The public sector has also swollen in Europe's three biggest economies—Britain, France and Germany—and in OECD economies as a whole.

另外，欧洲的三大经济体，英国，法国和德国，以及作为一个整体的经合组织（OECD），它们的公共部门也在膨胀。

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In the UK, meanwhile, in addition to massive savings on the slimmed down military, the government had also found its coffers swollen by the proceeds of the North Sea oil boom.

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The summer sports jacket he wore, a grubby beige with swollen pockets, also looked too big for him, and hung loosely on his shoulders.

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The liquidators also claim that the payments justify their swollen pay packets.

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