It would take at least a generation for Brazil to exit from that system, even if the will were there.
Such tips are entered into its computer system even if there is no way to follow up on them.
That's why mandatory-sentencing rules can affect the justice system even if the mandatory minimums are relatively rarely enforced.
As the campaign-finance battle has shown, it is possible to reform America's electoral system, even if it takes years.
Parents seeking treatment for their children are referred to the criminal-justice system, even if no crime has been committed.
It was "not a sign of health of the Italian political system, even if the effect could be positive," said Antonio Polito, a political commentator.
But this undermines the stability and health of the overall system, even if it might prove temporarily successful at goosing growth.
There should be no structural bias in the presidential election system, even if population swings might oscillate over a long period of decades.
But such a system, even if applicable to cigar making in Cuba, would not directly address the threat of deliberate counterfeits.
Under that contract, the city credited at most five years of experience for a teacher from another system, even if that teacher had taught for 20 years.
Any bank-resolution system, even if it includes a fund paid for by the banks, needs the taxpayer to stand behind it, as happens in America.
