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EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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In the normal aquarium there is plenty of detritus , usually more than necessary for the plants.
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It prefers a fair amount of nutritious detritus .
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Plant detritus if available is sufficient, but if necessary it can also be nourished by liquid fertiliser.
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Rusted chains hung from roof girders; the floor was concrete, fouled by the windswept detritus of years of abandonment.
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Slowly, patiently, silently, over a detritus of cans, wrappers, boxes, papers.
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Therefore unwashed river sand and leaf-mould mixture, or the usual mixture of clay with some organic detritus is suitable.
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Unluckily, though, the boyos were not interested in such cheap detritus .