Maternity services were to be reduced as a consequence of falling birth rates.

孕产服务因下降的出生率而将被削减。

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One consequence of speculation about the possibility of computer thought was that we were forced to examine with new care the idea of thought in general.

对计算机思维的可能性进行推测的一个后果是，我们被迫以新的方式来审视一般的思维概念。

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Colin answered as if neither the doctor's alarm nor Mrs. Medlock's terror were of the slightest consequence.

科林回答，好像医生的惊慌和梅洛太太的恐惧都无关紧要。

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The fact of the matter is, is that most of the increases in this year's budget, this past year's budget, were not as a consequence of policies that we initiated but instead were built in as a consequence of the automatic stabilizers that kick in because of this enormous recession.

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Mr Smith said the latest job cuts and loss of services were a consequence of Labour reversing the policy.

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Many amendments were rejected along strict party lines and were of little consequence because the entire budget is a nonbinding measure and destined not to become law.

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