Learned by Reading
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
In any case, even though the distance is short this felt more like a workout, and that was a welcome change from the easy 5ks I’ve been limiting myself to doing.
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In Wikipedia:
The College’s setting is rural, with two middle-sized cities, Altoona and Johnstown, within a very short distance.
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(. .)))
In Wikipedia:
Environmental SEM instruments place the specimen in a relatively high pressure chamber where the working distance is short and the electron optical column is differentially pumped to keep vacuum adequately low at the electron gun.
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(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Short distance since: August 30th 2008.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Just about to take the silver bird a short distance to Adelaide, where I’ll be attending and presenting at the ARCS Video Collaboration Workshop.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
You said “Our distance is short, it’s like a mauley. “I comfused, I asked you why, you said’ ’ cause we are always fighting’ ’ we laughed, I told you’ ’ the distanceof a mauley is how long two hearts can touch “I hope you remember it.
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(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
The concept is interesting but probably only will work in countries where driving distances are short and the decision to replace crude oil is strategic, as in Israel.
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(. .)))
In Wikipedia:
Distances traveled before this historic trip were short, and merely trials with mechanical assistants.
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(. .)))
In the British National Corpus:
At first in a bunch, then stringing out, some hastening, some loitering, though the distance is short.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Show up at my place on Sunday to help me move – a very short distance and a comparatively small amount of stuff – and I shall feed you delicious italian food.
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(. .)))
In Wikipedia:
Although the distance from Bali to Lombok is relatively short, only about 35 kilometres, the fauna distribution is still affected by the line.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
If the driving distance between each show is relatively short then the band would not need as much money.
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In Wikipedia:
It flows for a short distance into Wolf Lake.
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In Wikipedia:
The freeway section of the highway has 13 interchanges, and is cosigned with SR 59 for a short distance from Perkins Avenue in Akron to Front Street in Cuyahoga Falls.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
It marks the edge of known physics, a region where distances and intervals are so short that the very concepts of time and space start to break down.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
More fortunately still, the distance was short and not many people were in the way.
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In Wikipedia:
In particular, for traffic joining M6 southbound at Junction 12 near Cannock, there is only a very short distance (about 1km / 0.6mile) to the start of the toll road; going straight ahead using the outer two lanes leaves you on the M6 Toll.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
While this part of the plan obviously seems the riskiest, since I’m not there to supervise, I was confident that there would be no interceptors (the distance was quite short) and no pursuers.
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In Wikipedia:
After a relatively short distance, there is no longer enough rainfall to support tropical rainforest, especially since the rainfall is extremely erratic from year to year.
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(. .)))
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