Organic molecules embedded in rocks or soil could suggest the former.

包含在岩石和土壤中的有机分子可以证明前者。

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But many Allies will worry that appointing a figure from the former Warsaw Pact, from a country that agreed to deploy American anti-missile defences on its soil, might antagonise Russia.

但是许多盟军都将担心，任命前华沙公约组织、一个同意部署美国反导防御体系的国家的人物可能会遭致俄罗斯的抵抗。

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The fatigue life of cement-sodium-silicate-grouted soil is considerably affected by loading amplitude and frequency, but the effect of former is stronger than that of latter.

荷载振幅与荷载频率直接影响着水泥加固土的疲劳寿命，但荷载振幅比荷载频率对疲劳寿命的影响大得多。

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We see him, a nobleman that he is, former king that he is, working the soil and how he does this is very illuminating, because he is clearly, according to Hanson, involved in the period after the transition away from an earlier style.

我们所看到的他,出身贵族,履职前任国王,耕种土地,他所作的一切都具有启蒙意义,因为,根据汉森所述,他无疑身处在一个向古风时期,转型的早期年代

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Other former coffee-plantation land, high in the mountains where the soil is rich in volcanic minerals, remains overgrown with weeds and contains barren trees.

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"First win and first game on UK soil, so it was a good run-out for both sides, " said the former Scotland forwards coach who took over at Sale in April.

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