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词汇 example_english_on-the-back-burner
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Examples of on the back burner


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Counter-productive masters were put onthebackburner (front burner did not become fashionable until the 1970s).
But reform was put onthebackburner.
Representations made to them are placed onthebackburner as they deal with the more momentous matters of how they can consolidate their hold on power.
But when moral issues are placed onthebackburner of a campaign or partisan moral differences are blurred, the orthodox-progressive divide should be much less relevant to political behaviour.
Institutional reform has been put onthebackburner, and there is no sign yet of agricultural reform.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
All the schemes for electrification have been put onthebackburner.
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Those that demand careful consideration and attention are left onthebackburner.
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It has not been put onthebackburner, and we shall seek the earliest legislative opportunity to push ahead with it.
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The real solution —a major increase in resources —is put onthebackburner.
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Better still, it is no longer sacrilegious to ask the question: should the whole project not be put onthebackburner?
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
To put it bluntly the matter has been put onthebackburner.
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I do not believe for a moment that it is adequate simply to put the problem onthebackburner.
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The problem is not onthebackburner.
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It now appears that it has been put onthebackburner.
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For the first time ever, oil was placed onthebackburner as the leading trading commodity in the world.
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A lot of work has gone into the report; let us not put it onthebackburner.
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This question was broached but then put onthebackburner.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
This has been onthebackburner for a long while, and there is a reason for that.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
Measures to implement the new strategy have been put onthebackburner.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
I believe that political union must be put onthebackburner this time because monetary union will be difficult to achieve.
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The problem should not be put onthebackburner.
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Surely the issue of sovereignty should be put onthebackburner and co-operation between neighbours should be officially encouraged.
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There is a situation that has been identified here which successive governments have left onthebackburner for too long.
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The best solution is to put the matter onthebackburner; let us consider it further.
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It is a pity that crossrail has been put onthebackburner, as it were.
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