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soiling
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
This also reduced soiling of the trap with wind-blown sand and leaves.
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Now they are soiling their good name by carrying out such a practice.
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People who walk there or whose children play on it have a problem with soiling.
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Soiling is often due to constipation, which is itself caused by poor diet.
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Daytime wetting affects a smaller number—120,000 children—and more than 100,000 children in the same age group, five to 16, experience soiling problems.
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Generally, nurses would use protective clothing, such as aprons and gloves to prevent soiling of their uniforms.
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Many of them are hanging on toy a thread soiling distressed merchandise.
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Figures for the net losses of intervention agencies in connection with buying arid soiling are not broken down in the categories requested.
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They are soiling the sanctity of the banner under which they profess to fight for the rights of small nationalities.
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The point is that there will be some cases where we shall do top soiling and there will be some cases where we shall not.
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It is a probing amendment and has the aim of soiling out the ambiguity over which employee benefits constitute pay and which do not.
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I am anxious that that should not happen as it would entail problems such as the soiling of pavements.
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Whether in rural or industrial life, wherever human activity takes place there must be a certain amount of soiling.
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You have an idea that by soiling, which is the technical expression for cultivating herds by means of arable cultivation, you are going to increase the flocks and herds.
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Particulates from diesel-engined vehicles and some industrial processes can give rise to soiling of buildings especially in urban areas, but are not known to cause structural damage.
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