And the administration has learnt to learn from others.

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"We had to learn something, but I don't think we learnt much, " he said.

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Hence the time I had stopped working, I had taken time to learn about all the critical elements of business as I had learnt my lesson the hard way.

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This is scored as a success, even though it may largely reflect the fact that hospital staff have learnt how to hit the targets, just as teachers learn how to teach to the test.

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It has learnt a lot, says Mr Doust, and will continue to learn, from its experience.

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My hope for the future is that these children will receive an education that has learnt from our mistakes, our arguments and our successes, and that we might indeed learn from their progress.

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