Sentence examples for embedded phrases from inspiring English sources

As expected, the men had great difficulty understanding complex grammar, including embedded phrases in sentences.

For example, both can use embedded phrases: In the sentence, "the fox, which was quick and brown, jumped over the lazy dog", "which was quick and brown" is an embedded phrase.

In a sense what Dr. Everett has taken from the Pirahã isn't gold or rare medicinal plants but recursion, a property of language that allows speakers to embed phrases within phrases — for example, "The professor said Everett said Chomsky is wrong" — infinitely.

(The joke is embedded below the phrases "human muppet" and "like a Jackson Pollock painting" are employed).

For any MFL teacher learning vocabulary is essential and Quizlet is an effective way of memorising and embedding words, phrases and making sound spelling links.

There's no rule that a sentence must convey only a single bit of information--all we need do is make it "recursive" by embedding additional phrases and clauses.

The seemingly breezy theme of the finale has astonishing twists embedded in its phrases and harmonies, vividly realized by Artemis.

The material for the experiment consisted of 8 words or phrases embedded in carrier-sentences (see Table S1).