If they are not big enough and we bureaucratize them, we can often extend the length of time and money it takes by orders of magnitude.

如果项目看上去不够大，我们就把它交给相关机构去慢慢研究，常常以此来使其获得好几倍额外的时间和资金投入。

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The reservoir created by the backflow of the dam will extend 360 miles up river to Chongqing (" Chong-ching "), a distance equal to nearly half the length of California.

大坝形成的长达360英里(579公里)的水库延伸至重庆，距离约为美国加利福尼亚州长度的一半。

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Making use of the principle that the sonic wave made by the rock open fracture spread in the rock, can accurately test the crack's appearance directions and extend length.

利用岩石张裂时发出的声波在岩石中的传播原理，可准确测出裂缝的形态方位和延伸长度。

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Does it also extend the lives of patients and, if so, by what length?

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Moves to extend the length of service to a whole Parliament were defeated by 263 votes to 171, a majority of 92, while the committee will consist of eight members after a move to expand it to 15 members was defeated by 331 votes to 100.

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