This is nonrefundable, even if the source of the mineral is less prevalent than the lessee predicted it to be or if it is in an unextractable form.

即使矿源比承租人预测的要少，或者矿源是不可开采的形式，这也是不可退还的。

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General Powell predicted that in the future it might even be possible to stage joint military exercises.

鲍威尔将军预言将来甚至可能举行联合军事演习。

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B2B commerce, for example, didn't move mainly online by 2005 as many had predicted in 2000, nor even by 2016, but that doesn't mean it won't do so over the next few decades.

例如，企业间商务模式到2005年并没有像许多人在2000年预测的那样主要转向网上，甚至到2016年也没有，但这并不意味着它在未来几十年不会这样。

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And even if the rebellion failed, he predicted that it would lead to a civil war between the North and the South.

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That is already a lot higher than President Obama's advisers had predicted for later this year, even if Congress passed a stimulus bill.

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The population is growing at an even faster rate than many experts had predicted.

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But social media has changed the company-customer equation faster than anyone could have predicted even five years ago.

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We do know that the Arctic ice cap is melting faster than was predicted even five years ago.

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What we do know is the temperature around the globe is increasing faster than was predicted even 10 years ago.

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