Calls by scientists for large increases in the appropriation of funds for public spending on agricultural research are more than justified.

科学家们呼吁大幅增加农业研究的公共开支拨款，是非常合理的。

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Other charges include fraud and illegal appropriation of land.

其他指控包括诈骗和非法占用土地。

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Perhaps struggle unfolds first, not at an economic or social level, but over the appropriation of air, essential to life itself.

也许首先展开的不是在经济或社会层面上的斗争，而是为占有对生命本身必不可少的空气而斗争。

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Do you think,Rochelle,it's a way of defending the appropriation of the land?

罗谢尔，你认为他是在为侵略土地而辩护吗？

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Walsh is upset by the appropriation of "dog whistle" because it's sauce for the goose.

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But the director argues that his ruthless appropriation of the Bard makes a statement.

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The large-scale appropriation of farmland in recent years for housing and factory construction has rendered millions of farmers landless.

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