The fine was calculated by measuring by how far Railtrack missed its target in percentage terms, but with an allowance for where the company reduced delays to the "greatest extent reasonably practicable" or where it was subsequently found that the delay was not its fault.

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Some parents simply pay their kids what they can afford to part with, while others tie an allowance to chores or other tasks and objectives.

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The Federal Reserve's rules limit debit-card fees to 24 cents per transaction, including an allowance for fraud costs, compared with a current average of 44 cents.

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Had you bought all our 54 long recommendations, though, you would have come out a bit better, with a 5.1% return (after deducting an allowance of 1% for trading costs).

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There is an allowance for conscientious objection and a new section dealing with accountability and collecting data on each abortion - the reason given must be clearly documented.

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"Obamacare is extremely problematic" she declared, expressing concerns about unintended costs and then pivoting to praise popular provisions such as an end to the exclusion of people with pre-existing conditions and the allowance for children to stay on their parents' health care plans until 26.

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They were given an allowance and taken shopping, the only restriction being that they had to buy food with clearly marked nutritional content so the researchers could properly measure it.

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Earlier, in an interview with the Daily Telegraph, Mr Webb highlighted that some of those claiming a married person's allowance had never been to the UK, and this was unfair.

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