In 2008, UK exports of goods and services to China grew by 40%, a record increase.

2008年，英国向中国出口的商品和劳务创纪录地增长了40%。

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The nation 's steelmakers, which account for 43 per cent of global imports of iron ore, tried to set prices after a record increase in 2005.

占了全球铁矿进口总量43 %的中国钢铁生产商在2005年创纪录的提价之后，曾经试图把那个价格固定下来。

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"The linear increase in record life expectancy for more than 165 years does not suggest a looming limit to human lifespan," they write.

“165年来有记录的平均寿命线性增长，并不是说人的寿命已接近极限。”他们在文章中写道。

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This is despite a record tax increase in January.

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"There was also a financial crisis in Greece last year as well and we had a record year with a 10% increase in the number of visitors, " said Konstantinos Zikos, president of the Greek National Tourism Organization .

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Goldman Sachs Group chief Lloyd Blankfein said macro-economic concerns weighed on the appetites of investors and corporations in the first quarter, but the bank still managed to record a modest increase in revenue and profit from a year ago.

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