Collocations withphrase
These are words often used in combination withphrase.
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adjective phrase
But the fact that an adjective phrase can also readily be introduced by a member of the lexical category adverb is not mentioned.
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adverbial phrase
Furthermore, an adjunct like an adverbial phrase which can be placed in any position in a sentence can further double the number of rules.
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ambiguous phrase
I want to be quite certain what is meant, because that can be an ambiguous phrase.
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apt phrase
It is an apt phrase for a fiasco that cost £13.5 billion, which still haunts the industry's reputation today.
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catch-all phrase
That last, catch-all phrase is breathtaking in its potential invasiveness.
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certain phrase
It is not for them to say whether a certain phrase is right.
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colloquial phrase
In any case, the colloquial phrase is "duty to obey the law" and not "duty to obey our law," which to this writer's ear has an ominously cabalistic ring.
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descriptive phrase
Since every title is also a kind term or descriptive phrase, it is very natural to use titles as names for different individuals in different contexts.
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empty phrase
But a secondary point is that relying on the mediating role of authority becomes an empty phrase when rules have evolved over time.
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exact phrase
To the contrary, the concept is widespread even thought the exact phrase might be absent.
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familiar phrase
When writing ' that we are conscious of ourselves as absolutely dependent ' he uses a verbal expression, while the more familiar phrase ' the feeling of absolute dependence ' is nominal.
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famous phrase
He found the high water mark of patriotism in the first year of the war, with the ranks filled by, in a now famous phrase, the rage militaire.
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favourite phrase
This is a favourite phrase nowadays, but he actually said it.
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hackneyed phrase
I sometimes think that the hackneyed phrase, "a conspiracy of silence," is in our days inaccurate.
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idiomatic phrase
Language learning for visual targets related to literal meanings of idiom constituent words than for targets related figuratively to the metaphoric interpretation of the idiomatic phrase.
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key phrase
The key phrase here is ' ' the only truth in existence.
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melodic phrase
Even if the melodic phrase has the same shape, the possibility that there are significant variants has to be admitted.
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memorable phrase
At present, she says, in a memorable phrase, he is ' tiptoeing round the margins of life ' (1991 : 7).
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misleading phrase
The wit of man, of a man in a fix, could not devise a more vague and misleading phrase.
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musical phrase
It could even be an entire musical phrase or complex sonic event, with its own internal development.
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odd phrase
I hope that we can have elucidation of this odd phrase.
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opening phrase
Another medieval innovation had the solo cantor sing the opening words of responsorial chants, with the full chorus finishing the end of the opening phrase.
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particular phrase
The solution to the query will include the binding of the variable associated with the answer to a particular phrase in the story.
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phrase like
Nevertheless, there is a possibility that participants could label using a simple noun phrase like "the red one" (count) or "the red stuff " (mass).
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repeated phrase
And, in a very worrying but repeated phrase, the book constantly addresses itself to social historians if only to chastise them.
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short phrase
Effort was taken to develop a short phrase that would concisely describe the questions that were grouped together by the factor analysis.
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simple phrase
For multi-word utterances, the syllable structure is embedded in a simple phrase structure.
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spoken phrase
Every spoken phrase is a unique creation that is only comprehensible if a competent speaker follows grammatical rules that govern its creation.
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telling phrase
In the course of the journey she distils a vast amount of literature, much of it in political theory, with commendable succinctness and an eye for a telling phrase.
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unfortunate phrase
It was owing to this that the most unfortunate phrase about conscientious objection was introduced.
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used phrase
Perhaps it was indeed a commonly used phrase among his contemporaries.
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vague phrase
We were not told about the uncompleted carriers; we heard that frigates were in hand—but "in hand" is a very vague phrase.
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verb phrase
Specifically, she investigates a syntactic variable which involves repetition or not of object clitics within a finite verb phrase.
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well-known phrase
To adapt a well-known phrase, a great deal of taxation is being paid, with little representation, by industry and commerce.
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