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be constituents
noun
A part, or component of a whole.
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Moreover, whereas negated sentences can be embedded into compound sentences, speech acts cannot be constituents of other speech acts.
But in slightly later works, such as 'On Denoting' (1905), propositional functions are said to be constituents of universal propositions.
This is perhaps clearest on a Russellian view, according to which ordinary physical objects can be constituents of propositions.
But they have broken from Russell in maintaining that extra-mental individuals — like the apple before me — can also be constituents of the thoughts we grasp.
Pericondensed PAHs as large 472 amu, which is attributed to the molecule C38H16 with 12 hexagonal rings, are found to be constituents of the precursor particles.
In another response, Weatherson (2004) argues that sensations may be constituents of corresponding self-attributions: the subject may think "I'm having this sensation", where that thought incorporates the sensation as part of its content.
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The family in question were constituents of mine.
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The Clarence Earl Gideons of this world are constituents who can safely be ignored.
The most important of these substances are constituents of oil shale.
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