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EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Clearly there are dangers involved in drawing a hard-and-fast line between the two principles of participation and identity.
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Mrs. Bottomley With respect to my hon. Friend, I do not believe that it is ever possible to cut a hard-and-fast line.
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Similarly, it is not possible for him either to give a hard-and-fast definition of Truth.
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There is no hard-and-fast divide between water-breathing and air-breathing animals.