Evidently neither Bull Connor, the segregationist police commissioner of Birmingham, nor the merchants expected this quiet beginning to blossom into a large-scale operation.

显然，无论是伯明翰的种族隔离主义者、警长公牛康纳，抑或那些店主，都没预料到如此安静的开篇会逐渐演变成如此大范围的后续。

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The scale operation is centered on (0, 0).

缩放操作以(0,0)为中心。

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Thirdly, advocate appropriate scale operation, and overcome the decentralization on the forest management;

提倡适度规模经营，克服林地经营破碎化；

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"On the directive of the government, the army is now in full scale operation to eliminate,militants,miscreants and anti-state elements from Swat,".

VOA: standard.2009.05.07

He said that a small-scale counterterrorism effort is not a viable alternative to the broader military operation now underway.

VOA: standard.2009.10.26

Earlier Friday, BP's incoming CEO Bob Dudley, said it is time to scale down the vast operation to clean up the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, but he stressed his company's commitment to fully restore the environment.

VOA: standard.2010.07.31

However, talks of acquiring banks in Europe suggests that the bank has enough money to consider such a large scale operation.

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Although this is a small scale operation, the Iranians could turn it into a large scale one in a very short time.

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Police forces in England and Wales have begun a large-scale operation to collect DNA samples from about 12, 000 serious offenders who are not on the national DNA database.

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