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Although great pains are taken to keep the process random and the groups evenly balanced, a “Group of Death” frequently emerges featuring three or more strong teams, making qualification for the knockout round difficult.

Slot was at pains to point out the forward - who signed a new two-year contract in the summer - "will have a very good future at this club because he's such a special player".

The government and security analysts have been at pains to point out that both Muslims and Christians have been targets in mass kidnappings.

Soon after Microsoft Research published that report, its authors took pains to point out that they weren’t trying to predict who would lose jobs to AI.

In the committee hearing, board members were at pains to present a position of unity, although this letter paints a different picture.