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The chiefs could appreciate more fully what missionaries had been saying for years.
Les chefs ont pu reconnaître encore plus pleinement la valeur de ce que les missionnaires disaient depuis des années.
How could any sane person refute what they, as trained physicians had been saying so eloquently?
Comment une personne saine d’esprit pouvait-elle refuser ce qu’eux, en tant que praticiens compétents, avaient exprimé de façon si éloquente ?
The Commission had been saying for some time that the units in question were eligible for financial improvements.
À l'époque, la Commission affirmait déjà depuis quelque temps que les réacteurs en question entraient en ligne de compte pour des améliorations financières.
The international community had been saying for some time that it wanted to alleviate the hardships of fragile economies, but no real action had been taken.
La communauté internationale a déclaré pendant quelque temps qu'elle voulait soulager les difficultés des économies fragiles ; néanmoins, il ne s'en est suivi aucune véritable action.
That was what the British authorities had been saying for two hundred years ever since Pope Gregory XIII had replaced the Julian calendar in Europe two hundred years before.
C'est ce que les autorités britanniques disaient depuis deux cents ans depuis que le pape Grégoire XIII avait remplacé le calendrier julien en Europe deux cents ans auparavant.
I would say these are actually two quite shocking statements and, oddly enough, I would also say they back up exactly some of the things that Marta Andreassen, the Commission's former chief accountant, had been saying.
Je dirais que ces deux commentaires sont assez choquants et, plutôt bizarrement, je dirais qu'ils confirment tout à fait certaines choses qu'a dites Marta Andreasen, ancienne chef comptable de la Commission.
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