The sad reality is that when people refer to our poor communication skills they are often referring to the quality of our communication rather than the quantity.

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Costs will be contained, Mr Shumlin says, by cutting administrative expenses, slashing fraud and rewarding doctors for the quality rather than just the quantity of care.

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Creating incentives in the payment system to reward quality of care rather than just the quantity of procedures.

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However, there were aspects of the site owner's permit that had not been adhered to relating to the turnover of rubbish rather than the overall quantity.

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Rushden will start the season with just 17 outfield players with the emphasis on quality rather than quantity.

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In other words, in markets with an inelastic supply of homes, the MID will increase the prices of homes rather than their quantity.

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More broadly, the academic research on the effectiveness of aid suggests that the emphasis should be on choosing the right countries and programmes, rather than on quantity.

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No wonder: writers were paid by the word at the time, creating an incentive to produce quantity rather than quality.

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This is precisely the reason why most central banks target the price of money, in the form of short-term interest rates, rather than its quantity.

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If food is a factor in rising obesity levels, this is due to the quantity being eaten, and the way it is consumed, rather than the way it is produced.

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