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It opens on the words open sesame, and seals itself on the words close sesame.
Clause 5 is not an "open sesame" that will allow us immediately to start sharing a wide range of information with any overseas social security administration that takes our fancy.
We should not simply use it as an open sesame; we have to understand that the employment policy guidelines cannot simply be applied line by line.
That is a complete open sesame.
Borrowers find that mortgage repayments, instead of being an open sesame to home ownership at some time in the future, have now become millstones around their necks.
There must be an open sesame endorsement to prevent the distressing hindrances and delays that are far too common.
The minute one begins to edit, one gives the defence an open sesame.
Reorganisation is a key to progress, but it is not always an open sesame.