The company began looking for ways to cut costs, which led to the decision to outsource.

该公司开始寻找降低成本的途径，这使他们决定外包。

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This particular pricing decision involves three very different sets of costs and benefits, none of which the article you sent me sets out clearly.

这个特殊的定价决策涉及三种炯然不同的成本收益分析，而你寄给我的文章对哪一种都没有阐释清楚。

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Failure to pay the full medical costs imposed by obesity distorts the decision of a person to become or remain obese; it is a subsidy for obesity.

无法支付肥胖症产生的全部医疗成本扭曲了个人的决定，使他们变胖或者保持肥胖；这是对肥胖症的补贴。

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In a decision in eighteen seventy-six, the Supreme Court said states had a legal right to control costs of railroad transportation.

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Napolitano again defended the administration's decision against closing the U.S.border with Mexico, saying it would incur massive economic costs with no meaningful health benefits, since swine flu is already spreading in the United States.

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The decision came amid fears the costs of fitting necessary equipment were spiralling out of control.

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We suspect this is a business decision focused on reducing royalty costs relative to revenues.

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But indecision is still a decision, and like every decision, it has its costs which can grow steadily steeper as the clock ticks on.

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