Whether or not it's going to have an effect, we wait to see.

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' It's incredibly liberating to know you don't have to wait anymore to see how an effect might look.

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Unfortunately for him, the survey was carried out before the summits could have any effect, so observers will have to wait until next year for meaningful results.

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Players who joined the ICL were originally given life bans by the BCCI but the 79 players are now free to play domestic cricket with immediate effect, although they will have to wait a year before being eligible for international selection.

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The effect is that users do not have to wait for a channel to clear if another person is talking, as is common with many high traffic systems today.

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He urged the government to work with the insurance industry "to put in place fast-track procedures with immediate effect so that individuals and businesses making claims do not have to wait for the money they need to start putting things right".

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