The national government exerts direct operational control over a large proportion of total health care expenditures, through a range of mechanisms, including caps on hospital revenue and national contracts with salaried physicians.

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But a prosecutor's zeal wanes in direct proportion to the visibility of the target.

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Also, a higher proportion of calls to NHS Direct were about flu.

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But for now, brand marketers still have a lack of confidence in the Hispanic market that is in direct proportion to their lack of knowledge about the community.

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The survey suggested that Lloyds TSB, with 30%, had the highest proportion of customers who had experienced a problem in the previous 12 months while First Direct had fewest, with 9%.

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Since HFR and 3D have only been together in a handful of IMAX films and theme-park rides, seeing both must have been a shock to CinemaCon viewers, and the rest of us might also need time to adjust -- probably in direct proportion to our film-going experience.

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