It was simply a question of time.

无非是个时间问题。

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Good and evil will always be rewarded; it is only a question of time.

善恶到头终有报，只争来早与来迟。

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There is also the question of time.

同样，这里还存在一个时间的问题。

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Readers can better understand how informed consent and the question of morality in medical experiments have changed over time.

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If the question of time is not explicitly brought up, then you should know that you have to use this formula.

如果时间的问题并没有明确提出,那你应该知道,必须要用这个式子

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In a way, there's a subset of questions that arises from those, to the effect that this is, of course, what we'll be taking up next time: the question "What is an author?"

从这些大问题中又会产生一些小问题，这些问题也将是我们以后会讨论的：,关于文学的缘由，我们接着又会问，“作者是谁？“

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It is a question of time before the conflict in Syria flares up again.

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It was only a question of time before one of the three firms tried to apply these emerging-market lessons in the West.

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The hope is that it is just a question of time (and some pain) before banks consolidate their subprime exposure onto their balance sheets.

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