Stephen o 'brien, international development minister, said: "in the world's poorest countries, illegal logging fuels corruption and results in billions of pounds in lost revenue every year."

国际发展部部长Stephen O ' Brien说：“在世界最贫穷的国家中，非法采伐造成了树木腐烂，每年导致了数十亿英镑的收入损失。”

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The City lives on being a competitive market, he says; yet if jobs have been subsidized anywhere it is in banking, with billions of pounds poured into recapitalization.

如果为银行业内所有的工作都提供津贴补助，需要将几十亿英镑投入到资本结构的调整中去。 这样一来，对竞争市场的依赖性会更甚。

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More than 600 active chemicals are registered for agricultural use in America, to the tune of billions of pounds annually.

美国600多种现行的化学药品被注册在农业中使用，每年使用达数十亿镑。

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It involves the government in billions of pounds.

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As is by now well known, the partners of private equity firms such as Blackstone, KKR, Permira, TPC, CVC, BC Partners among many others became wealthy beyond most people's wildest dreams - to the tune of tens of millions of pounds, hundreds of millions of pounds and in some cases billions of pounds.

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"I can't be the only person here who feels disappointed that such a great company as Google... will be reduced to arguing that when it employs thousands of people in Britain, makes billions of pounds of revenue in Britain, it's fair that it should pay just a fraction of 1% of that in tax, " he said.

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