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These are now generally required in
These are now generally required in a suite of three—"first, second, and third hot."
— from The Turkish Bath, Its Design and Construction by Robert Owen Allsop

they are not generally remarked it
If they are not generally remarked, it is because the authors of the classics of natural history do not direct the attention of the reader to these facts.
— from The Day After Death; Or, Our Future Life According to Science (New Edition) by Louis Figuier

There are no groining ribs in
There are no groining ribs in the aisles, though the vaults are quadripartite, and in the transepts there are pointed waggon roofs.
— from Some Account of Gothic Architecture in Spain by George Edmund Street

they are Nearctic genera represented in
But we have, besides these, a number of genera which we are {119} accustomed to consider as typically European, or Palæarctic, having representatives in North America; although in many cases it would be more correct to say that they are Nearctic genera, represented in Europe, since America possesses more species than Europe or North Asia.
— from The Geographical Distribution of Animals, Volume 2 With a study of the relations of living and extinct faunas as elucidating the past changes of the Earth's surface by Alfred Russel Wallace

towers as now glowed ruddy in
A host of memories from the years when the man was a light-hearted boy, and all that he saw around him now but the scenes of his wild sports: the town, from the depth of the half-filled-up fosse to the tops of the spires; the gardens, fields, meadows and heaths that surrounded it as far as these very hills; the harbor with its ships, and the glistening sea on which he loved to row in a frail boat when the towers, as now, glowed ruddy in the evening light.
— from Hammer and Anvil: A Novel by Friedrich Spielhagen

that a new group really is
Voting After the discussion period (which is mandatory), if it's been determined that a new group really is desired, a name and charter are agreed upon, and it's been determined whether the group will be moderated (and by whom), a Call For Votes (CFV) should be posted to news.announce.newgroups, along with any other groups that the original Request For Discussion was posted to.
— from Zen and the Art of the Internet by Brendan P. Kehoe

the American nations generally ranked in
These phenomena are so much the more worthy of attention as they are observed in that great branch of the American nations generally ranked in a class totally opposite to that circumpolar branch, namely the Tschougaz-Esquimaux,* whose children are fair, and who acquire the Mongol or yellowish tint only from the influence of the air and the humidity.
— from Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 by Alexander von Humboldt

there are no good restaurants in
Evidently there are no good restaurants in this quarter.”
— from The Bashful Lover (Novels of Paul de Kock Volume XIX) by Paul de Kock

there are no good roads in
We must go on horseback, as there are no good roads in our vicinity.
— from The American Missionary — Volume 49, No. 03, March, 1895 by Various


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