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"text": "Collate together all the information you can, but do remember that Michael's the one who'll take a view, not you.",
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"text": "If the insurer refuses to cover the defect in the policy, the client is just going to have to take a view.",
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"ref": "1997, The Structural Engineer: Journal of the Institution of Structural Engineers",
"text": "But how can a client assess whether sufficient resources have been allocated to the project? This is obviously subjective but, nevertheless, clients have to 'take a view', if they are to comply with their statutory obligations.",
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"text": "Law Officers have taken a view on the line which the UK should take in future on proposals which the UK supports for policy reasons, even though we consider they use the wrong legal base. The Department of Health will follow this agreed line for this proposal.",
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