Beijing Opera is not as popular as it was before.

京剧不像以前那么受欢迎了。

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Price has become a more important consideration for shoppers in choosing which shop to visit than it was before the recession.

比起经济萧条前，价格已成为购物者们选择光顾哪家商店的一个更重要的考虑因素。

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State aid is less bountiful than it was before.

国家援助没有从前那么多。

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The Greater New Orleans Community Data Center says the city's population is about seventy-seven percent of what it was before Katrina.

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So the question was-- First, it was the accusation before the question, that I'm holding a sort of double standard.

其问题是,首先,在这个问题之前他指责,我在施行双重标准

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So it's true. Before, it was like a butcher place where they cut the cows and pigs and everything.

是这样的。以前它像个杀牛、猪等动物的屠宰场。

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But it's still well below what it was before the drought came on about 1999.

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Just bring the economy back to what it was before the beginning of this recession.

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But within a few weeks, coverage reverts to where it was before the shooting.

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