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It was only thirty years ago that the building industry felt confident enough to erect office blocks of steel and reinforced concrete that had more than a dozen floors.

建筑行业是从30年前才开始有信心建造超过12层楼高的钢筋混凝土结构的办公大楼。

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In a German study, eighty per cent of those surveyed described themselves as confident in their answers on a questionnaire, yet only forty-two per cent got even half the questions right.

在一项德国人的研究中，虽然百分八十的受访者对于自己在问卷调查中的回答抱有自信，只有百分之四十二的人能答对其中一半的问题就不错了。

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It's a gamble only a pretty confident player would make.

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It's only a year since he had a liver transplant, and investors can hardly feel confident they got all the relevant information clearly and early.

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However the partnership has not said how much it hopes to secure, only that it is confident it can put a strong case forward for funding.

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