Only two in ten of the wallets were returned to their owners and only around half of those (55%) contained the original sum of money.

十只钱包里只有2只被送回主人，并且这些归还的钱包中只有大概一半是分文未动的。

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Some worthy citizen had set aside a large sum half a century previously in order to accrue interest and build up enough funds to build the bridge.

某位有威望的市民早在半个世纪之前就已经留置了一大笔钱，为的是增长利息，积累足够的资金建造这座桥。

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Ten thousand pounds! Heaven forbid! How is half such a sum to be repaid?

一万镑！天不容！即使半数，又怎么还得起？

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Nearly half that sum is being spent to transform a million-square-foot former Ericsson plant bordering the campus into a new law school and a larger site for the church.

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Nearly half that sum is being spent to transform a million-square-foot former Ericsson (nasdaq: ERICY - news - people ) plant bordering the campus into a new law school and a larger site for the church.

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Since that sum represents half the fund's assets, this is clearly not an investment-led decision.

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