Mr Shapps said the Conservatives had to get better at talking up what they have achieved.
But although their resources are far more modest they have achieved some notable successes.
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Sadly, I think there are very few people who think they have achieved that objective.
Houston respects people for what they have achieved and can achieve more than who they are labeled.
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Although the river is still far from recovery, local people are proud of what they have achieved so far.
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They have achieved the improbable feat of disarming tribesmen in a society where guns are considered indispensable emblems of manhood.
"We respect Swaziland and what they have achieved in recent times but we will stop them on Sunday, " Adebayor said.
In addition they endorse proposals to make over-16s in England study GCSE maths until they have achieved at least a C grade.
They have achieved c-suite agreement on how marketing should create economic value.
However, ministers can still point to the fact that they have achieved and kept their election pledge of cutting 100, 000 off the waiting list.
The framework will collect information about the people who use the services to see what they have achieved and what skills they have developed.
That is not easy when jobs are at risk, though Mr Zetsche and Mr Ghosn insist they have achieved this in their triple alliance.
Doctors have told Maria and her husband, Chris, that they have achieved the medical equivalent of winning the lottery, as both girls survived and are healthy.
Unless Republicans, who nominally control the place, can show the electorate that they have achieved something in this congressional session, they will be punished by the voters.
They have achieved a 10-year run of growth in clients, revenues, and profits, and have been recognized as one of the fastest growing companies in the country by Inc.
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While Premera and the participating clinics should be given kudos for what they have achieved, they would be the first to tell you that much more can be done.
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The greats in football are recognised and measured by what they have achieved - and one glance at Ferguson's record confirms he deserves his place in that pantheon.
They earn money to buy a their desired level of life style and economic security and they continue to work hard until they perceive that they have achieved their objective.
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By incorporating reputation management into their operations, they have achieved more support from their stakeholders, they operate efficiently internally and get more return on investment from their communication and marketing initiatives.
Still, they are proud of what they have achieved.
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With nearly 5, 000 measurements for about 60 gurus, including bulls and bears and technicians and fundamentalists, they have achieved a critical mass in assessing the forecasting acumen of the stock market gurus as a group.
For the players, the hearing marks a return to the venue where they have achieved most of their gains during the past two decades, including the right for players to sell their services to the highest bidder.
If the students wish to pursue a certificate to confirm that they have achieved the official level of primary or basic education (three years of secondary school), they are able to sit an exam to obtain this qualification whilst attending the programme.
History will show that they could have achieved far greater returns for themselves and their children in other asset classes.
"There is a danger here a lot of children will feel that they have under achieved from these tests and that is not going to motivate pupils or teachers for that matter, " he said.
And while they may have achieved the desired objective in the short term, what was left unstated is that neither President Obama nor Governor Romney has articulated a clear policy on immigration or offered any permanent legislative solutions for immigration reform.
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By admitting the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland into the alliance several years ago, NATO gave these states that fundamental sense of security that comes from having concrete, formal ties to the West, which has been essential to the successes they have currently achieved.
Any reasonably perceptive observer of the marketing scene over the past decade will have noticed that almost as soon as any particular organization gets its hands on what they think will be a technological game changer, they soon find that they have merely achieved entry into a new industry standard.
Both of them have a status they could not have otherwise achieved through their symbolic crossing of cultural boundaries.
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