But whether by default or design, the country is becoming increasingly divided along dangerous lines.
BBC: Syrians hide underground to escape struggle for control
Exclusivity is often part of strategic arrangements, whether by product line, market or geography.
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Obligatory ruling is Allah's word concerning those whom he commands, whether by requirement or by choice.
Whether by accident or design, you took your revenge on the brother who had not stabbed you.
It represents about 50 per cent of our total TV revenues, whether by advertising or paid TV.
Whether by utter cruelty or rampant corruption, many of Asia's poor are blocked from receiving meaningful assistance.
Whether by chance or providence, we are now working a lot more like bees, in all their wisdom.
At the same time, Halbrook says there is fertile ground for future challenges, whether by lawsuit or other means.
Whether by coincidence (as they claim) or by design, Lukoil and Yukos did not drop out until after that.
Investors now worry that any official rescue, whether by the ECB or the ESM, will claim a similar privilege.
Whether by dumb luck or crazy insightful genius (or a combination of both), Twitter started as a mobile company.
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In Kuqa two attackers are said to have blown themselves up, but whether by accident or design is not clear.
Whether by design or by accident, Santorum is capitalizing on our collective exhaustion from living in an ever-changing technologically-mediated future.
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The reason: most business transactions were already done at a distance, whether by fax, telephone, post, or private electronic links.
Whether by accident or design, procurement officials misled Boeing regarding the basic criteria on which the award would be given.
Whether by design or not, the incident looks likely to scupper any chances of bringing the fighting to an end.
If there is a means to play it, it should be played, at least once, whether by emulator, DOSBox or port.
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Systems of rational control are permeating the networks that define our everyday consumption of technology, whether by smart phones or smart cars.
It needs to be paid for, whether by a boom in online advertising rates, or the Murdoch paywall, or a licence fee.
Whether by accident or design, the Obama administration reset the diplomatic stage.
Whether by circumstances or by choice, many of these financiers are saying goodbye to Wall Street and reinventing themselves in other parts of the economy.
Whether by drug companies hiding negative data or device makers cutting deals with doctors and hospitals, corruption, legal and otherwise, threatens our health.
Various nations that, whether by inadvertence or a conscious desire to hoard precious resources, are locking up much of their potential oil production.
Whether by war or diplomacy, with or without nuclear weapons, the giant Persian nation in the region's heart will be open for business.
But what his followers do and what Sadr says are often in stark contrast, whether by design or by a failure of leadership.
Franchise value is the ability to exploit the inertia of the customers--their tendency to stay put, whether by dint of habit, technology or contract.
But whether by fair means or foul, the chancellor now appears considerably closer to meeting his budget forecast than seemed likely late last year.
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Whether by design or not, the taking of hostages in Moscow looks likely to scupper his chances of bringing the fighting to an end.
Whether by crafting a great new name or wresting one from a previous owner, online retailers would do well to master the domain game.
Since that time countless thousands of works of major and minor art have been stolen, whether by professional thieves or as the result of war.
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