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| it has only taken ... years for | не прошло и ... лет, как (что-то случилось: "New Zealand has tightened its employment visa program, citing “unsustainable” migration. The Сentral Вank warned the "population jump" can add to inflation due to extra demand for houses & rental accommodation. Direct parallel for Canada." "It has only taken 30 years for finally the penny to drop in NZ and elsewhere in the West. Legal migration needs to be limited, to enable social integration and targeted, to ensure new workers to the economy are filling labour shortages in specific markets/trades." (Twitter) -- Не прошло и 30 лет, как до них наконец дошло ... ART Vancouver) |
| it has only taken ... years for | потребовалось всего ... лет, чтобы (что-то случилось: "New Zealand has tightened its employment visa program, citing “unsustainable” migration.
The Сentral Вank warned the "population jump" can add to inflation due to extra demand for houses & rental accommodation. Direct parallel for Canada." "It has only taken 30 years for finally the penny to drop in NZ and elsewhere in the West. Legal migration needs to be limited, to enable social integration and targeted, to ensure new workers to the economy are filling labour shortages in specific markets/trades." (Twitter) -- Потребовалось всего 30 лет, чтобы до них наконец дошло ART Vancouver) |
| take one's bows | раскланяться ("It works this way: Warn the public you are about to do something unpopular, and pull the old switcheroo by producing something not as bad. Then take your bows and proclaim yourself a hero!" (Michael Smyth, The Province) ART Vancouver) |
