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


Found 72 matches (50 printed). Sorted by order of appearance (case-insensitive).
Number of matches per 100,000 words: 21.82

No : Line : Concordance 1: 180: de answers to them. Her issues lies on the verge of theology, philosophy and fir 2: 510: tender, hidden in the shell of lies and "faces", unable to cope with problems of 3: 1372: be broken. The reason for this lies in the simple fact: everyone nowadays seems 4: 1428: cating children. For education lies not only in accumulating facts and numbers. 5: 2113: ll as their disgusting, tricky lies ought to be condemned. Humans are expected n 6: 2152: profit than harm./^t/There are lies that are considered benign. These are the so 7: 2155: e deceived by them. By telling lies sailors mean no harm. They simply try to mak 8: 2157: not be condemned./^t/Everyone lies sometimes - we are only human. The purpose b 9: 2177: eference for someone you know. Lies can be divided into those that harm others a 10: 2183: sage is often extensive. White lies cover all the fibs which do not do much harm 11: 2183: re concerned. People use white lies owning to the fact that they want to get som 12: 2183: e person who needs it. All the lies which are told at schools are also counted i 13: 2192: sume that stretching the truth lies may come handy are not always pernicious. Th 14: 2198: rselves./^t/Finally, there are lies that are considered not only moral but ever 15: 2236: to be reversed to judge them. Lies told to contribute to a good atmosphere at w 16: 2238: spare moral dilemmas./^t/White lies are least likely to be condemned as most peo 17: 2238: people hardly consider them as lies at all. It happen everyday that best friends 18: 2244: a constant sense of distrust. Lies told by newspapers, producers, acquaintances 19: 2319: in all, no half-truth or sweet lies can ever be accepted. One may argue that the 20: 2323: ey believed in truth they used lies to protect what was precious and valuable./^ 21: 2333: rt to deception, claiming that lies can serve good purposes as well as bed. That 22: 2337: it is much easier and because lies 'sound better'. Those who are 'economical wi 23: 2391: dren and grown-ups do not shun lies for different reasons. And since almost ever 24: 2393: ood. As children grow up their lies become more and more sophisticated. They man 25: 2393: e time preparing for the exam. Lies help youngsters to create a second image of 26: 2395: ompetative, some little, white lies can be considered as justifible ones since t 27: 2399: /Even psychologists admit that lies can be very helpful for people with inferior 28: 2515: o one can condemn a person who lies in order not to hurt other people's feelings 29: 2519: int about the types of excused lies that needs to be mentioned here. It is the p 30: 2519: . It is the problem of telling lies in situations when one wants to protect his 31: 2519: e notion of condemning telling lies is concerned. As an example of fully justifi 32: 2521: s to differentiate between the lies which can never be justified, and those whic 33: 2521: e excused. Those are the small lies told almost every day by most of the people, 34: 2521: day by most of the people, the lies told to avoid hurting someone else's feeling 35: 2521: one from being killed, and the lies told to defend some ideal of higher value. I 36: 2648: se people's expense. When such lies become known on the spot a politician endeav 37: 2653: y still tell lies. On one hand lies may cause benefits, but on the other hand th 38: 2653: cate one's life. In some cases lies are an excellent solution if a person does n 39: 2653: ody. On the other hand however lies may do a lot of damage to one's reputation. 40: 2653: one's reputation. However good lies may be one should remember that man is a thi 41: 2653: ng lies. Even the best pack of lies may mean nothing in difficult circumstances. 42: 2659: pularity". To state if telling lies is moral or immoral, one has to differentiat 43: 2668: se any more./^t/There are also lies that serve the purpose of defense. Especiall 44: 2981: s a matter of fact, the answer lies in the spirituality, the belief in the sacre 45: 4071: e should consider. The problem lies not in the machines but in their owners and 46: 7296: n problem here, in my opinion, lies in the fact that they try to distance themse 47: 7450: The reason of this phenomenon lies probably in symbolism and associations that 48: 8246: nce of modern advertising also lies in the fact that commercials operate on our 49: 8308: an artefact. At the core o fit lies the desire to make more money by taking adva 50: 8530: erhaps the most valid argument lies in the fact that the potential public for th

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Number of matches per 100,000 words: 21.82

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