It's only a matter of time before they bring out their own version of the software.

他们推出自己的软件只是个时间问题。

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It now seems only a matter of time before they resign.

如今看来，他们辞职只是个时间问题。

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It's surely only a matter of time before he is found, isn't it?

找到他只是个时间问题，对不对？

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Army commanders say it is only a matter of time before the Taliban-style group would be completely destroyed.

VOA: standard.2009.07.30

Let's assume that we know that this thing is going to be paid, so it's a matter of simple time.

我们假设这份承诺会被兑现,这只是时间的问题

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Okay, so 1 is a viable answer in some contacts that needs constant time, the same amount of time no matter what.

在需要常量时间的情况下,答案是1，不管怎样，总时间是,相同的。

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Once on the streets, and with only meagre health care, it is often only a matter of time before a mentally ill person commits a crime and is sent to jail.

ECONOMIST: Mental illness

His allies say his departure was always just a matter of time: once a firm buys another, it completes the takeover by putting its own people in charge.

ECONOMIST: Thomson Reuters: Screen test | The

Officials have said it is "just a matter of time" before a child is left with serious and permanent complications, such as eye disorders, deafness or brain damage, or even dies.

BBC: Wales