10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FOCUSLESS»
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focusless in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
focusless and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Modernism: An Anthology
D. – But Masson's declared purpose is now to reduce these maladies, as you call
them, to nothing. He aspires to be rid of the servitude of space, that his eye may '
frolic among the focusless fields, tumultuous with incessant creation'.6 At the ...
2
Builders and Dreamers: Habonim Labor Zionist Youth in North ...
And we have a good time with kids so they'll think about the same things and do it
with more kids." "So, it's a focusless, self-perpetuating, brainwashing operation,
right?" "Well, sort of. But it's not as bad as it sounds." "I had thought you were a ...
Jonathan Jeremy Goldberg, Elliot King, 1993
3
The Syntax of Hungarian
Consider first the word order of a non-negated universal quantifier (16a), then
that of a negated universal quantifier in a focusless sentence (16b-c), and finally
the word order of a negated universal quantifier in the presence of a focus (16d):
...
4
Word-order Based Grammar
This holds, jnutatis mutandis, also for the wh-element who: it is not possible to
assign it the index Focus because it is less communicatively dynamic than its
head (fights), nor the index Topic because it would render the whole clause
focusless.
5
Approaches to Hungarian: The structure of Hungarian
There are Focusless sentences. Thus, the written sentence A zene hangos lit. 'the
music loud' may be read with different prosodic structures as Focusless (Zero-Mid
-Mid): "The music is loud', Subject-Focus (Zero-High-Zero): '[It is] the MUSIC ...
István Kenesei, Csaba Pléh, 1992
By the focusless light, the shadows of the flat-topped Cumberland hills were
thrown Uncertainly into the ravines where the ravers lay frozen ; hillrf that rose in
slow interminable succession from horizon to horizon, their backs covered with
snow, ...
William Conant Church, 1868
7
After Visiting Friends: A Son's Story
His eyes go focusless. He squints through the pain. Moffett looks at him: “Bob,
you all right?” He puts his hand to his brow, thumb and index fingers on his
temples, like a man trying to block out a prying sun. He squeezes his temples,
angles his ...
8
Configurations of Sentential Complementation: Perspectives ...
Which dinosaur didyou estimate tobe175 feet long? (63) *They estimated Bill's
dinosaur to be 175 feet long Until now, I have onlybeen abletogive a veryrough
answer to this problem, suggesting thateven apparently 'Focusless' verbs such as
...
9
Sentence Adverbials in a Functional Description
... rising degrees of communicative dynamism of the elements of a sentence.
Presumably, there are no focusless sentences, but there are topicless ones (cf.
weather-sentences, thetic statements). 18 SENTENCE ADVERBIALS.
10
Law and Language: Current Legal Issues
... more accurate intheir distinction between accidental and
nonaccidentalcausation andhave better recallof thisaspect than the English
speakers—whotendto focusless on that component in their description,
andconsequentlyin their recall.
Michael Freeman, Fiona Smith, 2013
6 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FOCUSLESS»
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focusless is used in the context of the following news items.
Focus Pocus: Will Smith Does His Thing in Harmless, Focusless …
Doesn't it feel like we've been seeing Focus trailers for the past year and a half? And is it just me, or does it feel like the trailers never ... «Cleveland Scene Weekly, Feb 15»
APC to Give Automatic Tickets to Defecting PDP Lawmakers
According to the governor, PDP is in a shambles as a result of the focusless leadership style of Tukur who has no idea of how to move the party ... «THISDAY Live, Nov 13»
Morrissey's autobiography: charmless sniping and quasi-erotic …
The book fades out with a focusless travelogue of shows played and countries visited. Here, Morrissey enters quasi-erotic raptures over the ... «New Statesman, Nov 13»
Home can be the best place to learn English
... of effective learning for English, you have to focusless on memorising and more on listening, reading and getting yourself familiar with words. «The Nation, Aug 12»
Those Flooding Terrains Of Yesteryears: What Made Them …
Unfortunately, these culture and traditions, which once formed the integral part of our ethos, had been violated by a focusless, visionless ... «Osun Defender, Aug 11»
Bode, Tibi Nko?
The opposition parties arenot doing the masses any justice by being very disorganised, selfish, focusless and self centred. The armed forces ... «Osun Defender, Mar 11»
