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EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But many of the companies interested have a potentially redundant nodule mining technology on their hands.
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Each nodule has an opening into the gut through which the eggs reach the lumen.
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Laparotomy showed duodenal scarring with enlarged lymph nodes in the pyloric and duodenal areas and white nodules in the liver.
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The nodules in which the worms live first appear at about two months from infection.
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The fish is preserved in a siltstone nodule , which has partially formed around the body of the fish.
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The more pathogenic species in ruminants occur in the subtropics and tropics and are associated with nodule formation in the intestine.
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The purpose of the Enterprise is to involve Third World countries in mining nodules and give them a share in the profits.
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While nodules are loose deposits, lying on the sea bed, sulphides are massive deposits below the ocean floor.