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Ms Longshaw said people who were colour-blind or visually impaired might find navigating the road a problem, and the scheme, however well-intentioned, was "a mess" .

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The hall’s two galleries are, however, unduly cramped, and the well-intentioned call to environmental action veers into preachiness.

The policy was a good decision and well-intentioned, she told the inquiry, but because of how it was communicated, it was almost seen as a punishment, rather than an offer from government to help families.

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In his lengthy veto message last year, Newsom called SB 1047 “well-intentioned” but added that it was not the “best approach to protecting the public from real threats posed by the technology.”

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It also serves the purpose of justifying Eleanor’s well-intentioned deception with lessons from the Torah.

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

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