In March, Xi Jinping, the president, urged a faster pace of roll-outs.
"However, the slow pace of roll-out is disappointing for an operator that has always prided itself on the coverage and quality of its network".
The cash machine has become a world-conquering piece of technology, and nothing – the contactless revolution, bitcoin, wearable technology, etc – seems to be slowing the pace of roll-out: there are now 3m ATMs worldwide, with the number forecast to hit 4m by 2020, according to specialist research and consulting firm RBR.
The slow pace of the roll out of field coordination left humanitarian coordination at the district level in the hands of the military for some considerable time.
Universal credit is intended to solve that, he writes, bemoaning the "glacial pace" of its roll-out.
Patterson cast doubt on whether rivals would take up the offer, despite complaining of the slow pace of fibre roll-out.
This week, the administration issued a report on the stepped-up pace of work, rolled out Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. to brief reporters on its progress, and President Obama went to Columbus, Ohio, on Friday to laud the 10,000th stimulus-financed highway project.
Ayite gets it back, and prods it to Adebayor, who with enormous nonchalance taps the ball wide both of the keeper and the post, with barely enough pace to roll out of play.
All the concerned groups said they agreed with providing easier access to academic research, but Professor Howard Hotson, a fellow of St Anne's College, Oxford, who sits on the steering council for the Council for the Defence of British Universities, said they all shared grave concerns at the pace of the changes being rolled out.
For lawmakers more accustomed to the slow pace of governance, where opposition comes in the form of roll calls and procedural gamesmanship, it's been an adjustment.
