It is not surprising that the summit did little about biofuels, export bans or social-safety nets (which it hardly discussed).

而此次峰会针对生物燃料，出口禁令，社会安全网络(几乎没有提及)等问题的收效甚微不令人惊讶。

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It says it will buy most of its fresh food locally, which is hardly surprising given that South Africa has big, efficient farms and is far from anywhere similarly blessed.

沃尔玛表示，他们大部分的生鲜食品将从本地购入。南非拥有面积广阔的高效农场，与其他神佑之地有着很大的不同，所以他们做出这样的决定便不足为奇。

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The initial reaction of the local police was hardly surprising. The motives of the FBI, which has experts capable of examining Mr Kurtz's art scientifically, are harder to decode.

当地警方的最初反应并不出乎意料，但FBI拥有能够检验库尔特先生艺术作品的专家，他们这样做的动机就令人费解了。

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Most of the sales are skewed towards the smaller, low-cost vehicles in developing countries which is hardly surprising since a majority of them are purchased by first-time owners or customers with limited earnings relative to the car prices.

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Last year, the big Asian consumer electronics companies conducted a coordinated, all-out push for 3D televisions, and consumers largely ignored them, which is hardly surprising given the need for wearing ridiculous special glasses and a paucity of 3D content.

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In which case, it is hardly surprising that the junior Democratic senator from Connecticut felt compelled to speak.

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