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Many of these problems may simply fade into irrelevance when the new rules come into force.一旦新规则开始实施,这些问题大多可能就会变得无关紧要了。
The new law comes into force at the end of the month.
Speed restrictions are in force along this stretch of the railway line.
The ban on handguns came into force last year.
A curfew has been in force since the riots in August.