Religious texts often appear quite difficult to understand, being contradictions of themselves.

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People spend a lifetime trying to finding happiness of life.

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The dog that was hungry and looked ragged begged at the butcher’s shop for scraps.

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The cellist was quite young to have been chosen as such for that kind of an honor.

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That which was the point which was most contentious was strenuously avoided during the debates.

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Many detectives were dispatched to Nevada for the purpose of investigating a lead that could provide a break in the case.

The school teacher was desperately seeking the student that was the one who had done the damage to the room.

Few people understand the sheer work involved in having written of a novel.

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Rarely does a teacher want to publicly humiliate a student in front of students making the rest of the class.

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Having been the one that had been the one that negotiated the treaty, the diplomat was highly familiar with the details of the agreement.