The way the system is currently set up, these banks are at a disadvantage because while they are often playing by the rules, many of their less scrupulous competitors are not.

在现有的系统里，这些银行由于经常被规则所玩弄而处于不利地位，而他们那些无所顾忌的竞争对手却不受规则约束。

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If you have not been playing by the rules, you are likely to be caught.

如果你老不守规矩，很可能这次会被捉到。

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We are not playing by those rules, but by ours, and incidentally those of many countries in the south-East Asian area.

我们是不会遵守那些规则的，只会遵守我们的规则和东南亚国家的规则。

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How many of us have been viewed suspiciously because we were challenging the status quo or not playing by the rules?

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Their aim was usually to discipline a king who was not playing by the accepted rules of the game and only to replace him (as in the cases of Kings Edward II and Richard II) when he refused to mend his ways.

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And, by the way, it's not fair to responsible gun owners who are playing by the rules.

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