As Jeremy Bentham, a 19th-century philosopher, noted, “Public opinion is but little favourable to the system of contracts.

19世纪哲学家Jeremy Bentham说的“民意表示非常不支持合同制度。

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UEFA and FIFA officials meeting in Brussels today are trying desperately to thrash out a new system of contracts to suit both clubs and players.

在布鲁塞斯会议上，欧足联和国际足联官员们今天正努力研究一种新的合同制度以使俱乐部和球员双方都满意。

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The most important novelty is a system of long-term contracts that will guarantee companies a price for producing low-carbon electricity.

最具有创新性的地方就在于一个长期的合同将会确保生产低碳电力的价格的体系。

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That sort of unbundling will take a while, due to a Byzantine system of contracts, so in the meantime, cable companies can embrace alternative methods of distribution by pushing high-speed internet access, as the Time Warner president said in the article.

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The government blames the international community's system of giving contracts to officials for spreading corruption.

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In Asia, where gas is largely traded using a system of long-term contracts tied to the price of oil, prices are high.

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