a rich seam

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a rich seam (formal)

a subject which provides a lot of opportunities for people to discuss, write about or make jokes about (often + of ) Both wars have provided a rich seam of drama for playwrights and novelists alike. His second novel mines the same rich seam of mother-son relations.

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Rudge Park School is set in a rosetinted suburbia with no teenage pregnancies, drugs, knives or guns - just comedy bullies, raging hormones and a rich seam of American Pie-style mishaps. We love telly: WE LOVE COMEDY - THE INBETWEENERS C4, 11.05pm by The Mirror (London, England) Anyone hoping to mine a rich seam of charm and comedy will only find fool's gold instead, in this unfunny, dull and silly affair. Fools prove all that glitters is not gold; FOOL'S GOLD (12A)** by Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England) Paddy Merrigan has hit a rich seam of form since joining Peter Bowen's yard and was on the mark again when kidding Tarkesar to a cheeky win over Mr Tee Pee in the 2m4f handicap hurdle. Horse Racing: Thornton woe as Ticket throws it away; BANGOR by The Racing Post (London, England)			a quantum leap a queer fish a question mark over a quick fix a quick one a quick study a quid pro quo a race against the clock a race against time a race against time clock a rake-off a rap across the knuckles a rap sheet a rat fink a rat race a raw deal a ray of sunshine a red cent a red eye a red herring a red-letter day a reign of terror a Renaissance man a rent boy a revolving door a rich seam a ringside seat a rip-off a ripple effect a rite of passage a road hog a roll in the hay a roller coaster a roof over head a rough diamond a roving eye a rubber check a rude awakening a rule of thumb a rum do a run for money a running battle a rush of blood a sacred cow a sad state of affairs a safe bet a safe pair of hands a safety net a safety valve a saving grace a scandal sheet			A Realization of Distributed Analysis A Really Nice Person A Recipe for Success, Ltd. A record a red cent a red eye a red herring A Red Indian Thought He Might Eat Tomatoes in Church A Red Orchid Theatre a red-letter day A Reflection in Glass A register a reign of terror A Reliable Computer/Human Interaction Environment A Remote Network Server a Renaissance man A rendre a rent boy A Report of External Professional Activities A Representative Corpus of Historical English Registers A Request for Quotation A respecter of persons A Retrieval Process Language a revolving door a rich seam A ring A ring A ring a ringside seat a ringside view a rip-off a ripple effect a rite of passage A River Runs Through It a road hog A Roadmap to African American and Diversity Resources A Rocket Launch for International Student Satellites A Rocket to the Moon A Rodin A Rodin A roll A roll A roll a roll in the hay a roll in the hay a roll in the hay a roll in the hay a roll in the hay a roll in the hay a roll in the sack a roll in the sack a roll in the sack a roll in the sack a roll in the sack a roller coaster

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