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EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Far over to side, dig some more topsoil , pile on top road, high, high.
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How far from the roadbed would we have to go for our topsoil ?
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In any case, the continuation of the war was forcing the revolution to dig much deeper than the topsoil of reforms.
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In some places the topsoil had been eroded and we had to zigzag up on loose scree.
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In the bulldozed plots they were lowest of all, because the topsoil had been removed.
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The rich and deep topsoil that lured the first settlers to Deerfield still nourishes the agricultural efforts of their descendants.
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Where a lawn is involved, cut away the turf and loose topsoil .
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Where glaciers have scraped it off or rain has eroded it, the topsoil is thin.