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


Found 54542 matches (50 printed). Sorted by order of appearance (case-insensitive).
Number of matches per 100,000 words: 16527.88

No : Line : Concordance 1: 4: tion of human creativity which is due to the overdevelopment of technology. What 2: 4: is due to the overdevelopment of technology. What a preposterous idea! Neither 3: 4: ede our capability of dreaming or using our imagination since human minds intrin 4: 4: st amounts of creative powers. We simple need these to overcome daily hazards an 5: 6: mendable behavior./^t/One area in which we urgently need the help of our imagina 6: 6: hich we urgently need the help of our imagination is school. Every young person 7: 6: realizes that this institution is not the most attractive place in which to spen 8: 6: most attractive place in which to spend those short and therefore precious hours 9: 6: efore precious hours of youth. So rather than face the boredom of educational gr 10: 6: boredom of educational grind, we manufacture scores of elaborate excuses in ord 11: 6: re scores of elaborate excuses in order to avoid responsibility for our misdemea 12: 6: for our misdemeanors. And this in itself constitutes a miraculous mental exercis 13: 6: qual the intellectual benefits we reap of those intense bouts of creativity when 14: 6: we reap of those intense bouts of creativity when we try to explain our absence, 15: 6: outs of creativity when we try to explain our absence, lateness or lack of homew 16: 6: our absence, lateness or lack of homework. And what is more important, our inve 17: 6: nt, our inventive efforts have to remain vigorous all the time, since any excuse 18: 8: rmines the different direction in which the development of our mental powers goe 19: 8: ent of our mental powers goes. We are now grown-up and sensible individuals and 20: 8: uately paramount significance. We will go to any lengths to be pardoned for our 21: 8: nce. We will go to any lengths to be pardoned for our sloth and continue to be c 22: 8: red full-fledged adults. Thus, we no longer say: "I have not done my homework be 23: 8: o longer say: "I have not done my homework because my dog chewed it up" but we a 24: 8: homework because my dog chewed it up" but we are more likely to come up with som 25: 8: it up" but we are more likely to come up with something like this: "My child is 26: 8544: re attention should be focused on the possibilities of how to help these people. 27: 8566: hed. The influence of the moon on the water on earth is clear and scientifically 28: 8566: uence of the moon on the water on earth is clear and scientifically proved. It c 29: 8566: re does not remain unaffected. We are more energetic, but also nervous and tense 30: 8566: love relationships in the time of full-moon. There are also said to be more chil 31: 8566: full-moon. There are also said to be more children concived. The above facts may 32: 8568: rprised not to find themselves in their beds, but rather in the kitchen or out-d 33: 8570: e features. Yet, the influence of both the sun and the moon were equally appreci 34: 8570: ise how much we are influenced by the moon. 35: 8576: iggers heated discussions both in the United States and in Poland. This issue, h 36: 8576: epancy between the two systems is in the authorities' attitude towards sex. Whil 37: 8576: se discussions of such matters as safe sex and contraception. On the other hand, 38: 8576: as safe sex and contraception. On the other hand, Polish and American educationa 39: 8578: exposure to sex-related topics in sexual education classes has also proved to be 40: 8578: emely beneficial. As a result, an increasing number of American teenagers are us 41: 8578: a result, an increasing number of American teenagers are using birth control or 42: 8580: or American educators are able to provide the students with the national curricu 43: 8580: tudents with an in-depth study of sexuality, so that each one of them have a fir 44: 8580: of sexuality, so that each one of them have a firsthand look at the realities of 45: 8580: irsthand look at the realities of sex./^t/The task of introducing sexual educati 46: 8582: e teenagers' sexual awareness. As far as Poland is concerned, the society, teach 47: 8582: gers' sexual awareness. As far as Poland is concerned, the society, teachers, pa 48: 8582: operly educate the youngsters. If they don't come up with a reasonable solution 49: 8582: up with a reasonable solution to the problem of sexual education, many teenager 50: 8582: tion, many teenagers will have to bear the dreadful consequences of their ignora

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