The oil may take longer than expected to flow, and there may be less of it than BP believes.

石油的开采或许会比预计的时间花费要长，同时其量也比英石油估计的时间要少。

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Whatever happens, the court may be less of a cosy club than it has been hitherto, insiders say.

据知情者透露，无论发生什么情况，法庭可能不会再像迄今为止的那样只是一个惬意的俱乐部。

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So if supersymmetry is true, there should be less of this isotope around than the Standard Model predicts.

因此，如果对超对称性确信无疑，那么宇宙空间中元素同位素的存在就会比标准模式预测的要少。

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A person with less than twenty-eight grams will now be charged with an infraction instead of a misdemeanor.

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Black, White... It seems to be less of a, less of an issue.

黑人，白人……这些似乎没有人在意。

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Now, compare the first element in each of these lists. Two is less than three, so two ought to be the next element of the list.

现在，比较每个列表的第一个元素,2要比3小，所以2应该是合并后列表的，下一个元素，然后你们就知道了。

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In short, if Obama is too succeed, he must be less of a Democrat.

FORBES: Political Economy

Maybe this will be less of an issue with a Marvel-based comic book MMORPG.

FORBES: Connect

By the same token, a sharp fall on Wall Street may be less of a worry.

ECONOMIST: Trapped by the bubble