If introduced at the same flat rate throughout the country, this could be ruinously expensive for many small businesses, and stoke more inflation as employees seek to maintain their pay differentials.

如果在全国范围内实行统一的比例税率，这将使得许多小企业无法承受高昂的成本，而且雇员在追求差别工资的同时也会加剧通货膨胀。

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Chelsea's puzzlingly flat performance at White Hart Lane can be left behind only with a convincing win against cosily mid-table Stoke City.

切尔西只有在对阵斯托克城中场时取得令人信服的胜利，才能够把上周在白鹿巷令人困惑的沉闷表现抛诸脑后。

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Savile had a flat at Stoke Mandeville hospital and he worked as a volunteer porter at Leeds General hospital for years.

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