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His close friends stuck by him, but he retired from public life and spent the greater part of his time at his country house.
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The greater part of the bone is ossified in cartilage.
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The greater part of the sclera has been removed.
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Ossification begins near the middle of the body, about the eighth week of fetal life, and soon extends through the greater part of the bone.
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The greater part of the time he spent in roaming through woods and fields, planning new poems, and correcting those already made.
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Not quite as steep is the land on the right bank, spreading out from which, southwards, is the greater part of the municipal area.
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Faculty and students from the geology department excavated the greater part of an adult mastodon, including the skull and tusks.
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The greater part of his time was spent in wrangles with the aldermen and other city officers.
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The greater part of this housing scheme has in turn been demolished to make way for private sector housing.
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This exacting work occupied the greater part of his time for fifteen years.
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