Recent evidence suggests, however, that the end-Permian may have been long in the making.

但是，最近的证据显示，这次大灭绝的形成时间很长。

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In the midst of the turmoil, regulators ordered Banks to speed up plans - long in the making - to set up a clearinghouse to handle derivatives trading.

在危机进程中间，监管者要求银行加快建立处理衍生产品的交易清算所的计划，这是一项长期的任务。

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For example,in the United States the tradition of making quilts has a long and rich history.

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What if we have a case where making an exception and violating individual rights actually will make people better off in the long run?

如果有个特例,侵犯个人权利,长远来看，反而让人们获益更多呢？

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Suppose the utilitarian calculus in the long run works out as he says it will such that respecting people's rights is a way of making everybody better off in the long run.

假设如他所说，长远来看,功利主义演算真能实现,即尊重个人权利,从长远来看，真的能让大家都获益。

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All these problems had been long in the making, and none of them offered up ready solutions.

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"One ITV has been a vision long in the making, " said Mr Green.

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Indeed, today's crisis has been long in the making.

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