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Australia is (though it has faltered somewhat in preceeding years) well and truly a welfare state where the care of the elderly is not seen as the responsibility of the family, but the state - even so, ten thousand families in my state alone are carers for children with significant disabilities and/or elderly parents, shouldering the care alone.
Widows 2007
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But I freely acknowledge that the preceeding is hardly conclusive evidence.
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BTW I didn't bother censoring the word preceeding tool
ZDNet Australia Ben Grubb 2010
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It saw the word "in" apearing in the sentence in text as an INSERT and the word preceeding it as a variable in which it would insert the word following, then truncate everything else.
doggdot.us 2008
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The preceeding has been a test of the OpEdNews. com commenting system.
A New Innovative Commenting and Comment Flagging System 2009
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It also has a few neat features, like suggesting a few alternatives if you happen to think that preceding is spelt "preceeding"
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Ironically, in the preceeding days, many band members began to feel nervous of the prone-to-backfiring plane.
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The preceeding are my own personal opinions, which seem to be confirmed by every honest citizen I know …
Live Blogging Holder’s Confirmation Hearing - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2009
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The “her” in the preceeding sentence being Tina Fey, not Ms. Palin.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Judge Reinhardt’s Dig on Sarah Palin 2010
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Ironically, in the preceeding days, many band members began to feel nervous of the prone-to-backfiring plane.
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