that already export a lot, rather than less productive industries regaining old markets.
Another example of his unorthodox thinking is his observation that painting the roofs of buildings around the world white and using light-coloured road surfaces rather than blacktop would reflect a lot of sunlight back into space possibly enough to have an effect on global warming as big as taking every car in the world off the road for a decade.
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