Throughout history, governments have protected and promoted forests for diverse reasons, ranging from the need for wooden warships to a desire to promote suburban house building.

纵观历史，各国政府出于各种各样的原因保护和促进森林扩张，这些原因既有制造木制军舰的需求，也有促进郊区房屋建设的意愿。

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He raced across town to the State House building.

他急速穿过市区去州议会大厦。

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The most successful Kalmyk Mongolian businesses are the house building trade and small businesses.

卡尔·梅克蒙古人最为成功的商业领域是建筑业和小买卖。

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Ten years later, the group had raised enough money to buy a historic bank building to house the Hall of Fame.

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The idea was that a lot of people can't afford a house -let's all get together and pool our money -in a Building Society or Saving and Loan Association -and then we'll loan out to some of us to buy the house.

当初的想法是,很多人都买不起房子,那我们就把钱凑在一起,放到一个建房互助协会或储贷协会里,然后向我们中那些要买房的人发放贷款

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Because in Dallas, t have the restrictions of building house that we have in costal California.

在达拉斯，没有限制盖房的规定，they，don’,不像加州。

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He added that increased house building could not be supported without innovative transport schemes.

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The awards seek to recognise and reward excellence and innovation in house building, master-planning, and housing design in Scotland.

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These would include a new house building programme, bringing back the 10p tax rate and reforming the banking system.

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