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EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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As soon as that happens, the spider stops spinning, turns round, pulls the filament tight and secures it on her side.
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Contained within the iris are thousands of nerve filaments.
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In cooperation with nerve filaments, muscle fibers and blood vessels duplicate tissue changes, simultaneously with associated organs of the body.
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Notice that there are various places in Fig. 3. 3 where five filaments come together.
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Surveys of galaxies show large voids with virtually nothing in them, and filaments and walls made up of clusters and superclusters.
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The snake makes it wriggle so that the apparently disembodied filament appears to be some kind of succulent worm.
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When the sheet is examined in the electron microscope filaments are seen to be localized at the upper surface.
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Yank on one filament in the web, and the other filaments had to move, too.