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Example Sentences
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The “skein of historical fact, local lore, best-guesswork, and poetry” that comprises his book “depended on its subject’s remaining silent and on the sidelines.”
According to Brussels, the EU's imports from India comprise mainly machinery and appliances, chemicals, base metals, mineral products and textiles.
From Barron's
It represents just a fraction of the Le Carré archive held at the Bodleian Libraries in Oxford, of which the Weston is a part, a collection comprising 1,237 boxes.
Van Eck is clearly in a camp comprising those who believe in the potential of this revolutionary technology.
From MarketWatch
But in reality they behave differently because of the number of elements they comprise, which has required revised combustion systems to ensure the fuel burns cleanly.
From BBC
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