successive

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England are yet to produce a complete performance but have progressed to the last four with five successive wins, having come through a series of tight finishes.

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England's performances in the past two Six Nations games - which lacked both tactical agility and basic accuracy - were nearly unrecognisable from the team that had amassed 12 successive wins in their previous dozen games.

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For years now successive governments have announced plans to shift healthcare away from hospital settings.

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The Gunners finished second last season for the third successive campaign, 36 points ahead of 17th-placed Spurs.

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There are questions about how well successive governments have engaged with Muslims to deal with issues in their own communities, and Islamophobia from outside.

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