Due to the existence of the surface, the curves expressing the chain size versus temperature for the tail chain were slightly lower than those for the free chain.

由于刚性壁的影响，使得有限链长的高分子尾形链与自由链相比，其表示链尺寸温度关系的曲线要稍低。

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Thompson's business was originally modest in size, but in recent years he has expanded it by opening scores of chain stores across the country.

汤普森的生意起初规模不大，但近年来他在全国各地开了几十家连锁店，把生意做大了。

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About 400 million years ago, when the present-day continents of North America and Europe were joined, the Caledonian mountain chain was the same size as the modern Himalayas.

现在的北美大陆和欧洲大陆大约在40亿年前是连接在一起的，在那时，加勒多尼亚山脉与现代的喜马拉雅山脉一样雄伟。

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While some hospital executives have commendably used a hospital chain's large size to standardize best practices, others have fallen into the age-old management trap of detaching themselves from the front lines and becoming dangerously out of touch with their own staff.

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We think that this concern is overblown because of the large size and fragmentation of the commercial reverse supply chain segment, high barriers to entry for successful penetration into the market, and the incompatibility of an online surplus liquidation business with the aforementioned potential competitors.

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