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EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Great granite fortresses sprang up in the misty vales and from them Dragon Princes rode the thermals over sullen volcanoes.
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Meandering paths lead among dirt hills into odd little vales and over small bridges.
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Something marshy in the fogs of the wide vale of York seemed tonight to poison the gathering vapour.
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The best view of the vale is from the hills surrounding it; it looks like a map spread out.
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The economy of the vale was founded on livestock.
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We all know what next occurred-and here we all are, in this vale of tears.