A survey of entrepreneurs who started companies last year shows that while virtually all did substantial preparatory research and planning, only half used that work to produce a formal business plan.

一项对去年创办公司的企业家的调查显示，尽管几乎所有人都做了大量的准备研究和计划，但只有一半人利用这些工作制定了正式的商业计划。

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Enthused by the college preparatory program, at the start of the school year Perry, Ray and Simmons served as College Summit peer leaders, guiding other students through college applications.

在这一大学预备计划的鼓励下，这三名学生在新学年开始时，成为“大学之峰”组织的骨干力量，帮助其他学生了解如何申请大学。

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The high school is 4 years, some high schools have one year of English preparatory.

高中是四年，一些高中还有一年的英语预备班。

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Throughout the more than year-long preparatory process, FIFA reports indicated that the Nigerians were well behind schedule in assuring that the proper infrastructure would be in place to host the event.

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Hitherto some had marked the end of a two-year preparatory period, spelt out by the PA prime minister, Salam Fayyad, who set August 26th this year as the date for completion.

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The medium of instruction being in Czech for most courses (certain courses are conducted in English), the beneficiaries of these fellowships are required to pursue a one-year preparatory Czech language course.

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This year's summit begins with preparatory meetings starting Tuesday involving government ministers.

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