Oceans of time and money were spent on the project.

大量时间和大批资金都投入到这项工程。

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Money has drained from the markets and without the oceans of cash normally providing liquidity to trade in, selling simple crunches the price.

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So, apart from all the side events with millionaire financiers launching ideas for getting money to poor countries, and ocean scientists warning that the oceans are turning more acidic because of CO2, and forestry experts explaining all the different and often conflicting ways of funding the protection of the forests, you have the main negotiations themselves.

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