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be-all and end-all

be-all and end-all
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    • the essential factor; the all-important element; the supreme aim
    "profit is the be-all and end-all of business"

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    1. If it were done when 'tis done, then 'twere well / It were done quickly: if the assassination / Could trammel up the consequence, and catch / With his surcease success; that but this blow / Might be the be-all and the end-all here, / But here, upon this bank and shoal of time, / We'd jump the life to come.
    2. At the end of the driving cycle the engine bonnet shall be completely closed and all connections between the vehicle and the test stand disconnected.
    3. All contributions and payments shall be made as soon as possible, and at the latest within six months of the end of the period to which they apply.
    4. All imprests shall be entered in a suspense account and cleared no later than the end of the following financial year, except in the case of standing imprests.
    5. To this end, the Commission sent questionnaires to all parties known to be concerned and to all the other companies that made themselves known within the deadlines set out in the notice of initiation.
    6. To this end, the Commission sent questionnaires to all parties known to be concerned and to all the other exporters that made themselves known within the deadlines set out in the notice of initiation.
    7. As regards refugee return, complete without delay the processing of those requests for housing reconstruction already submitted; reconstruct all houses for which there is a positive decision by end 2005 and reconstruct by end 2006 all other houses for which a positive decision will be forthcoming.
    8. To this end, and to achieve a harmonised level of monitoring in all Member States, the criteria and technical procedures for carrying out administrative and on-the-spot checks should be set out in detail.
    9. To that end, provision should be made for measures to facilitate the adjustment of supply to market requirements, and an aid replacing all national silkworm aids should be granted for silkworm rearing.
    10. For the energy end-use specification the following aggregates apply for all fuels, except for refinery feedstocks, additives/oxygenates, biofuels and other hydro-carbons, but including fuels used for non energy purposes (petroleum cokes and others, to be declared separately):
    11. Assessment and verification: details of the test procedures and results shall be provided, together with a declaration that the product is fit for use based on all other information about the best application by the end-user.
    12. all waste classified as hazardous in accordance with Directive 91/689/EEC and expected to be present in the facility at the end of the planned period of operation, and
    13. For the energy end-use specification the following aggregates apply for all fuels, except for refinery feedstocks, additives/oxygenates, biofuels and other hydrocarbons, but including fuels used for non-energy purposes (petroleum cokes and others, to be declared separately):
    14. In addition, due to the urgent need for the stimulus, all legal commitments implementing the budgetary commitments made in 2009 and 2010 should be made before the end of 2010.
    15. To that end, all safety-related decisions of the Agency should be made by its Executive Director, who should enjoy a high degree of flexibility to obtain advice and to organise the internal functioning of the Agency.