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This may involve completing an electrical circuit in aglasscaseor connecting a series of cogs together to raise a gate blocking the cart.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Economy rice stalls typically consist of aglasscasecontaining anywhere from 10-15 troughs of cooked food, including meat, vegetables, eggs and tofu.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He has a much coveted dragonfly in aglasscaseby his bed.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.One of her wings appears in storage in aglasscase.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It is considered to be generous in granting miracles and is in aglasscasesurrounded by toys given by the faithful to favors received.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.So, why doesglass"casenot lexicalize into "glasscase?
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Aglasscaseis not conducive to life.
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Glasscasehorticulture was considered particularly well suited to the lady of means and leisure, but, usually, of haphazard scientific training.
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People buy cigarettes not to put in aglasscasebut to smoke.
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I once had the possibility of receiving an ostrich egg in aglasscase.
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If thisglasscasewere an option, it would force me, at least, to emigrate from the country.
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The aeronautical designer likes to produce a machine which looks well in aglasscase.
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I know how to make that machine absolutely safe—by putting aglasscaseover it and allowing no workman to go near it.
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We cannot put the countryside into aglasscaseand preserve it as it is now.
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I feel that he should be put into aglasscaseand kept as something special!
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It will be seen much more clearly through turning-the-pages than it ever could be by looking at it in aglasscase.
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It is not something to be preserved in aglasscase.
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We were shown finally aglasscaseinto which a rubber glove was fitted.
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If this chairman was completely independent of modern life, which surely involves flying about occasionally, he would be someone we should look at in aglasscase.
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