Without those other things running around we would have a good sort of model of homophonic texture, sort of block chords changing in that fashion.

如果没有这个其他东西单独进行我们将会获得一种不错的同音材质，一种阻断的和弦在改变。

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And it is clear that takeover negotiations have hit some sort of stumbling block.

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Have some sort of alert, block it, do something that keeps the wrong thing from happening.

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That is what has driven Mr Kirch towards a cross-border alliance of the sort that the authorities are less likely to block.

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