So far it might be argued that they have shown at least some restraint.

到目前为止，至少他们已有些节制了。

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The sale of 112 tonnes of stockpiled ivory could raise around $17.5m, which, it might be argued, offers the two countries an incentive conserve elephants.

出售这112吨库存的象牙可以得到1750万美元，因此有人会认为，这两个国家会由此而产生保护大象的热情。

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It might be argued that this half-and-half approach avoids isolating Fiji completely and so leaves the door open to concessions, for instance on the timetable for elections.

也许它们会争辩这种半对半的策略既避免了完全孤立斐济又为妥协敞开了大门，例如在选举的时间表上。

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Still, after several years of council cuts it might be argued that the direct impact on the wider public has been limited.

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It might be argued - it is being argued - that ending the Union is a much bigger step and thus would require a binding popular verdict upon the final outcome, not simply pre-negotiation consent.

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Indeed, it might be argued that a better understanding of humanity can help direct efforts to counteract those propensities viewed as detrimental or undesirable, thus ensuring people are less, rather than more, in thrall to their biology.

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