This was simply a result of custom and usage rather than a specific decision.

这只是一个惯例，而不是一个特定的决定。

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As with the bees, the broad sampling of options before a decision is made will usually result in a compromise acceptable to all.

就像蜂群一样，在做决定之前先进行广泛的抽样调查，通常能找到所有人都能接受的折中决策。

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Australian opposition politicians say the increase is the result of Mr.Rudd's decision to end the mandatory detention of boat people.

VOA: standard.2009.10.27

In both you have the flood coming about as the deliberate result of a divine decision; you have one individual who's chosen to be saved from the flood; that individual is given specific instructions on building an ark, and is given specific instructions on who to bring on-board the ark.

在两个故事中，洪水爆发都是神的旨意,也只有被选中的人，才能幸免于难,上帝告诉这个人，怎么造方舟,并详细规定了,可以带上方舟的物种。

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"What is worrying is the fact that the decision was obviously taken as a result of Russia's insistence of scrapping the plan."

VOA: standard.2009.09.17

Before the race, Sebastian Coe, the chairman of London 2012 and a former distance champion himself, said Farah's success is result of the decision of U.K. Athletics, the country's athletics federation, to do whatever it takes for its athletes to get the best coaching possible.

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As a result of this decision, however, and a number of other actions taken during this presidency and the preceding one, the United States neither produces nuclear weapons nor the special nuclear materials that are required for them to work.

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Yet, within one year after this disastrous decision, reports have surfaced that nearly 6, 000 properties nationwide were threatened or taken as a result of this decision, representing a dramatic upward spike in the number of takings.

CNN: McCain's August 6, 2007, speech addressing private property rights