Companies have been stymied by the length of time it takes to reach an agreement.

数个公司因耗费很长时间以达成协议而受到阻碍。

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The duration required to define the work depends on the length of time necessary to discover and document the information, as well as the time required to gain agreement and approval from the client.

需要花费在定义项目工作上的时间取决于了解和文档化这些信息所必需的时间长短，也取决于需要花费在获得客户的同意和认可上的时间长短。

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You look at pairs of chopsticks, first of all is that both sides equal, the length of agreement, if any one bend, or short, and certainly do not live clip vegetables, feel awkward in my hand.

你看这双筷子，首先是双方平等，长短一致，如果哪一支弯了，或者是短了，肯定是夹不住菜，拿在手中也觉得别扭。

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It is just now a question of when the agreement will be finalized and what the length and terms of the finalized agreement will be.

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Netanyahu said no agreement had been reached on the length of time for the building hiatus, the source said.

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Netanyahu said no agreement had been reached on the length of time for the building hiatus, the source told CNN.

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