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"This has led to a large proportion of people needing to pay out of pocket, an option which is out of reach in areas of depravation where obesity rates are significantly higher."

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The majority of Harrods customers shop in-store, so it is understood the breach has affected only a small proportion of its shoppers.

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They will be walkable, with a goal of "environmental sustainability", and with a significant proportion of affordable housing, said the ministry official.

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The same proportion said they would not be interested in remote volunteering.

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They said prosecutors on the case "have lost all perspective" by advocating for an enhanced sentence that is "wildly out of proportion".

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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