It was the first time in years that a Japanese manufacturer had not topped the list for imported vehicles.

这是多年来日本厂商第一次未能位居进口汽车名单榜首。

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That does not lessen the shock value for a modern reader, even though war in our time is no less savage and no less brutal.

对于现在读者，它的震惊效果并未削弱，尽管现代的战争不再那样野蛮残忍。

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There was not much time left to do so, for Mr. Sesemann was waiting to put Heidi in the carriage.

剩下的时间不多了，因为赛赛曼先生正等着把海蒂送上马车。

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But another engineering student from India,Bikramjeet Singh Grewal, says he does not have time for much fun in the sun.

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And one of them will be filmed, too, so that if you can't actually make any of the times not to worry, that video will go online sometime Tuesday in plenty of time for Friday's pset deadline.

其中一门课程也会被拍成录像，所以你们万一没有时间也不用担心,那个视频在周二会放到网上去,直到周五过期，这其中还是有充裕的时间的。

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It's not so much what's in the proposal as it is that this is the time for reconsideration.

这个计划的内容并不复杂,而如今正是一个反思的好时候。

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The decision was eventually reversed, but not in time for her to attend the ceremony.

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Other tests work, though not in time for patients to act, leaving them to a life of endless dread.

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The IAAF ruled that the blades gave him an unfair advantage, but he overturned that ruling -- though not in time for him to qualify for Beijing.

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