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‘A side can be maternal.’

[⟨det side.n⟩ maternal.a]

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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

The maternal side of my family has never really approved of my Dearest Mother’s marriage to my Dead Father.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

I believe a child’s up bringing to be very important with healthy relationships on the maternal side as well as on the paternal side.
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In Wikipedia:

Traditionally this is done paternally however, legislation has been passed in Eritrea that allows for this to be done on the maternal side as well.
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In Wikipedia:

On the maternal side, 39 % have an European Mitochondrial DNA, 33 % Amerindian and 28 % African female ancestry.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

A small smile broke out on the detective’s face; this was the first time she’d truly seen the maternal side of Casey Novak.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Spears, 26, flaunts her maternal side in photos with sons Sean Preston and Jayden James on the cover and inside pages of the magazine.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Incompatible they are, faith of the nation and politics, for sure – MyNews. in NEW SEASON OF “JANICE DICKINSON “BRINGS OUT JANICE’S MATERNAL SIDE – The Futon Critic Not All Clinton Backers Feeling the Love From Obama – Washington Post Luxury on Mexico’s Yucatan peninsula – Times Online Crawley doctors told to axe pricey phone lines – Horsham Today
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In Wikipedia:

Though little is known of Aali’s paternal descendents, maternal side of the family is currently living in Karachi, Pakistan.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

While the security of the country is firmly held in the grasp of the President’s brother Mr. Maher al – Assad and his brother – in – law Mr. Asef Shawkat, the maternal side of the President’s family, the Makhloufs, are primarily pressing for the liberalization of the Syrian economy……
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

At first we were seated with the maternal side of a family (grandmother, mother, three girls), they finished up while we started, and then a couple of White women came in and they were seated with us.
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In Wikipedia:

No information concerning the maternal side of his family is available.
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In Wikipedia:

Lord and Lady Fellowes have three children, who all bear the style of “The Honourable” since June 1999 as the children of a Life Peer: These children are first cousins of Prince William and Prince Harry on the maternal side, and according to some news reports, are close friends of their Royal cousins.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

I am so excited to breakfast with the people I loveeeee like the Maternal and Paternal side, whom by the way, I MISS SO MUCHHHH.
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In Wikipedia:

The maternal side of Melville’s family was Hudson Valley Dutch.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

There must have been an attempt to make her maternal side come out but frankly, she regressed to being one – dimensional.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Unfortunately, my granddad’s sister passed away around midnight and parents have to go overseas for visiting together with my other relatives on the maternal side.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

I realized today that mom won *n’t be here to make the chex mix (a tradition on the maternal side of my family since my grandparents got married, I swear).
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

He appealed to her maternal side.
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In Wikipedia:

On the maternal side he was a great – grandson of Jacob Hersleb Darre, a founding father of the Norwegian Constitution, and a grandson of bishop Hans Jrgen Darre.
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Queried on 2013-05-25.