I've been going there every summer since the year dot.

我从很久以前就每年夏天都去那里。

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You've wanted to be a barrister since the year dot.

很久以前你就一直想成为一名辩护律师了。

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Giant oil platforms dot the waters between Britain and Norway, sucking around 900m barrels of oil and gas from beneath the seabed every year.

油钻井平台的巨头们在英国和挪威之间的水下打孔，每年从海床之下吸走了约9亿桶的石油和天然气。

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"Clearly when you back out the barter transactions, as well as the three-year dot-com ad contracts that are now expiring, advertising wasn't a viable business model, " says Henry Asher, president of Northstar Group, a New York-based investment manager that holds the parent company's shares.

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