The principle that big businesses, whether public or private, should make their performance known is gaining ground.

不论是公开的还是私人的，一些大单生意的执行情况应该批露出来，这个原则已经逐渐普及。

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Schools are bad businesses, whether public or private. not usually because of bad management but because of the nature of the business.

学校是糟糕的产业，无论是公立还是私立，通常这都不是因为糟糕的管理，而是由于这一行业本身的性质使然。

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It seems likely that a wider bridge would have more damage problems rather than fewer, and probably would have cost more as well, whether public or private funds were used.

有可能的是，一座桥面更宽的大桥所遭受的损坏可能更多，而非更少。也有可能是，所投入的资金将更大，无论所使用的是公共款项还是私人资金。

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Companies can choose whether to be public or private.

公司可以选择上市或私营公司模式

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We believe that cloud-based video services, whether public or private cloud, will be the key to stimulating growth.

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So a decision to go to cloud whether public or private needs plenty of thought behind it.

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Outside involvement, whether public or private, charitable or commercial, was supposed to be temporary, as it has been in other post-communist countries.

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