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Both "obligatory control" and "non-obligatory control" can be present in a single sentence. The following example can either mean that the pool had been in the hot sun all day (so it was nice and warm), in which case there would be a syntactic dependency between "the pool" and "being".
For example, it was alleged that he took bribes and that he had altered the official weights and measures to enhance the revenues of Earl Robert. [9] Soon after, he was made admiral depute of Orkney and Shetland. [10] His armed men felt free to seize control of ships and to billet themselves in the homes of the local people.
The coincidental similarity between false cognates can sometimes be used in the creation of new words (neologization). For example, the Hebrew word דַּל dal ("poor") (which is a false cognate of the phono-semantically similar English word dull) is used in the new Israeli Hebrew expression אין רגע דל en rega dal (literally "There is ...
One of the most prolific examples of resource war in history is the conflict over Chincha Island guano in the late 19th century. The Chincha Islands of Peru are situated off of the southern coast of Peru, where many seabirds were known to roost and prey on fish brought there by the currents of the Pacific Ocean . [ 3 ]
The insurgents' sweep into power concludes an astonishing Turkish-backed offensive that saw them overturn a years-long stalemate to overrun major cities in less than two weeks and end the half ...
Carpe is the second-person singular present active imperative of carpō "pick or pluck" used by Horace to mean "enjoy, seize, use, make use of". [2] Diem is the accusative of dies "day". A more literal translation of carpe diem would thus be "pluck the day [as it is ripe]"—that is, enjoy the moment.
Yet, despite forcing 11 turnovers in the first half, Houston failed to seize control after missing 17 of its final 23 shots.--Field Level Media. Show comments. Advertisement. Advertisement.
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