иначе обстоит дело с

см. тж. совершенно иначе обстоит дело с

A different situation arises (or obtains) with solutions that show ...

When we deal with steel ... ; not so (or it is different) with tin.

Metal removal from the components' exterior presented no problems. But the interior water passageways were something else.

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