The British are supposed to be famous for laughing at themselves, but even their sense of humour has a limit, as the British retailer Gerald Ratner found out to his cost.

英国人本应以自嘲著称，但就连他们的幽默感也有限度，英国零售商杰拉尔德·拉特纳在付出一定的代价之后才明白了这一点。

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To limit the number of telescopes on Mauna Kea, old ones will be removed at the end of their lifetimes and their sites returned to a natural state.

为了控制莫纳克亚山上望远镜的数量，旧望远镜将在使用寿命结束时被移除，因此这些场地将恢复到自然状态。

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At some point, there has to be a limit on how much land can be used for sugar cane production—certainly if you want to preserve natural habitats and native wildlife.

有些时候必须限制用来生产甘蔗的土地面积——当然，如果你想保护自然栖息地和本土野生动物的话。

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He added firefighters at large incidents had to be relieved every three hours as there is a limit to how long they can work at such intensity.

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"There's got to be a limit to what they let citizens have at their disposal, " the Michigan resident said.

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Though its aim is to be a commercial service, at the moment there is no limit to how much of your collection you can upload and then stream - for absolutely nothing.

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