He sat on various reasonably influential quangos.

他位居数个相当有影响力的半官方机构。

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In his speech Cameron reiterated plans to scrap quangos and overhaul school structures.

卡梅隆在他的演讲中重申了废弃半官方机构并且彻底改变学校结构的计划。

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The UK film Council, which distributed lottery money to fund over 900 films in the last decade, was axed with no notice this summer, as were other similar quangos.

英国电影协会用彩票资金在过去的十年中资助了超过九百部电影，今年夏天被不打招呼的削减经费，其他半官方机构处境类似。

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Thursday's figures cover those working in central government and public quangos but not local authorities.

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But it is unlikely that those who sit on quangos are being entirely selfless.

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They include the usual boilerplate about wringing efficiencies from the bureaucracy and getting rid of quangos.

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