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EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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U.S. companies fear the red tape will scare off customers.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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All the bureaucratic disclosures and red tape in the country can not offset either.
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But red tape is not the only or even the main problem.
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Former rally driver Jean Denton is battling to reduce red tape and bureaucratic burdens on small firms and start-ups.
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It talks about only another layer of government and more red tape and state control, not less.
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Many blame Britain's decline on too much red tape .
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Richard Pombo, R-Calif., who sponsored the guest worker amendment, said the current program involves too much red tape .
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There are regulations, laws and red tape .
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What annoyed me most was the red tape .