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EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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After 48-55 months of weathering, the bones of the skull and mandible were still little altered.
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I have lost my shagging mandibles.
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The breakage of the mandible differentiates at least four groups of predator.
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The degree of alteration of the mandibles is therefore not as great as is suggested by these figures.
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The distinction is made between molars in place in mandibles or maxillae, and isolated molars.
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The other end attached to a bony spot on the mandible , or lower jaw.
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The President was grinding his mandibles, but forcing himself to smile.
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Too many legs though, round luminous eyes, and more complicated mandibles than any arachnid Ace had ever seen on Earth.