But those security aims have been achieved, and there would be little point in making such a controversial concession for a prize that has already been won.

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"Wider reforms of the qualifications system are for ministers to consider and, as regulator, we will continue to provide advice on how their policy aims can be achieved and standards and delivery secured, " said an Ofqual spokeswoman.

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They achieved their aims to the extent that Boro barely had a kick from the outset.

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If any of the existing parties adopts its proposals, the movement will have achieved its aims, say the co-founders.

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But sport provides us with aims that can be achieved, one that allows those who share them to feel pride.

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What all these schemes achieved, beyond their simple stated aims, was to raise the profile of a sector of Venezuelan society that had hitherto been neglected.

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