He is, by common consent, a top-class dealmaker (the sale of his own firm aside).

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But by common consent, maintaining these surpluses and engineering a soft landing requires policy changes.

ECONOMIST: Argentina

The shortfall in investment means that, by common consent, Brazil cannot sustain this year's growth spurt.

ECONOMIST: Brazil's presidential campaign

By common consent, policy towards South America has become more pragmatic in Lula's second term.

ECONOMIST: Brazil's foreign policy

By common consent, Mr Brown is the intellectual driving force behind New Labour.

ECONOMIST: Bagehot

Gebrselassie is, by common consent, the finest distance runner of all time.

NEWYORKER: Endurance

Someone like Hayden Philips and I think he is by common consent a very highly regarded, very distinguished public servant to conduct this debate between the political parties.

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By common consent, these measures helped avert global economic disaster.

ECONOMIST: America's economy

By common consent, Metop has been a revelation since its launch in 2006, and we exchange its data with the Americans who run a similar operation, giving us double the value.

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Collectives can be broken up only by common consent.

ECONOMIST: Russia��s farms

By common consent, this needs strengthening.

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