In reality, that often means simply ticking a box.

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Its independence rules, strictly interpreted, could lead to non-executives with no business experience being hired after a box-ticking search process, instead of talented and independent-minded business people.

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For instance, she said, an employee ticking the wrong box when they enter your data into a database could mean a person ends up labelled as a former criminal or credit liability.

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Deportivo was losing 2-1 at the time and, with the clock ticking away, everyone expected a long, looping Hail Mary type whack into the Madrid box, hoping for a deflection or a header or even a deflected header to equalize: in those situations, you can't really be picky.

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A-levels, these have focused more on hoop-jumping and box-ticking than on actual education.

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They should be free of the "bureaucratic box ticking assessment" and "micro-level" prescription that he says is a feature of current vocational qualifications.

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