The old partners have to accept that they can no longer set all the rules of the game-that is, make agreements that everyone else must abide by.

老伙伴不得不接受这样的事实，他们已不再是所有游戏规则的制定者——也就是说，每个人都要必须遵守他们达成的协议。

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The Conservatives counter by saying that the new schools would have to abide by the old admissions rules, with no interviewing of applicants and no preference for able students.

ECONOMIST: Transforming Britain's schools