In other cases, the rate of return is high enough to justify the deal, but only if initial estimates of costs and production volumes turn out to be correct.

在另外的几个油田区块里，预计回报率比较高，不过，这是在预计成本和产量准确的前提下。

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Developers don't want to offer lopsidedly high initial estimates even when they know that customers, marketers, or bosses will start with lopsidedly low bargaining positions.

尽管他们知道客户，市场人员或老板在与他们开始谈判时通常先给出一个很低的期限，他们也不屑于先要求一个很高的期限。

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European markets had equally high expectations, especially with new figures showing the U.S. economy grew at a slower pace than initial estimates in the first half of this year.

欧洲市场也有着同样高的期望，尤其是新的数据显示美国上半年的经济增长速度比预期还要缓慢。

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Initial estimates put recovery time for the battered province at three to five years.

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Moreover, he has observed that initial estimates on construction projects tend to be optimistic.

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