This author struggled to write a novel that publishing companies would call something other than "pure rubbish" several times-27 to be exact.

这位作家努力写出的一部小说，却被出版公司多次拒绝，甚至被评价为“完全是垃圾”——他一共被拒绝了27次。

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Schaechter had access to no Musical Instruments except a broken harmonium found in a rubbish heap. Other than that, he had only human voices to work with.

沙克特仅有的乐器只是从垃圾堆中找来的一架簧风琴，除此而外，他便只好靠人的嗓子了。

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This author struggled to write a novel that publishing companies would call something other than "pure rubbish" several times-27 to be exact.

这位作家竭力想要出版一部小说，这部小说数次被出版社拒之门外，甚至称其“纯粹是垃圾”——确切的说，它被拒绝了27次。

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This is not to suggest that the ONS is rubbish - or worse than other official statistical bodies.

BBC: The Nobel prize, and the ONS

The figures also show that Britain sends seven million tonnes more rubbish into landfill than any other country in Europe.

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This includes forcing residents to buy "official" rubbish sacks from the council rather than other suppliers.

BBC: Council rubbish bin collection fines to be scrapped