You see, a question at this point is more appropriate than a statement.

你看，此处一个问题比一个陈述更加适合。

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Passed last year, the law runs to 2, 319 pages, but it is little more than a statement of intent.

去年通过，这项法规有2319页之长，仅仅比一份意向申明多那么点。

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Without such information, the argument is pure speculation and nothing more than a statement of the arguer's opinion.

没有此类信息，该段论述纯属臆想和推测，所陈述的仅是论述者的主观看法而已。

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In a White House statement, President Obama said the bombings "serve no purpose other than the murder of innocent men, women and children."

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It's perfectly impossible, I think, to imagine a stronger statement than this of the authority that Milton gives, the intellectual self-possession that he ascribes, to the individual.

我认为这完全是有可能的，去想一个比弥尔顿,这个理论更有力的论述，他认为每个个人拥有的沉着冷静和泰然自若。

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Also you can use " It seems" as a statement rather than a question.

你也可以将"It seems"作为陈述句使用，而非疑问句。

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Presumably, the NIE's authors would admit that this is speculation rather than a statement of fact, since the facts suggest otherwise.

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And just today, Valero Energy (VLO) is currently up about 6% on nothing more than a statement by its CEO that the company may not rule out buying the refining assets of Sunoco (SUN), which is trying to off-load its two remaining refineries.

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The new ID cards will, it is true, be much harder to forge than a bank statement, or even a driving licence.

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