But that is not a hard-and-fast rule, Reynolds said, and an ownership stake below 10 percent is not automatically shielded from review.

雷诺说，但这也不是不可违背的惯例。拥有10%一下的股份不会自动躲过调查。

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Although this is not a hard and fast rule, releasing the whole application in the same way each time tends to make the process more repeatable and prevents problems with missing files.

虽然这不是硬性规定，每次以同样的方式发布全部的应用程序趋向于使过程更加可重复并且防止文件丢失所导致的问题。

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But that's not a hard and fast rule.

但这并不是硬性规定。

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This is most certainly not a hard-and-fast rule, in general I've found it to be accurate.

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While not a hard-and-fast rule, she says, women are more likely than men to get swept into a partnership by personal affinity for someone without looking at the business reasons for partnership.

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According to Robert Smith, the BBBC general secretary, there is no hard-and-fast rule preventing 28-year-old Robb from holding a licence.

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