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  • The bill intends to make it impossible for anyone whose land - urban or rural - is "underutilised" to be seized without any compensation.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1995

  • The "underutilised" space used to be four minor shops but was converted into one large one following Virgin's (now Zavvi's) renovation a few years ago.

    getreading - Reading Post - RSS feed 2009

  • Dunedin City Council says an ultra-fast broadband network, dedicated to advanced research in New Zealand, is "underutilised" and should be opened up to the public.

    Radio New Zealand News Headlines 2009

  • The use of audio is probably the most underutilised area in games next to game design itself, and things like this prove it.

    Stay a while and listen Ben Abraham 2009

  • Suddenly Labour's John Healey, who spent a lonely autumn developing all the criticisms of the Lansley blueprint that medics and Lib Dems now voice with such passion, concedes that his own party wrongly pursued "competition for its own sake" through overpriced and underutilised private treatment centres.

    Health reforms: From malignant to muddled 2011

  • Earplugs are an underutilised resource for plane sleeping, long vacuum sessions, and other activities that expose one to way too much noise.

    Properly Insert Earplugs For Better Protection | Lifehacker Australia 2009

  • The group emphasises the underutilised weapon of humour in taking the fight to the extremists.

    Muslim women: beyond the stereotype 2011

  • They were, however, only coaching or mentoring informally so their skills were being underutilised, says Kay Howells, PSMW's executive director of coaching.

    How to prevent a haemorrhage in corporate wisdom 2011

  • Capital has been purchased and then rendered obsolete or underutilised.

    Archive 2008-03-01 Not a sheep 2008

  • Capital has been purchased and then rendered obsolete or underutilised.

    "Flash flood not planned irrigation" Not a sheep 2008

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