To harvest oil and gas profitably from the North Sea, we must focus on the exploitation of small reserves as the big wells run dry.

由于大油井的枯竭，要想从北海有利地获取石油和天然气，我们必须集中精力于小储量油井的开采。

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He says when it comes to saving energy and money, big changes start with small steps like turning out the lights.

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And that's because it's easier to test small things than big things. And it's easier to debug small things than big things.

这是因为对小一点的对象,进行测试比对大一点的对象进行测,试要简单多了，调试也是如此。

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Well if you've created fragments here and they're fragments of different size, the small ones are going to move faster than the big ones.

如果你制造了一些长短不同的片段,那小片段会比大片段移动得快一些

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So there had been progress in that the -- more people now are aware of what the playing field looks like, where the compromises can be found, and what it takes to build upon a smaller package to the biggest possible package, and the hard choices that getting from small to big require.

WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

Seven out of ten prefer small government to big government.

ECONOMIST: Lexington

It became harder for small banks to challenge big banks, because regulations disproportionately increased small banks' cost - which is partly why there is lamentably inadequate competition in banking today (many would say).

BBC: If banks are treated as naughty kids...