Excavator sales fell 10 percent in May from a year earlier, possibly foreshadowing a construction bust.

五月份挖掘机销售量同比下降10%，可能预示着建筑行业的不景气。

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In addition to CLASS construction, the grant covers a year of on-site testing.

除了支持class的建设外，这笔款项也包含了为期一年的现场测试的资金。

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There is existing permission for the construction of up to 40,000 housing units, according to Peace Now, and construction on 600 began this year.

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Economists say much of China's growth in the past year was the result of stimulus efforts, including rapid lending growth that funded new housing and factory construction.

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President Clinton may attempt to have it both ways: decide this year in favour of deploying a national missile defence, but declare that construction next year does not violate the treaty.

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It had hoped to start construction next year.

BBC: Hatfield carbon capture scheme fails in UK funding bid

Its new facility in San Antonio, scheduled to start construction this year and be up and running by early 2012, will grab 83, 000 tons of carbon dioxide a year from the equivalent of a 10-megawatt plant.

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