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"It is very important to give your daughter independence in her life so she learns from experience."

"A small group."

"The children hung colorful decorations on the Christmas tree. "

"The news report characterised the protesters as violent and disruptive, even though most of them were peaceful. "

"The scientists repeated the experiment in order to confirm the result."

"A chair is furniture. Sofas are also furniture."

"The teacher used repetition of vocabulary words to help the students learn them. "

"The birds had built an amazing structure out of sticks and various discarded items."

"The recipe for cookies allows for variations, like adding chocolate chips or nuts. "

"The functional analysis course focused on definite integrals, a type of mathematical function. "

"The presentation about the new school rules was very clear and easy to understand. "

"The alteration to the school schedule was announced on the website. "