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Exchange Rates - Additional Information (Detail) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2020 | Dec. 31, 2019 | Dec. 31, 2018
Sterling [member] |  |  |
Disclosure Of Exchange Rates [line items] |  |  |
Average rates of exchange for the year | 0.78 | 0.78 | 0.75
Rates of exchange on the last day of the year | 0.73 | 0.76 | 0.78
Euro [member] |  |  |
Disclosure Of Exchange Rates [line items] |  |  |
Average rates of exchange for the year | 0.88 | 0.89 | 0.85
Rates of exchange on the last day of the year | 0.81 | 0.89 | 0.87

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