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In this task, you are given a sentence in Spanish and your task is to translate it into English. In translation, keep the numbers and capitalization (capitalize only the first word of each sentence and name).
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El hecho de que se haga hincapié en las competencias fundamentales es algo en sí positivo y, asimismo, me produce satisfacción que la Comisión quiera asumir un papel mejor y mayor con relación al diseño de las políticas y a la adopción de iniciativas políticas.
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There is, in itself, nothing wrong with emphasising the core functions, and I applaud the fact that the Commission would like to assume a better, more prominent role in order to develop policy ideas and political initiatives.


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Un gran agujero lo forman las sustancias químicas peligrosas.
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The dangerous chemical substances constitute a big leak.


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Un ejemplo característico es Grecia que, como país del objetivo 1 se incluyó, entera, en las iniciativas comunitarias LEADER y que ha visto una reducción anual media del empleo rural del orden del 2,3% y una reducción de la renta rural de 1994 a 1999 de un 15,2%.
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A characteristic example is Greece, which as an Objective 1 country was included as a whole in the LEADER Community initiatives, and where the average annual reduction in employment in the farming sector reached approximately 2.3%, while between 1994 and 1999 farming incomes decreased by 15.2%.