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EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And he was now teaching young Patsy, unbeknownst to his elder brothers, the rudiments of the noble art of self-defence.
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Her first pupils all now knew the rudiments of typing.
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It turned out he had had the rudiments of classicism flogged into him as a schoolboy.
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It was here that I had to learn the rudiments of technique.
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Or sit in a tiny planetarium for an introduction to the rudiments of stellar navigation.
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Oscar De La Hoya was learning the rudiments of seven-card stud poker.
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So, the rudiments of the game are securely locked in.
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The left alone has the rudiments of a comprehensive rational critique which could challenge it.