But others, like Britain and France, while supporting the boycott, allowed their Olympic committees to participate if they wished.

有些国家，如英国和法国，虽然也支持抵制行动，但是仍然允许其奥委会自行定夺是否参赛。

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Indeed, some say such test restrictions could result over time in involuntary disarmament-something that America (like Russia, Britain, France and China) is disinclined to do.

的确，有人认为，时间长了，这种试验限制不知不觉会导致裁军——这是美国(象俄国、英国、法国和中国一样)不情愿的。

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There were voices on right and left, however, suggesting that Germany should now step out from the shadows and become a "normal" country - by which they meant more like France and Britain.

然而，来自各方的声音都建议德国走出阴影，成为一个像英国和法国一样的“正常”国家。

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Are they simply counting those people who come from places like Britain and France and Europe, who are often second-generation people, who are living in those countries but whose parents are from Pakistan, or are they also counting people from neighboring countries, like Afghanistan?

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It had fewer internationally known writers and intellectuals than countries like Germany, France and Britain, and its scientific institutions were falling behind the rest of Europe.

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And here too flexibility would allow the keen countries, like France and Britain, to go ahead, while allowing traditional neutrals like Sweden, Austria and Ireland to opt out if they choose to.

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