The effect has been to underutilise one of the big organisational advantages that the Big Four have: a large pool of partners who can help coach less experienced staff.

四大的优势之一：拥有大量的合伙人，这些人可以培训缺乏经验的员工。 而这方面的优势被低估了。

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Four of his five children attended big public universities.

他有五个孩子，四个都上了大的公立大学。

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Four big hospitals in Santa Monica and Los Angeles have complained that their doctors and nurses, not to mention patients, might not be able to get to emergency rooms.

圣塔莫尼卡和洛杉矶的四家大医院抱怨说，它们的医生和护士——不消说还有病人——可能无法抵达急诊室。

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Decide what kind of school interests you: Big or small,city or rural, public or private, two-year or four-year?

VOA: special.2009.07.16

However,the important decisions were made by the so-called "Big Four": Prime Minister David Lloyd-George of Britain, Premier Georges Clemenceau of France, Premier Vittorio Orlando of Italy, and President Woodrow Wilson of the United States.

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On average, the big-four Chinese banks are down 29% this year in Hong Kong trading, yet analysts have remained steadfastly bullish.

WSJ: 'Sell' Ratings Rare on Chinese Stocks

Even if the remaining global economies could somehow escape being affected by the problems of the big-four, it would not make much difference.

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Companies in the volatile construction business and those on the leading edge of technology might also face higher audit fees or no audits at all, says another big-four partner.

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