The narrowness of the Welsh referendum result, compared with that of Scotland, is often quoted as evidence of a lower level of national feeling in Wales.

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Someone who is clever to start with is compared with other clever children - so the result does not depend on how well they do in outright terms, but how much they have improved, whatever their ability.

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Well, it may be that Scotland's public sector is too big compared with its private sector - partly as a result of that lack of business growth.

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As a result, GDP is expected to be a little weaker at 4% this year, compared to estimates of 4.3% last month.

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The result: Thursday is the only weeknight where each of the four most-watched broadcast networks has fallen compared with this point last year.

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As a result, its automotive operating margin for the year is expected to be about 5.7 percent, compared to the 6.1 percent Ford achieved in 2010 and down from the 6.5 percent achieved through the first nine months of the year.

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The result, says the ministry, is that 25% of mental illness in Colombia is directly related to violence, compared with 3.5% elsewhere in Latin America.

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As a result the revenue growth for computer HDDs, a category including drives for PCs and servers, is expected to decelerate dramatically compared with 2010.

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