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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: 8564: moon has an enormous influence on human beings in spite of the common belief in 27: 8564: to our life is the atmosphere of romance that it lends to the night. However, t 28: 8566: are said to have more chances to succeed in our love relationships in the time 29: 8568: eds, but rather in the kitchen or out-doors. Scientists do not know much about s 30: 8568: her in the delayed development of brain or in stress and oversensitivity. Yet, t 31: 8570: and demons. They always stood in opposition representing the two extreme powers 32: 8570: appreciated. Today the impact of the moon seems less obvious than that of the s 33: 8576: .6>/^t/The controversial topic of sexual education triggers heated discussions b 34: 8576: onal curriculum for the course of sexual education./^t/In Roman Catholic Poland, 35: 8578: n their own and are very often in danger of suffering from their ignorance. Unli 36: 8578: ike Poland, the US authorities do not flinch from discussing sex. Prime time tel 37: 8578: ge along with immense exposure to sex-related topics in sexual education classes 38: 8580: ore You Choose" - doesn't seem to satisfy students' quench for exploring the sub 39: 8580: tudents with an in-depth study of sexuality, so that each one of them have a fir 40: 8580: of sexuality, so that each one of them have a firsthand look at the realities of 41: 8580: of them have a firsthand look at the realities of sex./^t/The task of introduci 42: 8582: f introducing sexual education to Polish and American schools needs to be carrie 43: 8582: to be carried out effectively, in order to raise teenagers' sexual awareness. As 44: 8582: ried out effectively, in order to raise teenagers' sexual awareness. As far as P 45: 8582: e teenagers' sexual awareness. As far as Poland is concerned, the society, teach 46: 8582: al awareness. As far as Poland is concerned, the society, teachers, parents, the 47: 8582: up with a reasonable solution to the problem of sexual education, many teenager 48: 8582: onable solution to the problem of sexual education, many teenagers will have to 49: 8582: tion, many teenagers will have to bear the dreadful consequences of their ignora 50: 8582: bear the dreadful consequences of their ignorance.

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Number of matches per 100,000 words: 16527.88

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