He doesn't want it so much he couldn't live without it - but he's committed to it.

BBC: Mandelson: Blair does want EU job

But Cabinet minister Lord Mandelson said Mr Blair had told him he wanted the job but not so much "he couldn't live without it".

BBC: Mandelson: Blair does want EU job

It will depend, above all, on transparency in their dealings with those they can't live without but find it agonisingly painful at time to live with.

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Browsing is free, but you're likely to find a unique souvenir that you can't live without -- and you might even meet the person who created it.

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So although the problem remains when it comes to banks that we can't live with them and we can't live without them (many would say), there is a way for companies to take greater control of their financial destiny and be less at the mercy of the banking system.

BBC: How business can bypass banks