Sentence examples for fixed phrase from inspiring English sources

A text-dependent system assumes that recognition process is based on a specific fixed phrase, i.e., each analyzed recording contains the same sentence.

The polite ritual of answering the door and inviting a guest into your house relies on certain fixed phrases in English: "Won't you come in?" "Make yourself at home".

For example, some mentions annotated as subtype FAMILY trend towards extensibility (e.g. "2-acetamido-3-mercapto-3-methyl-N-aryl-butanamides") while some SYSTEMATIC mentions would be considered as relatively fixed phrases (e.g. "phthalate").

A typo or two has been fixed, a phrase or two added, and the word "saw" had been changed to "witnessed," for example.

The omission of the noun of the 'one'-phrase in OV is not found only in fixed 'one'-phrases.

The distribution of fixed 'one'-phrases in Modern Mandarin provides more evidence to reveal the tight connection between pragmatic effects and the employment of syntactic constructions.

However, when fixed 'one'-phrases appear under negation in VO, they must be understood as minimizers are shown in (55) and (56).

Importantly, class expansion happened only in the cases where the fixed 'one'-phrases omit the noun, as exemplified in (62) and (63).

The requirement of the scalar particle for fixed 'one'-phrases instead of other adverbial NPIs supports the hypothesis that the reanalysis has occurred in the OV construction.

The analysis so far shows that fixed 'one'-phrases advance farther on the path of constructionalization, and they have developed a stronger connection with the minimizer interpretation as shown in the discussed examples.

When Modern Mandarin 'one'-phrases as minimizers are grouped by the division of fixed and non-fixed 'one'-phrases, it can be observed that the majority of 'one'-phrases as minimizers in VO belong to the non-fixed type, as shown in Fig. 4. Open image in new window Fig. 4 Distribution of fixed and non-fixed 'one'-phrases as minimizers in VO.