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Complete PICLE corpus of essays by Polish advanced EFL students (330,000)


Found 248 matches (50 printed). Sorted by order of appearance (case-insensitive).
Number of matches per 100,000 words: 75.15

No : Line : Concordance 1: 158: d not be generally accepted to say that some men are superior to others but the 2: 238: e males' side. One can risk to say that women declared themselves against their 3: 266: erhuman relationships, one can say that each "toy" of the electronic wonderland 4: 312: lm will be a very good one, to say the least. Nevertheless, when the reality has 5: 398: y and soul. What is more, they say that it is only health that is the most preci 6: 452: places./^t/You can of course, say that my claim is unreasonable, that I am in t 7: 532: ed age but it would be hard to say so hearing what the average man thinks of the 8: 602: en the same rights as men, and say that men and women are equal. But still women 9: 685: with money? Nothing, unless we say that she had to by a poison for it./^t/Doing 10: 775: that all the statistical data say something very important. Whether we like it 11: 853: to make a crucial decision to say "I shall abandon you." 12: 1043: nents of the scheme also often say that supplying young people with the knowledg 13: 1139: nant in their life./^t/One can say that parents should control what their childr 14: 1310: general rule should be able to say which sounds in English are aspirated and whi 15: 1514: n a paragraph for example they say never start a new idea with a conjunction. Th 16: 1721: eople belong to this group and say that priests are ordinary people and have the 17: 1780: es the right to adopt children say that such couples cannot bring up normal, hea 18: 1800: build her happiness. Feminists say that in the present-day world women are so in 19: 1812: concept of the Devil. When you say 'Satan made me do it' you are still guilty of 20: 1968: rder to achieve some aim. They say that these games improve their reflex, which 21: 2043: people are not equal. I would say something more: they are not equal because th 22: 2147: iness./^t/Of course, one could say it is not good to keep the person we are lyin 23: 2181: what they want to, they simply say they do not need this particular thing and tr 24: 2194: t case one may go as far as to say it's a necessity. Judging by the high standar 25: 2198: or girl any more" a parent can say "Mom and Dad decided to stay apart for some t 26: 2575: s in which it is impossible to say whether certain activity was despicable. Howe 27: 3380: is parents and I would tend to say it is the most important and the most influen 28: 4628: lish an easy language? I would say yes. That opinion is also shared by my fellow 29: 4748: oes further it is advisable to say that real events are subject to selection, so 30: 5447: ration all these aspects I can say that English is an easy language, not only to 31: 5558: l and from my experience I can say who will be good learner and who will be very 32: 5596: to have another Edison. I dare say that if he had been born to a parents of some 33: 5611: noyed by pavement riders. They say that walking is no longer safe and exciting, 34: 5775: who are against animal testing say that we have no right to inflict suffering on 35: 5815: ively dubious. I would dare to say that the thing is likely to cause more harm a 36: 6507: sions. It is very difficult to say if the quality of television programmes is as 37: 6574: e./^t/To sum up one can surely say that foreign language study is a worthwhile p 38: 7006: people think that we can never say for sure whether a given thing is the best or 39: 7135: tion called video films?' They say that we should take from the world the best t 40: 7503: not the point./^t/Some people say that living in a little town is boring and th 41: 7517: but only to some point. Can we say it is really so bad that people are intereste 42: 7718: for fun./^t/Many young people say that taking drugs just for fun eases their ne 43: 7718: you are emotionally. They even say that the drug you choose reflects the emotion 44: 7754: hysicists take marijuana. They say it helps them understand many difficult probl 45: 7933: ant./^t/In conclusion, I would say that as each "medal", living in a small town 46: 8021: nion on the book./^t/One might say that it is quite possible to study the litera 47: 8192: the norms about taste. I would say that it is a very delicate problem. Our likes 48: 8280: and what comes next...?You may say that this is nonsense, fin de siecle rubbish, 49: 8377: L-SUS-0025.5>/^t/It is hard to say at what age people start drinking alcoholic d 50: 8470: from. Moreover, ornithologists say that young larks learn singing from their par

Complete PICLE corpus of essays by Polish advanced EFL students (330,000) end of search.

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Number of matches per 100,000 words: 75.15

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