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EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Anticipations and extensions are optional components of prolongation regions; when either exists they are weak components relative to the arrival.
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Clytemnestra let out an unearthly keening howl, her lips snarling back and her tail a stiff prolongation of her backbone.
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From the literature it is not clear whether prolongation of therapy beyond four months yield a higher response rate.
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The preoperative radiotherapy did not result in a significant prolongation of survival time.
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The unit of prolongation is the prolongational region.
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They are really a southern prolongation of Ponta de São Lourenço.