Boeing had to take over some of the sub-contractors to prevent them from collapsing.

波音公司不得不将一些分包商的工作接管过来以防止崩溃。

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For the main contractors in the construction business who sub-contract work to others, the turnover shall be the balance of the total contract sum less the payments made to the sub - contractors.

建筑业的总承包人将工程分包或者转包给他人的，以工程的全部承包额减去付给分包人或者转包人的价款后的余额为营业额。

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In some cases, the work was further sub-contracted to foremen, who also had to pay sub-contractors bribes.

在一些情况下，工程还要继续分包给工头，工头们也要向分包商们支付贿赂。

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Adversarial relationships between customers, main contractors and sub-contractors mean that design changes often cause rows and that problems are not tackled until they reach crisis proportions.

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In recent months, US forces in Afghanistan have pledged to increase their oversight of security contractors and set up task forces to track the money spent among sub-contractors.

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To win those contracts, Jarvis had to bid low, expand fast and hire sub-contractors extensively.

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