This would, for example, allow investigators to choose phrases that elicit word-level repetition priming (or possibly repetition suppression in the case of functional neuroimaging; Grill-Spector, Henson, & Martin, 2006) without phrase-level priming.
But for the first time since 1979, a swimming season begins without the phrase defending champion.
"People were hearing the name Gary without the phrase 'ax murderer' behind it," he said.
Sometimes women get rights without the phrase "women's rights" ever being spoken.
I could have done without the phrase "blood meal," but in general Dr. Sigal was giving me confidence in my self-diagnosis.
Ireland now boast the most lavishly gifted centre partnership that these days is rarely spoken of without the phrase 'Lions written all over it' somewhere in the vicinity.
It's the type of penalty that can't be discussed without the phrase "You'd have to give 20 penalties every match!" being exclaimed at some point.
The Weitz brothers also produced the two "American Pie" sequels, which means that they are rarely referred to without the phrase "gross-out comedy" somewhere in sight.
A common error that is quite easy to spot if you try to read it without the phrase inside the commas: as old... than (wrong); as old... as (right) as or since?
In the last few weeks, Mr. McCall and Mr. Mehiel have become as inseparable as if they were best pals (four appearances together yesterday in Westchester County), and Mr. McCall, the state comptroller, seems incapable of starting a pitch without the phrase, "Dennis Mehiel and I".
Indeed, in a sample "Itinerary in Congreve's London," reprinted in the theater's program, a footnote explains that the true man about town never left home without a phrase book of jottings -- "scraps of wisdom and wit".
