Mortgage lenders have talked a good game when it comes to helping first-time buyers get on the property ladder, with a greater number advertising loans at 90% of a home's value.

提到如何帮助首次购房者爬上房地产阶梯，房贷银行说的天花乱坠，越来越多的房贷银行也打出广告以房屋价值90%的价格提供贷款。

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A trusted relationship with an architect and a project sponsor is a good start, but is no substitute for a well-articulated ladder of responsibilities.

与架构师和项目发起人之间的可信赖关系是良好的开端，但不能取代明确划分的职责。

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Many English novels show a poor main character rising on the economic and social ladder, perhaps because of a good marriage or the discovery of a hidden aristocratic past.

大量英国小说都讲述贫困的主人公在经济和社会的阶梯上青云直上，或得助于美好的姻缘，或由于不为人知的贵族背景被发现。

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After 25 years spent observing well-regarded chief executives and good managers further down the ladder, the authors conclude that those who are true to characteristics they already possess make the best bosses.

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To get a foot on the ladder there was too good to miss, and leaving Alty, and Crewe, was the price I had to pay.

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Fixing that by making sure every American has a chance to climb the ladder to opportunity is a good place to start.

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