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Needless to say, people who are drunk behave oddly.
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A temporary dip in the stock market, it seems to me, does not mean we are heading into a recession.
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Each and every one of the jury members voted “not guilty.”
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We need to eliminate the production delays we are experiencing.
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His past history indicates that you should not count on him to stick to his future plans.
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As the police officers reached the scene of the accident, they then began the investigation.
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Our best student is a physically ill student today.
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It is for this reason that treatment should not be administered to a patient without consent
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Her bag, which was manufactured in China, was stolen yesterday.
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I called to tell her I would be late for dinner. Nevertheless, she was unhappy that I would be late for dinner.
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To be sure, Anna Smith was a great writer, and she was an admirable person, more or less.
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Currently, many of the digitized publications have not been adequately paginated.
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He referred back to the notes he had taken during the meeting.
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I demand a full and complete explanation.
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It is very unusual to find somebody who’s never told a deliberate lie on purpose.
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He dropped out of education on account of the fact that it was necessary for him to help support his family.
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A Tale of Two Cities is a novel that comically portrays English society in the eighteenth century.
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Although I wrote the draft, my friend Madeline helped me revise the draft.
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The bus arrived at 7:40 a.m., I got on the bus at 7:41 a.m., and I was getting off the bus by 7:49 a.m.
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Ethics, on the other hand, is future oriented, that is to say a present choice is based on a future desire, intent, or consequence.
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The growth of economy is influenced by technological development.
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Bill’s most recent sculptures from his visual art class were massive and colossal.
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Many people admire her talks for the fact that her ideas are expressed in a very clear manner.
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Melba has designed a very unique kind of shirt that is made out of a polyester type of material that never creases into wrinkles when it rains and the shirt gets wet.
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Water polo is basically a water sport that involves a multitude of players struggling to compete against one another in successfully capturing the ball in the respective goal.
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She realized that, without that five-minute delay, she would not have missed her plane.
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My current library book is an amazing biography of the life of Genghis Khan.
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A campus rally was attended by more than a thousand students. Five students were arrested by campus police for disorderly conduct.
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It was a story that was difficult to tell.
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In this corporation there are wide-open opportunities for professional growth with a corporation that enjoys an enviable record for stability in the dynamic atmosphere of aerospace technology.
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The court appeared to premise much of its opinion upon the argument that consumers stand at a significant disadvantage in product-liability actions based on ordinary negligence principles. Consequently, strict product liability was intended to relieve the plaintiff of the burden of having to prove actual negligence.
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To tell you the truth, I doubt that owls would be reliable messengers.
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There are many ways in which a UK student who is interested in meeting foreign students may come to know one.
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When people join the gym, they receive a complimentary personal training session for free.
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Smith’s misuse of information is exposed by the facts at play.
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It is Jack who cleans the room every week.
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Due to the fact that the teaching assistant was sick, the tutorial was cancelled.
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Various and sundry alternatives were debated.
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In the cellar, there are four wooden-type crates with nothing in them that might perhaps be used by us for storing paint cans inside of.
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The poll showed that only 44 percent of the population support the new legislation.
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The parrot kept saying the same word over and over, again and again, repeatedly.
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The court examined a number of cases and stated that there appeared to be only a limited number of instances in which there would exist a duty to disclose the illegal conduct of persons who, through political campaigns, seek election to a public office.
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Amanda is the teacher who teaches astronomy at her secondary school.
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The store offers complimentary gift wrapping at no charge to its customers.
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If you make an attempt to steal the sorcerer’s stone, I will stand in opposition to you.
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They agreed to each and every stage of the treatment.
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They have the freedom to decide whether or not to agree.
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This is the reason why the imposition of restrictions on treatments requires extra caution.
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When you see someone reach for sparkly, twinkly, glittering stars in the sky, you can bet that they’ve got long arms.
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The competition judges will weigh each cucumber to determine which one is the largest in size.
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I was unaware of the fact that your widget could be used for security purposes.
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Anyone may join in if they would like to.
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I was late because of the fact that I could not leave the house until such time as my mother was ready to go.
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He really liked those red shows, but they were too small in size.
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It was decided to lay off 10 percent of the company’s employees.
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The blood pressure of the mouse was elevated.
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Every year, Manchester hosts an annual fayre with stalls, games, and prize
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The table is round in shape, smooth in texture, and heavy in weight.
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He said the cost of putting on the programme will be about £500.
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A conclusion was reached that pH determined the rate.
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At the present time, the company employs about 50 taxi driving employees.
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In this modern world of today, we must necessarily project ahead in planning for the future.
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Some sort of identification that would show how old we were was requested of us by the man that collects tickets from people at the movie theatre.
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The main thing I want to say is that haste makes waste.
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According to the old saying, an empty sack cannot stand upright.
66. Edit: Use It, There, and What carefully (Ans:84 Src: S007N)
There are four employees who have filed grievances.
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Mr. Jones, who is a member of the same firm, put the report together in a hasty manner.
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Prior to coming to First Trust, Kimberly worked at Waconia Savings and Loan.
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What we need to do next is simplify our sign-off procedure.
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Of the 12 racing car drivers interviewed, seven felt like it is inevitable that you are going to have some injuries and deaths among the people participating in the races.
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Smith was taken to Royal Hospital and is in a stable condition there.
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June packed only the most important essential items for her trip to band camp.
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There are possibly only three reasons why she could have done what she did.
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Historically in the past, women were not allowed to compete in the Olympic Games.
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As a matter of fact, I’m concerned about the precipitous decline in visits to our website.
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In the not too distant future, new students must all become aware of the fact that there is a need for them to make contact with an academic adviser.
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His personal opinion was that the walls should be painted green.
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I heard they are going to put a movie theatre on campus.
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The fact that he had not succeeded was brought to my attention recently.
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It is interesting to note that our client base is growing steadily.
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We offer complimentary gift wrapping at no charge to our customers.
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The surface of the clean glass sparkled.
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Use a very heavy skillet made of cast iron to bake an extra juicy meatloaf.
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The cat’s long, silky coat seemed to shine as it napped in the radiant, luminous patch of sunlight.
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If the two groups cooperate together, there will definitely be positive benefits for both.
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In my essay paper, I wrote about my absolute hopes and desires.
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Many locals plan to attend next Friday’s meeting.
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I really love my daughter very much from the bottom of my heart.
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For her birthday, we gave Megan a vest made of silk.
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The issue has become very controversial.
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It has been determined that wordiness obscures clarity.
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The housing situation can have a really significant impact on the social aspect of a student’s life.
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This effectively limits our ability to respond quickly.
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The activity of modernization in any society is seen as a positive change.
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The researcher will perform an evaluation of the design.
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For his part in the cooking class group project, Malik was responsible for making the mustard reduction sauce.
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Susan is a smart and clever woman.
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While barbecuing our steaks, a hungry dog came into our backyard.
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A high fat, high-cholesterol diet is bad for your heart.
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Beale has wholly failed to allege facts that, if true, would establish that competition among the nation’s law schools would be reduced or that the public has been in any way injured, and this failure to allege facts that would establish an injury to competition warrants the dismissal of her restraint-of-trade claim.
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At that point in time when Marie was a teenager the basic fundamentals of how to dance were first learned by her.
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An example of thorough analysis is when Barnfield cites Wilkin’s extensive data.
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The reason for the failure of his final exam was that he had a high fever on the exam day.
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Somebody has said that words are a lot like inflated money—the more of them that you use, the less each one of them is worth.
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Sussman’s work is an attempt at revision of orthodox sociology.
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The change in temperature was not significant.
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Some people believe in the death penalty, while other people are against it; there are many opinions on this subject.
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There is caselaw for the proposition that use restrictions are not always strictly enforced when a lease is assigned by a tenant in bankruptcy and the property in question is not part of a shopping centre.
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Omar and I, we returned back to the hometown where we both grew up to attend a reunion of the people that we went to high school with ten years ago in the past.
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It is necessary for presidential candidates to perform well on television.
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About the email you sent me last week on July 3rd about your vacation, I wanted to talk to you in person before responding.
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Before the thieves left, they also took some chocolate.
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The book, which is located on the table, is a reference book.
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To conclude this memo, we recommend a cautious approach to using emojis when texting clients, and only after they’ve done so first themselves.
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That’s how the article described a new credit card that two entrepreneurs, Jon Doe and Jane Roe, will soon make available.
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My mom cut the pizza into four quarters.
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It is expected that the new timetable will be announced by the bus company within the next few days.
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The County sent an inspector who made observations as to the condition of the sidewalk and concluded that it was uneven.
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A demonstration of the effect of pH was performed.
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Driving a Formula One car demands complete, total, absolute concentration.
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You may be interested to know that you can now find the updated form in the company shared drive.
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In my opinion, our current immigration policy is misguided on several counts.
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The reason that Merdine was not able to be in attendance at the hockey game was because she had jury duty.
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Even if government has the power to limit the population that is entitled to such treatment, it must exercise restraint.
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The footballers are not currently allowed to use the field right now.
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Kennedy, who was only the second Roman Catholic to be nominated for the presidency by a major party, had to handle the religion issue in a delicate manner.
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There is a possibility that one of the causes of so many teenagers running away from home is the fact that many of them have indifferent parents who don’t really care about them.
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I returned back to my room after the meeting was over.
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The Business Corporation Law does not address the ability of a New York corporation to indemnify individuals who are not its employees.
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In the modern world of today, we can easily talk to people globally around the world.
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The Egyptian pyramids were built an extremely long time ago, around 2500 B.C.
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Due to the fact that the report is more than 10 pages long, the council cannot help but feel overwhelmed by it.
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Joe thought to himself, “I think I’ll make caramelized grilled salmon tonight.”
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She used her money to purchase a large-type desk made of mahogany wood that is dark brown in colour and handsome to look at.
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Modern society is in need of updating its moral values.
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Although a review of the caselaw reflects that there are no decisions in the Eleventh Circuit concerning this issue, the great weight of federal authority favours the exclusion of third parties from a Rule 35 independent medical examination.
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Adverts in magazines tend to attract the reader’s attention with strong designs that are very bold and vivid colours that are really bright.
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Your description is altogether fitting.
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Women were granted the right to vote.
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Coordinate the interface of eggs and vanilla.
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Attempts by politicians at defining full employment have been met with failure.
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My suggestion is that we make an alteration in the length of the cloak.
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True friends are very important to have in a serious crisis.
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The student is writing a writing assignment for his French Language class.
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We assembled together at the start of the journey.
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It does not appear to be an issue that defines the parties.
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The accusation against Lydia by Elizabeth was unfair
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The end result of her angriness was that she got into a fight.
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There are many people who fear success because they believe they don’t deserve it.
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Standards define the two different methods for testing.
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I don’t like pickled pig’s feet. I never have liked pickled pig’s feet. I never will like pickled pig’s feet. So please stop serving me pickled pig’s feet.
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Blue Whales are very big
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The image is fuzzy in appearance.
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Due to the fact that this project is absolutely essential, we must fix the problem immediately
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After that fight that we had, our amicable friendship is basically ancient history.
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He had to postpone his party until later due to a massive storm.
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I used a pair of hot pads to remove the hot dishes from the oven.
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The twins are exactly identical.
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After much thought and consideration, he decided to eat pizza.
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Steve’s very stylish boots, made of snakeskin, cost him an arm and a leg.
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We are rather concerned about your tardiness.
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Please repeat again what you said.
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They told the leader that there was not much time left before she would have to make an announcement on the decision.
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Trouble is caused when some people disobey rules that have been established for the safety of all.
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Jenny ran with the other runners in the 1,000 metre track event and finished 14th overall.
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I’m Jerry Mulligan and I’m writing this email to ask you to please consider my application for a co-op position at your firm.
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In this memo is an example of the use of public opinion polls in America.
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The degree of importance in the level of accuracy depends upon the individual situations.
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Even assuming that the fog caused injury to Roelke, Amskills had no duty to prevent that injury because it was idiosyncratic and Amskills could not have been expected to foresee such injury.
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Every employee should respond to complaints that our customers express.
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The cafeteria staff are very polite and courteous.
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The student who won the cooking contest is a very talented and ambitious student.
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The reason is, in some countries, genetic parenthood is a fundamental prerequisite for the application of family law.
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He will complete his research paper in a period of a week.
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The reason why we failed to reply is that we were not apprised of the fact until yesterday that somehow the report had been unavoidably delayed.
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There are twenty students who have submitted their assignments.
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Although Smithy Hall is regularly populated by students, close study of the building as a structure is seldom undertaken by them.
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Successful globalization depends on elements that involve culture more than economics.
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My brother and his friend collaborated together on an enormous jigsaw puzzle of the Mona Lisa.
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For all intents and purposes, we are losing money.
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She wrote his own autobiography.
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The servers they really take care of you at this restaurant.
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We took a side trip to Monticello, which was the home of Thomas Jefferson.
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This morning at 6:30 a.m., I woke up out of sleep to hear my alarm go off, but the alarm was turned off by me, and I returned back to a sleeping state.
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It is my recommendation that you purchase a faster modem.
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The police officer opened fire, shooting sixty times at the suspect.
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I suggest that we pack our things, sell our snowshoes, and move to Hawaii.
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Basically, she was a very strong leader.
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There are indications of a misunderstanding of natural selection in Prico’s argument.
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As everyone knows, the bigger you are, the harder you fall.
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She believed her boyfriend, who told her he was out with the boys, was lying.
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The students of Miami University often participate in study abroad programs.
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Andy has the ability to make the most fabulous twice-baked potatoes.
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The honest truth is that I really do not like shrimp very much.
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This class is in need of a long relaxing weekend.
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One of the most important indications of the sensory motor period is the development of object permanence.
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At no time prior to the initial public offering did the underwriters or any officers, directors, or employees have knowledge of any facts that would suggest that “Palm Harbor” could not be completed on schedule and in accordance with specifications.
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Fried in butter, Sylvan likes eggs.
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Mai’s speech for class president was brief in duration but full of enthusiasm!
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Redundant categories can leave your reader in a confused state of mind that is extreme in degree and perplexing in nature.
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I haven’t ever heard of that rule.
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Does it stink like rotten meat would smell to you?
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I didn’t have any idea we were losing money.
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There are some people who think that the metric system is basically un-American.
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With respect to matters not covered by the provisions of the Uniform Rules for the New York Court of Claims (the Uniform Rules), the Court of Claims adheres to the rules set forth in the Civil Practice Law and Rules (the CPLR). Ct. Cl. R. § 206.1(c). Because the Uniform Rules do not discuss disclosure of expert witnesses, it follows that the Court of Claims’ rules on the subject are governed by the CPLR.
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In view of the fact that it was raining down, orders were given that the game be cancelled.
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On Sam’s hike, he was surrounded on all sides by huge trees.
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In the event that you arrive late, use the side door.
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The circumstances are very delicate in nature.
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The subjects that are considered most important by students are those that have been shown to be useful to them after they graduate.
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It is known that the length of the common cold can be shortened by giving the person with the cold doses of zinc gluconate in the form of lozenges.