Because the tax started low and its rises were set out in advance, businesses had plenty of time to make plans to cut their carbon use.

正因为该税的税额开始较低且提前公布了增幅，使得企业有足够的时间来制定计划以减少其碳用量。

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Cut out magazine reading and most book reading (unless it's essential) to give you some extra time.

不要读杂志和大部分的书(除非是重要的)会让你有多余的时间。

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Cut or delegate activities you don't enjoy, don't have time for or do only out of guilt.

删除你不喜欢的活动，任何时候都不要内疚。

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Khalil smashed a shot against the bar after the hour mark, but the unlucky Abbas decisively turned the ball into his own net in injury-time as he tried to cut out a cross from Iraq captain Younis Mahmoud.

CNN: STORY HIGHLIGHTS

He said the government had also now cut the number of people waiting a long time for an out-patient appointment by 80, 000 from its peak.

BBC: Waiting lists cut again

The goal floored Stoke, and Healy, who had only been on the pitch 10 minutes, provided the decisive knock-out blow four minutes into injury time when Jones cut the ball across goal for the Northern Ireland striker to slot in.

BBC: Sunderland 2-0 Stoke