The criticisms were sometimes even a prelude to formal investigations by the regulatory authorities.

批评有时候甚至是监管机关正式调查的前奏。

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The European Commission has its own suspicions about a contract in Berlin and Brandenburg, and opened formal investigations last October.

关于柏林和勃兰登堡的合同欧洲委员会有自己的疑虑，并于去年10月展开正式调查。

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It includes both informal activities of figuring things out driven by innate curiosity and formal investigations made in the field of a subject in a special way.

它既包括好奇心驱使下的非正式的质疑问难行为，又包括学科领域中采用特定方式进行的专门探究活动。

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Under no circumstances should legitimate and well-grounded congressional requests for formal investigations be deflected, let alone suppressed.

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It has now begun formal investigations into several payday lenders over aggressive debt collection practices following a review of the industry.

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We're betting that heads are going to roll at both of these companies, formal investigations are going to be waged, users are going to be compensated in big ways, lawsuits are going to be filed, and textbooks could very well be modified to make sure that lessons are learned for the next generation of college grads tasked with keeping clouds running.

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