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1 Essentially , we want to say that a sentence is an abstract theoretical entity defined within a theory of grammar , while an utterance is the issuance of a sentence , a sentence-analogue , or sentence-fragment , in an actual context .
2 Some studies , however , do exist and a selection is shown in Fig. 5.1 .
3 well I do feel that a car is looked at from a performance point of view , I mean I agree that a lot of bad drivers , but I still think you could help a lot by getting the design of the car right , because sometimes accidents do happen , even though nobody is really at fault and er I feel strongly that were looking at it from the wrong way round .
4 In Chapter 4 I stressed the importance of preparation before planting — what you do afterwards can not put right what you fail to do before a plant is in the ground and growing away .
5 As the uncertainty of the task increases there is more need to share and a team is necessary .
6 In previous Lectures we have examined the incidence of taxation by factors or classes we have asked whether a tax is borne by those receiving capital income or those with wages .
7 ‘ Thames Valley police have confirmed that a man is helping with inquiries into the murder of Dr Hugh Puddephat , the English lecturer whose body was identified in Paris earlier this week , ’ the newsreader reported .
8 They have discovered that a chromosome is a good place to live if you want to get replicated .
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