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Rex Posted 20 years ago
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1b00Cardiovascular diseases - conditions affecting the heart and circulation - cost the European Union 169 billion euros in 2003, a study has found.02b00 02br
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00That translates as 230 euros for every man, woman and child in the EU, the Oxford University analysis in the European Heart Journal said. 02br
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00The UK was found to spend the highest proportion of its healthcare budget on CVD of any EU country. 02br
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00Heart experts said the paper underlined a need for more effective prevention. 02br
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00The researchers said costs would have risen since 2003.02br
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001.The researchers said costs would be risen since 2003.02br
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002.The researchers said costs will be risen since 2003.02br
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00Would you substitute the last sentence either with the first sentence or the second sentence?02br
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— Nona the brit

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00Perhaps, the context I think you are trying to convey is this .......02br
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00The researchers said costs have been rising steadily since 2003.0-
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0Hi,02br
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00In such a context, I would normally expect the sentence to be02br
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01font00The researchers said costs 01font01i00have risen02i02font00 since 2003.02font02br
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00That's because I think these smart researchers would know
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00 Today we have 65 million people living in this country.02br
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00 1.The president said the population of this country will be risen to 75 million by the year 2016.02br
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1font00Hi,02font02br
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01font00Today we have 65 million people living in this country.02br
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001.The president said the population of this country 01font00will be risen02font00 to 75 million by the year 2016.01font0
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01cite10Rex12cite101.The president said the population of this country will be risen to 75 million by the year 2016.12br
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10Additionally: the archaic "to be risen" is only now found in religious contexts, in relation to the Biblical story of the Resurrection, e.g. 02br
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