And for a very long time, that's what people with these types of injuries were told.

很长时间以来，这种脊髓损伤的人也正是被如此告之。

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The plumes apparently originate at great depths, perhaps as deep as the boundary between the core and the mantle, and many have been active for a very long time.

这些地幔柱显然起源于很深的地方，可能深至地核和地幔之间的边界，而且许多都已经活跃了很长时间。

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Parson Walker's wife was very sick once, for a long time, and it seemed as if they were not going to save her.

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This is the world, particularly the legal world, catching up with where religious and cultural concepts have been for a very long time.

这就是这个世界，尤其是法律世界，向宗教和文化概念靠拢的地方,而后两者已存在很长时间了。

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Sometimes the old aristocracy will be able to hold on for a very long time and to suppress any attempt to change things.

有时一些老贵族,会冥顽不灵,固执己见,试图遏止这些变革力量

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Voters thought they could get something for nothing and for a very long time, governments could deliver.

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But I also see that there are two high-profile incidents of women going missing, and for a very long time.

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He was Mr. Harvey, and for a very long time, he was as big a name as there was in the world of radio.

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