The Duma, parliament's currently quiescent lower house, could lose patience with Mr Primakov.

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Western politicians are beginning to lose patience with state-capitalist powers that rig the system in favour of their own companies.

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Towards the climax of the Georgian revolution last year, Mr Putin seemed to lose patience with Mr Shevardnadze, perhaps contributing to his downfall.

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Or will the US lose patience with the flagging diplomatic effort?

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Or the pro-Thaksin protest groups, which sprang up after the 2006 coup, could lose patience with the failure to curb the PAD's excesses, and return to the streets.

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Trescothick admitted the selectors might lose patience with him, although they have given him every reassurance possible that they are keen to welcome him back when he feels he is ready.

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The president foresaw a risk that a prolonged economic depression would cause people in America, much like those in Germany and Italy, to lose patience with democracy and turn to a radical demagogue like Long.

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Moreover, at some point, he could lose patience with the remnant of the Old Labour left and expel them from the ranks, in which case he might need the Lib Dems to make up the numbers.

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We believe management is running the business essentially at break-even as a matter of design while the company reaches for ever-expanding market share, and we think marginal investors will continue to lose patience with this strategy in the medium term.

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The club's poor form has generated speculation that new owners the Abu Dhabi United Group, who are backed by Sheikh Mansour Bin Zayed Al Nahyan and bring unrivalled spending power to the top flight, may lose patience with the team's inability to find consistency on the pitch.

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"If we don't see significant breakthroughs in the next year and a half, I think people are just going to lose patience with the PC, " said an attendee, who asked not be named, but said he was an entrepreneur in the health-care industry and a long-time Gates watcher.

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Hazard appeared to lose his patience and tried to kick it from under him, but instead he appeared to make contact with the youngster.

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