In a perfect market, where supply of housing quickly adjusts to demand, one would expect the real value of property prices to be broadly stable over long periods.

在一个完美市场中，房屋供给会根据需求迅速调整，人们会期望房价的实际价值在长期内大致保持稳定。

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Since there is clearly a demand for an alternative to the billable hour, you would expect someone to supply it.

既然如此，那就显然产生了一种需求——需求一种替代计时收费的方式，您也会希望有人提供这种替代方式。

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Nonetheless, he does not expect shale gas to have a “material effect” on European supply for a decade, since drilling will take some time to ramp up.

尽管如此，他并没有指望页岩天然气在未来十年内对欧洲的能源供应产生实质影响，毕竟钻探还要花费一些时日。

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Power and manufacturing plants are still converting to it, and with fracking making the stuff easier to get out of the ground, producers still expect to supply a lot of it for years to come.

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Most analysts expect a fourth year of supply constraints to follow the last three years of consecutive deficits in the cocoa market, something that hasn't been seen since the 1960s.

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If they were then you would expect to see a lack of supply.

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