The current chain of events was set in motion by that kidnapping.

目前的一系列事件都是由那次绑架引发的。

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This chain of events begs readers to ask a question.

这一连串的事件使读者心生疑问。

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Some topical treatments contain ingredients that start this chain of events.

一些时下流行的疗法中包含了促发这一系列事件的成分。

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To represent that chain of events, a long line of oversized, brightly painted dominoes has been set up running for one-and-a-half kilometers in an area where the Wall once stood.

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Describing the actual chain of events that followed would have challenged Franz Kafka in his prime.

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Sinn Fein's Sue Ramsey asked about the timeline, or chain of events, surrounding the outbreak.

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The individual in question could have genuinely foreseen the chain of events that was about to unfold.

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