Sentence examples for verbal origin from inspiring English sources

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Adjectives, which are probably of verbal origin, are not inflected for degree of comparison and may be used as adverbs without any change of form.

Among these utterance particles, some of them have a verbal origin.

The verbal origin of 來 lai 'come' is not debatable as it is still being used as a verb in modern Chinese.

For the Cantonese utterance particles that cannot be seen in Mandarin, some of them also have a verbal origin and may play a role in predication in Cantonese, such as 添 tim ([tim53]), 啩 gwaa [kwa33]), and 喎 wo.

The counterparts of the Mandarin utterance particles that have a verbal origin can also be found in Cantonese, such as 喇 laa ([la33]) (likely cognate with Mandarin le) and 嚟 lei ([lei21]) (cognate with Mandarin 來著 laizhe).

It is highly likely that these three particles in Mandarin, namely, 了 le, 來著 laizhe, and 吧 ba, all have a verbal origin, which can be traced back to verbs like 了 liao 'finish', 來 lai 'come', 著 zhuo 'order', and 罷 ba 'stop'stop

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The Journal of Behavioral and Brain Sciences devoted its April issue to debates over the theory, with participants challenging everything from the definition of reason to the origins of verbal communication.

Etymologically, almost all verbal forms have a nominal origin.

Yet, despite their variable interpretation, gait, facial, and verbal abnormalities, whether of central origin or not, are noted in many cases and can assist in suggesting a diagnosis.

These similarities further reinforce the view of a common origin of non-verbal numerical systems in all vertebrates.

After obtaining verbal consent, 241 peripheral blood samples were collected from occupationally exposed groups with and without pyrexia of unknown origin.

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