"I confess that I have not given very specific thought to that, " Mr Maude said.
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But he thought there were no specific reasons.
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Until recently, cognitive psychologists thought that dyslexia was a specific disability that affected only reading and writing.
He cited two specific plays he thought merited flagrant fouls, one involving Kirk Hinrich in the first quarter and another by Taj Gibson late in the fourth.
Advisory boards are a growing trend for large and small businesses who want to tap into the expertise and thought leadership of professionals in specific industries or areas of focus without hiring internal headcount or outsourcing consultants.
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Whereas adaptive immunity is thought to be a response to specific bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites, innate immunity has always been seen as the body's general response to all threats of disease.
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To exemplify these rather abstract observations with some specific companies, I thought it would be instructive to look at the Top Deals of 2007 , the annual list that is pulled together and annotated well by FierceBiotech.
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The main activities being taken forward as part of the 2009 programme include a range of new partnerships with three specific groups who are thought to be under-represented in parliamentary engagement: disabled people, people from ethnic minority backgrounds and hard-to-reach young people.
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We thought there was a big opportunity in the international space, especially with specific countries, because a lot of the existing ETFs that focus on individual countries are market cap-weighted.
Until now, some scientists have thought that many individuals of the same species with certain talents could perform specific tasks better than the same number of individuals from different species.
But even if it remains safely locked away in a computer, it gives pause for thought about the extent to which people might influence the climate with a specific end in view.
But these have been targeted at specific areas of science, such as graphene research, nanotechnology and space, thought to be important to the growth of UK economy.
Thought leadership evolves through the efforts of both individuals and businesses to develop a deeper understanding of the specific forces shaping their industry.
"I thought what I would bring to it ... is an emphasis on election reform, and I could cite specific things that I had accomplished in that regard, " he says.
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