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EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A blue sponge of Holy Water in its receptacle just inside the door was frozen solid.
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A two-way hatch facilitates the serving of carefully calculated meals and the removal of waste products in the appropriate receptacles!
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All drinking dishes and all food receptacles must be washed each time before their contents are replenished.
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Each slung a tin collecting box over his shoulder and an attendant of the Company carried a receptacle for larger discoveries.
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He did exactly what he was invited to do, place goods into the receptacle provided.
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It was as if she were a receptacle for the last drops of red.
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No collections were taken, but just next to the exit a small receptacle awaited contributions to help pay the rent.
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Those studies which concentrated on local-central relations ignored local politics because they saw local authorities as mere receptacles for central policy.