Boeing had to take over some of the sub-contractors to prevent them from collapsing.

波音公司不得不将一些分包商的工作接管过来以防止崩溃。

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For the main contractors in the construction business who sub-contract work to others, the turnover shall be the balance of the total contract sum less the payments made to the sub - contractors.

建筑业的总承包人将工程分包或者转包给他人的，以工程的全部承包额减去付给分包人或者转包人的价款后的余额为营业额。

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Some of the parts did not fit together. Some of the dozens of sub-contractors failed to deliver their components on time, despite having sub-contracted their work to sub-sub-contractors.

有些零部件不能组装在一起，在几十个分包商中有一些没有按时交付他们生产的组件，尽管他们将工作继续分包给下一级分包商。

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Adversarial relationships between customers, main contractors and sub-contractors mean that design changes often cause rows and that problems are not tackled until they reach crisis proportions.

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To win those contracts, Jarvis had to bid low, expand fast and hire sub-contractors extensively.

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