There are mutterings from them that the FSA was slow off the mark in expressing its reservations.

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Even Richard Li and his Pacific Century group seem slow off the mark in the Net world.

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Not that he's slow off the mark when it comes to social media.

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Mr Rowney admitted many companies have been slow off the mark in protecting their assets from the inside and that the problem is largely preventable.

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In China, India and Brazil, the big emerging markets that will provide nearly all the industry's future growth, Toyota has been slow off the mark.

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The Gunners were slow off the mark in leading only 10-3 at the break with Connacht fly-half Paul Warwick getting his side's only points from a penalty.

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One reason why the Italian clubs have been so slow off the mark is that until last year they were obliged by law to reinvest all their profits.

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Labour leader Ed Miliband said the government had been "slow off the mark" in handling the scandal and clearer guidance should have been offered, including to schools and hospitals.

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