Running water and electricity are still lacking in manymatchboxhouses.
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An experiment was conducted with amatchboxcontaining leaf fragments carrying aphids, in one case with hover fly larvae and in another with ladybird larvae.
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Thematchboxcarried the logo of what appeared to be a seedy nightclub.
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The matchboxes we are considering at the end of this step are still distinguished, but not necessarily bunches.
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All the adults reported the conventional content of amatchbox.
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We will take this into account by considering bunches as preferential matchboxes.
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We remark that distinguished matchboxes are always oriented.
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Up to now, we have exploited the relationship between the intrinsic and the induced topology of an orientedmatchbox.
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In bulk woodworking, for example, firms producing matches, matchboxes, and broom handles eagerly welcomed new machines that sped output and reduced the work force needed.
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The ensuing disappointment resulted in a howl of rage and frustration and a hand and arm hit thematchboxaway.
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However, up to taking transversally smaller matchboxes, we can show the following.
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The advantage of considering matchboxes is twofold.
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Children were asked to report their own prior beliefs regarding the content of thematchbox.
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Thematchboxattitude to our economy is out.
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The doctor showed me the piece of jagged shrapnel as big as amatchboxwhich he had removed from the boy's eye socket.
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