Sometimes, utilities act slowly because they have layers of bureaucracy in their operations.

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They have too many layers, and their overhead is too big.

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These organizations have survived thousands of attacks over the years and they have invested in multiple layers of defense.

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As well as reaching the bluestone sockets, the archaeologists have also unearthed a whole host of other finds as they have peeled back the layers of the 2.5m-by-3.5m (8.2ft-by-11.5ft) trench.

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Alternatively, it could be that no one has been looking for two layers, so they have not seen the double signature or have ignored its significance.

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New hires have to go through layers of interviews to make sure that they fit in, and attrition during the interviewing process is high.

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The couple hope to have children someday, but that would create further layers of what they say are discriminatory rules.

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They have built a lot of metadata into the format of the highlights and plan to add more layers over time.

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An ectopia is a collection of several hundred nerve cells that have pushed their way up from the lower cortical layers into the outermost one, where they are not found in normal circumstances.

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And those who have deployed it--if they're smart--generally do so only after adding extra layers of security.

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