Grain length, where the power of Class a semi-official role in the beginning and the elderly have similar functions.

粮长、里甲等半官方的权力角色一开始就具有与老人类似的职权。

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So their identities have not been disclosed , though the lawyer for one of them said that his client is an old man in poor health who no longer has an official role.

但有一位律师表示，他的顾客是一位年迈羸弱的老人，在足联里已无官职。

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Without a clear, "official" approval from senior management, the manager's new role will be more difficult to protect when difficulties arise.

没有一个来自上级管理层的明确的“正式的”批准，在出现困难时经理的新角色的保全就会困难重重。

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There is clearly some kind of an official group that has some sort of political role to play, which is popular in its character.

很显然需要有一个官方组织,扮演某种政治角色,从属性上来说这很常见

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This partly reflects the number and prominence of NGOs in South America and the semi-official role which some governments give them.

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Rules of football governing body Fifa state an agent cannot take a role at a club, but Mr Harrison's lawyers said he had no official role there.

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