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‘A layer can be thick.’

[⟨det layer.n⟩ thick.a]

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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

The present – day Benguela current dominates ocean circulation and consists of a wide, cold layer approximately 80m thick that flows northward along the southwest African coastline.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

The flickering fireball gradually brought into focus a thick layer of insidious – looking undergrowth, watched over by a sparse infinity of trees that faded into the far night.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Don’t squash the rice or make the layer too thick – you should be able to see the nori through the rice.
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In Wikipedia:

This layer is approximately 50m thick and forms the fertile hilly area around the mountain.
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In the British National Corpus:

As it must be swallowed, the layer is not too thick, which may account for the common occurrence of relatively thin layers of nutritious material over a single seed or a few seeds in a fruit.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Sunspots can be observed when the sun is close to the horizon or is obscured by a thick layer of clouds, mist, or haze.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

When drying is done on patios, layers should not be too thick and beans should be constantly stirred.
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In Wikipedia:

The aluminium layer must be thick enough to reflect efficiently, but not so thick as to absorb too great a proportion of the electrons that strike it.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

– a hair – pulling and burning by the hairdresser which felt very much like he was having a fight with my scalp (I came out quite sore after that and he did not even realise or he would not care rather that it actually hurt so I had to tell him to stop at a certain point!) – a dismissive nail polish application (no filing, no cuticle care, no hand massage) which was applied so off – handedly that the same evening, it started flaking off! (no kidding, the layer was ludicrously thick and not even covering the full extent of my nail?) – no trace of a facial? – an obligation to have the photo – shoot for only? 50 per picture! (what a joke) or they would not refund me the? 25 deposit which was initially charged as a guarantee I would turn up to the event (as told by receptionist at the time of booking).
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In Wikipedia:

Human skin, by contrast, is 10–15 cell layers thick.
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On July 29 1934 a mudflow on this river had catastrophic consequences, carrying off in its wake several apartment houses and covering the station with a thick layer of silt and sand.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

I noticed, as I replaced those botanical prints in their lovely gilded frames back on the wall, that there was a thick layer of dust on the frames.
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In Wikipedia:

In addition, the outer nuclear layer (ONL) in nocturnal mammals is thick due to the millions of rods present to process the lower light intensities of a few photons.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

When drying is done on patios, layers should not be too thick and beans should be constantly stirred.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

They apply a thick layer of syrup on the bun and make it very very sticky.
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In Wikipedia:

The color of the lesion is usually paler then the normal tone of the skin, and is surrounded by a thick layer of calloused skin.
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They are the mammals most fully adapted to aquatic life with a spindle – shaped nearly hairless body, protected by a thick layer of blubber, and forelimbs and tail modified to provide propulsion underwater.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Cats protect your comfy chairs and couches by covering them with a thick layer of hair, and sometimes sticks, dust and small stones.
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In Wikipedia:

One of these eruptions occurred where Lassen Peak now stands, and consisted of fluid, black, glassy dacite, which formed a layer thick (outcroppings of which can be seen as columnar rock at Lassen’s base).
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Queried on 2013-05-21.