How To Use Several In A Sentence
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If we have spent several class periods introducing conventions of reasoned evidence in argumentative writing, we usually look for such features in student papers.
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It got so bad that 12 patrolmen and two police dogs were kept on duty outside the home for several days.
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Several selections contain strings of double notes, primarily thirds and sixths.
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Which is stupid, considering the drivers around here A: Don't normally stop for people and in fact have been caught trying to sneak ~around~ them and B: I've been nicked several times and almost hit three times different instances last summer attempting to obey the biking laws, none of those for mistakes on my part as I've been scared shitless at the lack of aware driving that's crept over my town.
The funny thing about Pain..... (Let's talk trauma!)
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Chlorophyll is only one of several pigments found in plants, but it is by far the most important.
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Leaked Reports Detail Iran's Aid for Iraqi Militias," blared the headline on afront page story inThe New York Times, which went on to report on several incidents recounted in WikiLeaks documents that journalist Michael Gordon called "the shadow war between the United States and Iraqi militias backed by Iran's Revolutionary Guards.
Ali Gharib: What Did WikiLeaks Really Tell Us About Iran?
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The question, which has been eating at Matthews for several years, is gnawing on him a couple of hours later as he decompresses at a party at Spago in Beverly Hills.
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By recording the spectra of several distant quasars whose light pierces the Milky Way, the spacecraft revealed some 50 ultraviolet-absorbing gas clouds around our galaxy.
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Gideon could see the places where the silver was wearing off the cane and he noticed a good deal of clumsy darning on the inside of the cloak, as though the lining had come away from the backing several times.
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During the take-over battle the stock quotations of both enterprises rose so that an investor would have to wait several hundred years to finance the purchase price of the shares from the present level of profits.
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In a little water in front of the grotto is the lotus-flower, a regular Indian plant; while in the shade of some of the petrified wood are several beautiful English ferns.
Three Months in the Soudan
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He has received several teaching awards, as well as the unprecedented award of being ‘the most quotable professor’ by MathSoc.
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Spanish-American War of 1898 Edison suggested to the Navy Department the adoption of a compound of calcium carbide and calcium phosphite, which when placed in a shell and fired from a gun would explode as soon as it struck water and ignite, producing a blaze that would continue several minutes and make the ships of the enemy visible for four or five miles at sea.
Edison, His Life and Inventions
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Savona also includes several family recipes from Malta, such as Nanna's rice salad, which I'm anxious to try.
BellaOnline - The Voice of Women
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For example, I see in yonder cupboard near which you are standing, several of what you call boxes (but like everything else in Flatland, they have no tops nor bottoms) full of money; I see also two tablets of accounts.
Flatland: a romance of many dimensions (Illustrated)
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Get an up close insight on the early song writing technics that produced several timeless Lynyrd Skynyrd Albums.
Ronnie Van Zant Speaks « Lynyrd Skynyrd Dixie
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Several other recent transfers have been accompanied by a strong whiff of controversy.
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The vital ingredient of popular appeal was not there despite several bids to rejig the story.
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After several attempts to untie the knot, I admitted defeat and cut through it with a knife.
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Among these are the best specimen of the dome-skulled chalicothere Tylocephalonyx skinneri, and type specimens of several other mammals, including rodents, oreodonts and carnivores.
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We're trying to bring along several promising young football player.
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Several hormones are produced from cholesterol like estrogen and testosteron, cortison and aldactone.
Physiology or Medicine 1985 - Press Release
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There is a gap of several tens of millions of years between the Middle Permian when the last Metoptomatids lived, and the Middle Triassic when the true limpets appear.
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She pulled out her camera and took several snapshots of it as she approached.
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Thelma has several drug-related convictions and is awaiting trial on a charge of violent disorder.
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Rohitha bought several bunches of bananas and all the papaya fruits on display, while Pala bought a packet each of the green gram, sesame and ranawara.
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Unlike several other states, Pennsylvania has no provisions for unincorporated territory.
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And, I might add, the ignominy of being caught evading customs duty on several lakhs worth of luxury goods.
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And as I watched, having circled back through the carlot, she turned back from heavy traffic several times.
Grouse Diary Entry
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The study will test several hypotheses about the relation between perceptual and cognitive skills.
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It has both a vertical shaft and an adit to an incline, which we and several mine officials entered in a small bus.
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Several were taken to a police precinct and left there overnight.
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Also, they were bound with several bands of intricately carved bronze.
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The committee is hoping to invite several people to give talks atthe launch and the usual story tellers will also be present.
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Several chapters cover the basics of clean room technology, e.g., lithography, etching and layer deposition techniques.
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Several other Argus executives were also shunted sideways.
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After several days of climbing, high on a huge, exposed face of Annapurna, a mountain almost double the height of Mont Blanc, a storm erupted and the two men decided to descend.
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Members of the 800th Military Police Brigade had to use lethal force several times to quell prisoner uprisings, the report says.
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Several questions ran through our heads as we made our way past the numerous coffee shops and bundled up against the swirling winds the port city is known for.
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In her dying depositions she accused Osio of having pushed her in; and there seems little doubt that he did so; for while she was struggling in the water, he disengaged his harquebuss from his mantle and struck her several blows upon the head and hands.
Renaissance in Italy, Volumes 1 and 2 The Catholic Reaction
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Several of these rhododendrons will flower this year for the first time.
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The principle of the itinerary engine is simple: from a departure address and an arrival address, or from longitude/latitude coordinates, Maporama International's servers calculate an optimized itinerary, respecting several constraints: the shortest or the more rapid itinerary, a pedestrian or car itinerary, a multimodal itinerary
Internet News: Travel Archives
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This is particularly true of the film's climax, which somehow manages to demolish several cop cars, and find Ellen clutching a parasail and jumping through flaming hoops in water skis, yet still be completely unfunny.
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In the course of the summer, I came across several offered for sale in plantsmen's catalogues which I simply had to have.
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Masterful with machinery, he patented several mechanical inventions which had varying degrees of viability.
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Their reports also misgender the trans student several times.
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It was being pulleyed by several cords of thick rope overhead.
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Just getting anyone in the area to tell the platoon where the former mukhtar lived had taken three months of pleading, and after several false leads that day, the soldiers had found him.
The Coming Normalcy?
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Nash has already been approached by several pro football teams.
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The shamal comes in quickly and silently, like an ocher paint roller, and can blow for several days straight, subsiding slightly at night when the air is cooler.
Peace Meals
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This bizarre balance ofartistry andseveral layers of humor is consistent throughout.
Movie Review: A Town Called Panic (My Choice for Best Animated Film of 2009) | /Film
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Nevertheless, it has to be recognised that several interests may feel threatened by an advertising ban.
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Several events of fulminating epidemic disease broke out since 1999, which often caused 100% mortality of abalone Haliotis drversicotor aquatilis farmed in Fujian and Guangdong coasts.
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Silica exists in several crystalline forms, in a large number of colloidal forms, and as an amorphous solid.
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After several years of investigations, the Boys Ranch was indicted on criminal Medicaid fraud and grand theft charges last April.
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Inevitably, though, with 14 fewer rooms to spread out in, the Pages had to part with several cherished possessions.
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In other words, you're soon going to be paying me the equivalent of several place settings of Fiestaware.
IN A STRANGE CITY
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This used to be illegal but several states have now repealed laws against perpetuities which used to limit the term of any family trust to about 90 years, after which time the family members would own the property outright, and thus finally have to pay taxes.
Maxim Thorne: Giving Thanks for a Meritocracy Instead of Aristocracy
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The fishing was certainly tough but several lucky anglers did connect with good fish.
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As they were filming some of their beach-heavy programming, I was accosted at several points by camera crews and veejays.
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She wears a thick flowery hairband, several clashing necklaces and a quite revolting hairy purple cardigan with batwing sleeves.
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Because there are several layers of appeal he can go through if he does not waive, that is our understanding also.
CNN Transcript Feb 9, 2006
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It was, in fact, the accidental discovery of several mind-altering drugs in the middle of the 20th century that drew me into research on brain functions and mental illness.
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It's natural that transitions to new technology may be somewhat disruptive, and there are several methods companies use to navigate these rough waters.
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Nonetheless, the multistep process has worked well for several cholesterol drugs — including Lipitor and Zocor, which are in a class of drugs known as statins.
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Thetans have been compulsively recording intergalactic history for several quadrillion years.
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The forwards also seemed intent on glory as several rolling mauls were stopped dead in their tracks when the wingers were standing idle and unmarked on the flanks.
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The value of sterling increased against several other currencies yesterday.
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It was in that moment that several emotions flickered across the young girl's face.
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Several Cowboys, most notably cornerback Deion Sanders, are due to receive substantial amounts of money that year.
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Several years ago a purchased plant threw out some seeds and we had one or two of this striking biennial with their felty leaves and vertical stalk of blooms for a short time.
UT Blooms Days June 2008 « Fairegarden
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I gave my ideas on "playwriting" again at Philadelphia, and was told just before I began that there were several dramatists in the room, including the author of Madame Butterfly.
Our Irish Theatre: A Chapter of Autobiography
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Patients were encouraged to perform mobilization of the involved ankle several times per day after unstrapping the two most distal straps.
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There were several kids lolling around outside the club.
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The number of kata, many of which have several personal variations, is quite large.
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In this paper, several curing agent of polyurethane were synthesized. Influences of solid content and dosage of TDI tripolymer on different PU adhesion high initial bonding strength were discussed.
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Sarah tried several times to catch Philip's eye, but he just grinned at her.
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There were, Pfeiffer said, several unresolved issues with the long-term omnibus bill, chief among them policy riders that would alter previously passed legislation and compromise executive powers.
In Budget Negotiations, White House Throws A Curve Ball On Omnibus Bill
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Several clinical trials are in progress for therapeutic application of genetic diseases, such as hemophilia, cystic fibrosis, ornithine transcarbamylase deficiencies.
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American bittersweet is valued for its glossy green summer foliage followed by orange and red fruits and seeds, and several landscape cultivars are commercially marketed.
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Recovery after the accident will be a continuous process that may take several months.
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The two delegates approached the supreme leader on several occasions trying to beg mercy for their fellow reformers.
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The women are very expert at platting, which is usually done with three threads of sinew; if greater strength is required, several of these are twisted slackly together, as in the bowstrings.
Three Voyages for the Discovery of a Northwest Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and Narrative of an Attempt to Reach the North Pole, Volume 2
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There are several general measures that can be taken to reduce or eliminate the problem altogether.
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Fortunately, other tools can help you see the elephant in several different lights.
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The album stayed on the shelf for several years, until it was finally released.
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The ships of several passenger and mail lines were also purchased, or leased as auxiliary cruisers, and were at once remanned and put in commission.
Our War with Spain for Cuba's Freedom
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Then several wardresses came in, stripped me, put me into prison clothes and took me to another cell.
Lost Voices of the Edwardians: 19011910 in the words of the Men & Women Who Were There
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I can't tell you how many times I've caught hell in several restaurants, laundromats, and arcades for inadvertently handing them a Canadian coin intermixed with the American stuff.
Pizza Patr�n's Peculiar Pecuniary Peso-Paying Predicament
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Several persons unfit to hold public office were pitchforked into high office.
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The absence of a clear understanding about those root causes largely explains why several would-be peace agreements ended up dishonoured or discarded.
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The gardener strolled off, his golden gown soon lost in the golden expanse of grass, accompanied by several small animals which capered at his feet, circled his head or hopped off and on his shoulders.
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Most of us try to convince ourselves that the law will be amended within several years.
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The pod of whales included several juveniles, five infants and two male adults trying to protect them.
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Now, whenever I go out on the porch I remember how rusty and pitted the railings used to look and how it bothered me, and the several hours I spent sandpapering it smooth, then the three coats of brown Rustoleum I applied, and now I'm watching it get whiter and cleaner with every new layer of paint I apply.
A Productive Day
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The hull was holed in several places and the vessel was awash.
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But the mood has been building for several years, diffused through a host of single issue campaigns, through numerous signs of dissent and discontentment.
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He split the log into several pieces.
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One legend has it that thyme was included among the hay used to make a bed for the Virgin Mary and the Christ Child, so it is often considered one of “Mary’s bedstraws” of which there are several.
Thyme - The Virgin's Humility
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Therefore, although it is the summation of light from several millimeters of tissue, the transilluminated signal gives the appearance of originating from a fairly restricted depth.
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They print several times faster than dot matrix printers.
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They would let whole milk stand for several hours until the lighter cream rose to the top.
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Their warheads are enough to obliterate the world several times over.
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In several brain regions associated with "sensorimotor" learning, the researchers detected a gray-matter boost on the order of 3.5% to 5% for the new golfers.
Week in Ideas: Christopher Shea
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In the fall of 2003, the authors and several of their colleagues conducted a telephone survey of representatives from a range of institutions offering a major in agronomy or crop science.
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I walked several miles south along the beach past Venice and just spent some time relaxing and breathing in the sea air.
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But there are interviews and a short making of featurette as well as previews of several titles in what is proving to be a great line of DVD's.
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The meeting ended on a sour note with several people walking out.
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Several early clinical studies performed on quassia verified its traditional use as a natural insecticide, documenting it as an effective treatment for head lice infestation in humans.
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The table is available in several different heights.
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In the next five decades, from 1920 to 1970, gradual and quiet progress was made for woman in several areas.
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In many countries, cream is sold in several grades depending on the total butterfat content.
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Several factors suggest caution before widely generalizing our findings.
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At least 20 real ales, plus several makes of cider and perry, will be on sale.
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For example, a person may have several spirits of acrophobia (fear of heights).
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They asked me several times if I minded, but I told them I really did not care at all.
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The church has a spacious yard on the right side where several leafy trees grow and which are used as a parking space for the congregation on Sunday.
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Several of those we saw just now are by this time down the throats of the albicores or bonitoes, which are following them.
The South Sea Whaler
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Several years ago, when we removed taxes and tariffs on all antimalaria commodities, the cost of mosquito nets sold in local markets declined, local demand for nets increased, and more small businesses entered the market to produce and supply these essential commodities.
Free Trade and the Fight Against Malaria
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Several children are away from school because of illness.
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In yesterday's closed-door meeting of the defense committee, lawmakers with the committee reached agreement after several hours' discussion on unfreezing the two budgets.
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There are several species of "jacana" in South America, and also some species in the tropical countries of the East.
Popular Adventure Tales
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I remember Michael sleeping in your room on several occasions and mom not knowing about it.
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LONDON—Commodities prices face increased volatility due to near-term macroeconomic concerns, but the long-term demand outlook remains bright, several of the U.K.'s largest globally diversified miners said Monday.
Global Miners See Price Volatility but Brisk Demand
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Four people were gored and several others sustained scrapes and cuts yesterday as large crowds of enthusiasts in the Spanish city of Pamplona ran alongside six fighting bulls in the third bull run of the annual San Fermin festival.
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Over a sixty-year career as a writer, actor, coproducer, and activist, Fay Kanin was awarded several Emmys and Peabodys, the ACLU Bill of Rights Award, the Crystal Award from Women in Film, the Burning Bush Award from the University of Judaism, and nominations for Oscar and Tony awards.
Fay Kanin.
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Without the patronage of several large firms, the festival could not take place.
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For example, in the cemetery of St. Cyriacus two women bought from the fossor Quintus a bisomus, or double grave, retro sanctos (near a martyr's tomb), and there are several other references to this practice.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI
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Color televisions evolve into digital televisions capable of showing several pictures simultaneously; videocassette recorders into camcorders.
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He has published several research articles on immunology, parasitology, and public health.
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There are several tests you can apply to find out how old a tree is.
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Females ovulate only after spending several days with a male and then mate several times over several days to ensure fertilization.
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Many other species of Callia also resemble other malacoderms; and the longicorn genus Lycidola has been named from its resemblance to various species of the Lycidae, one of the species here figured (Lycidola belti) being a good mimic of Calopteron corrugatum and of several other allied species, all being of about the same size and found at Chontales.
Darwinism (1889)
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Yet several works were commissioned for smart urban dance, music-theatre and performance-art events; five of the 22 tracks are clever transcriptions of Shostakovich piano pieces.
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Based on several large studies that demonstrated CRT can save lives and prevent hospitalization among heart-failure patients, professional guidelines were developed that recommend its use based in part on a measurement recorded by an electrocardiogram called the QRS duration.
Scrutiny for Heart Devices
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Mullan reported that they had several hundred horses with them, many of which were packhorses and ‘most of them were loaded with heavy bales of dried meat and furs.’
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Several hypotheses for global warming have been suggested.
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There is no reason, however, to suppose that this is so, and several of the denitrifying organisms have been identified.
Manures and the principles of manuring
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L1-CAM, together with other members of the L1 subfamily, is critical for several early development processes like axon outgrowth, fasciculation, neuronal migration and survival
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles
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Several journalists were caught in machine-gun fire.
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Yet as blogger Wesley Elsberry discovered when he searched domain registrations, the producers registered the URL "expelledthemovie. com" on March 1, 2007 -- more than a month (and in some cases, several months) before the scientists were interviewed.
Archive 2008-04-01
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Often treated as a separate craft in the open shop, welders are supplied by several unions in the organized sector, such as the boilermakers, plumbers and pipefitters' and ironworkers' unions.
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A number of U.S. colleges and universities now provide courses in futurism, several of them award degrees and one Australian university even plans to offer a doctorate.
What do Futurists Really Know? | Impact Lab
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Dianthoides, several Astragali, one with the pinnulae dentato serratis, petiola spinosa, a tufted Monocotyledonous plant with terete canaliculate subulate leaves, _Salvia_, Gramen alterum, Composita dislocata,
Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries
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Several new businesses began operating during the year and are already trading profitably.
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Several months elapsed before his case was brought to trial.
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A number of our friends lined up for cuddles with the wee darling, and several photos of people who we had not hitherto suspected of being clucky fussing Rebecca now exist.
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There have been several attempts to set fire to the building and graffiti has been daubed on the walls on a number of occasions.
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Just as remarkable is the story of the manuscript's survival through the decades, including three years on the run from the Gestapo, several house moves and even a flood.
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While several councils have been fined for signing-off deficient work, in other cases councils have escaped responsibility because builders used independent certifiers.
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Despite efforts from several laboratories there has been no success in purifying the enzyme from plant tissues catalysing the synthesis of low or high molecular weight amide-linked conjugates.
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several sightings of enemy troops were reported
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One of these fellows (now the highest financial officer of the land!) it seems had even "erred" (then endeavored to finesse the audit, then paid up just prior to ordering his new federal office furniture) in reporting his income tax, as did several other presidential nominees for high offices of trust.
Hope and Trust in Obama, or Renewed Vigilance?
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The flake mica produced in the U.S. comes from several sources: the metamorphic rock called schist as a by-product of processing feldspar and kaolin resources, from placer deposits, and from pegmatites.
Mica
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I know several of them personally and have always felt I have been given a fair hearing.
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Kushner: The way that you're describing it, to continue the metaphor, it sounds like you've got several courses of amuse-bouche.
Daniel J. Kushner: Ecstatic Music Festival Interview #3: Gabriel Kahane
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Several new varieties of metalwork also were added to the old, especially the aquamanile, i.e., a vessel in the form of an animal, used for washing the hands, and the metal structures placed upon the altar; other articles assumed new forms.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman
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He's started up several charities to help the favelados -- `
ALASTAIR MCLEAN'S 'NIGHT WATCH'
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As big as a goose and with a six-foot wingspan, the southern giant petrel nests throughout the Antarctic continent (as well as on several subantarctic islands).
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Note that several Cambrian and early Ordovician mass extinctions are not shown here.
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Several images are striking, but the programme has no hint of a bright outlook, and costuming is consistently drab.
Times, Sunday Times
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Our first protein target was cytochrome c because it contains a positively charged surface made up of several lysine and arginine residues.
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The granular to spherulitic microstructure of Carinachites has been documented by several previous authors.
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Sand volcanoes range in diameter from a few centimetres to several metres.
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I was feeling like that kind of guy appearing in several different mythologies, that kind of guy having the unthankful task to bring over the really, really bad news.
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For several weeks the back of my brain was busy contemplating this daft question, after disassembling the word painstaking in my head.
Archive 2006-01-01
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Two circulars of our state council about bankruptcy penetrate the precedency of legal effect, come into conflict with several upper laws, and violate the fair compensable principle of bankrupt system.
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There's several different roles for testimony in religion I think.
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He also participated in several trekking programmes and is a good hand at adventure sports.
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He served with honor and distinction in Vietnam, earning several medals for his courage and valor.
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There were several breakout hits, films that commanded both critical kudos and broad audience appeal, assuring substantive box-office numbers.
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[13] Boric acid is a common constituent of several minerals such as borax, boracite, boronatrocaicite and colemanite.
CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]
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Several in company checked him from time to time for his bitter reflections instead of arguments, and wished him, if he could to answer my arguments, which he called sophistry, assuring him that until he did, they must receive my opinion and arguments as scriptural and sound reasoning.
Beams of Light on Early Methodism in America. Chiefly Drawn from the Diary, Letters, Manuscripts, Documents, and Original Tracts of the Rev. Ezekiel Cooper.
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Frost has killed several of our new young plants in the garden.
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Most of it, however, had escaped into the atmosphere as heated gas and likely would not recondense for several hours.
Harbinger
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The path, when we get down again into the tree-fern region, is inches deep in mud and water, and several places where we have a drop of five feet or so over lumps of rock are worse work going down than we found them going up, especially when we have to drop down on to amomum stems.
Travels in West Africa
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I made him what I thought were several tempting offers, but he wouldn't bite.
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Several obdurate facts/differences remain, preventing a compromise solution.
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Less obvious, however, are the deaths from morbilli of wild seals and porpoises in several parts of the world and the equine morbilli in Australia that has not only killed the horses infected, but two of their trainers besides.
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Its safety and efficacy as an anticonvulsant drug given intramuscularly have been shown in several studies in animals and humans (adults and children).
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After several attempts and most of the matches, she lit a small fire.
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Recent inflation could nullify the economic growth of the last several years.
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Contemporary British composer Nicolas Maw, no slouch at doing gnarly himself, was represented by "Music of Memory," a suite of mostly nontonal meditations built around a lyrical theme from a Mendelssohn string quartet that made several calming appearances during the piece.
News | SH | http://www.heraldtribune.com
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McNamara was one of several who proved a more than able deputy for an injured colleague.
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The authors clearly have several potentially fruitful avenues to explore.
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Albicores, bonitoes, and dolphins followed the ship for several days in succession; and one albicore, which had a mark on his back, from which we knew it, followed us from 3 degrees north latitude to 10 degrees south latitude, a distance of eight hundred and forty miles.
Mark Seaworth
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By creating a potential difference of several kilovolts between the needle and the chamber walls, an intense electric field can be produced at the exit of the needle.
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Several herbs also help rebalance the female endocrine system, including angelica (dong quai), licorice root, black cohosh, and chasteberries.
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Although the two ships crossed paths several times on the return voyage, they never made contact.
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Other measures in the plan include new lane markings, anti-skid surfacing and several hundred yards of bus lane on Brighton Way up to the roundabout.
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The limitations of the hegemonic strategy employed by Stuttgart were revealed beginning in 1796 when several Black Forest cantons agitated for reform to the ducal political system.
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During the 1980s several newspaper articles made allegations of corruption against the bank.
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The immunity to disease passed through the mother's colostrum called ‘maternal immunity’ usually lasts for several weeks in the puppy's system.
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The hoses without the national standard stamp were taken from several shops on Jl. Ki Samaun and
The Jakarta Post
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In this sense, peasants were simply tenants who worked a strip of land or maybe several strips.
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He, however, believes that the biggest threat to the rhinos is that they could be poached, although the state has employed several guards to watch over them.
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I've gone over the problem several times, but I can't think of a solution.
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He arranged for several deaconesses to work abroad, not only in North America but also in Russia, Estonia, and Bessarabia.
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Several species of fungi that colonize corn produce mycotoxins, however not all isolates of a toxigenic species produce mycotoxins and isolates capable of producing a mycotoxin do not always synthesize the toxin.
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There is a spontaneity, a wonderful painterly quality that bridges several techniques and makes them unlike other mediums.
