In 1912 women's events were added, and the modern Olympic programme began to take shape.

1912年增加了女子项目，现代奥林匹克运动会开始初具雏形。

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The painter Peter Brandon never dated his works, and their chronology is only now beginning to take shape in the critical literature.

画家彼得·布兰登的作品从来没有标注过日期，其时间表现在才开始在批评文献中形成。

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The state machine is starting to take shape.

状态机开始逐渐成型。

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After months of rigorous debate on health insurance reform, fought largely along political party lines, President Obama says a bipartisan solution is starting to take shape.

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This week, it appears as though a new chapter has begun to take shape.

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And so a new part of the overarching vision of Obamacare is starting to take shape.

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Third, even if a crisply unified centre-right were to take shape, it would need a leader.

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