However, studies of ancient lacquer figure painting are rare so far in China because the existent ancient lacquer figure paintings are few and scattered distribution.

由于现存漆绘人物画作品较少且分布零散，目前我国对漆绘人物画课题的直接研究并不多。

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However, researching on the process of CWR of hollow shaft parts is mainly to take use of experiments, even using finite element method is really few and scattered without systemic analysis.

人们对空心轴类件楔横轧过程的研究大多采用实验的方法，即使采用有限元理论也是非常零碎的，并未系统地研究空心轴类件的楔横轧过程。

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On Sunday, in a remote valley in the West of England, where the people are few and scattered and placid, there was no more sign among them than the quiet hills of the anxiety that holds the world.

星期天，在英格兰西部一处居家稀少、民性平靖的幽远山谷，如在寂静的群山之中一样，全无世人忧心忡忡的迹象。

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By comparison, Yelp has 543 reviews with star ratings for the El Castillito taqueria in San Francisco, while Facebook has 97 likes (none from my friends), and a few scattered wall posts on a sparse unofficial landing page.

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One example: The gene that makes the Epogen protein is expressed in only a few scattered tissues and is hard to detect by conventional gene-finding methods, which discover genes not by looking at DNA but by examining the RNA messengers that ferry genetic code between the DNA itself and the cellular machinery that make proteins.

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What herding work now exists usually goes to Peruvians, and except for scattered ranch owners, few Basques have remained in the sheep business.

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