In theory, farmers should be quicker to respond to price signals, since they can easily substitute one crop for another.

理论上，农民对价格的反应是很敏感的，在以前的话，他们很容易的找到农产品的替代品。

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He added the plans had the potential to improve services as GPs were "much quicker to respond to patients".

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Lucent and Nortel were perhaps quicker to respond because American companies have led the way in exploiting the Internet and data-networking technologies.

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We'll be able to respond quicker.

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