While many big companies, such as banks and chain stores, have gone bilingual, small businesses view the prospect of being forced down that road with horror.

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It is not surprising that investors and credit-rating agencies view the prospect of a hung parliament with alarm, fearing that the lack of firm leadership will delay fiscal retrenchment.

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She knows that within Kadima there are many members, ex-Likud renegades, who view without pleasure the prospect of serving the country from the opposition benches while their erstwhile Likud comrades enjoy power.

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The scientists' union Prospect echoed this view, warning that the new council must not be at the expense of existing research or the nation's core scientific capability.

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Thus, when darkness fell that day, a more terrible prospect loomed into view - that unless we are vigilant and prepared, even small actors in the world can inflict catastrophic harm on the United States.

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The view in Dublin was that the prospect of the Kells transfer, already being resisted by some university authorities, was now in further doubt.

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Responding to Lord Mandelson's view that the Conservatives are salivating at the prospect of cuts in expenditure, Mr Clarke said that even though all politicians want to try to protect front line services, cuts "are inevitable".

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Now, it is possible that the prospect of fast economic growth will cause the financial markets to view us as creditworthy again, and that private investors will be willing to lend us money at reasonable interest rates in order to finance our economic recovery program.

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