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nitric acid is readily effected by
The partial decomposition of nitric acid is readily effected by most metals; but it is sufficient to expose the nitric acid to a very strong light to make it give out oxygen gas, and thus be converted into nitrous acid.
— from Conversations on Chemistry, V. 1-2 In Which the Elements of that Science Are Familiarly Explained and Illustrated by Experiments by Mrs. (Jane Haldimand) Marcet

now and it required every bit
The thought of herself then, with the flush of a sunrise love suddenly rising in her heart, roused a torrent of feeling now, and it required every bit of strength she had to prevent her bursting into a passion of tears.
— from The Lane That Had No Turning, Volume 1 by Gilbert Parker

no attic its rear extension being
From here to the rear of the lot the building had no attic, its rear extension being but four stories high.
— from The Film of Fear by Frederic Arnold Kummer

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