syntactic construction

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noun Grammar.

a construction that has no bound forms among its immediate constituents.Compare morphologic construction.

any phrase or sentence.

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Words nearby syntactic construction

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How to use syntactic construction in a sentence

The NOPD fired Knight in 1973 for stealing lumber from a construction site as an off-duty cop.
The Louisiana Racists Who Courted Steve Scalise|Jason Berry|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST
By the end of the construction period, the number of deaths had reached roughly twenty percent of the workforce.
Riding Thailand’s WWII Death Railway|Liza Foreman|December 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Tonn and Blank Construction An Indiana construction company.
The 26 Next Hobby Lobbys|Abby Haglage|December 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
A Minnesota based agricultural/industrial construction company.
The 26 Next Hobby Lobbys|Abby Haglage|December 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Encompass Develop, Design Construct, LLC A Kentucky-based architect, design and construction service.
The 26 Next Hobby Lobbys|Abby Haglage|December 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
If one has thoughts to express, it is possible to learn very soon some method of construction.
The Homesteader|Oscar Micheaux
He simply devoured books, studying every detail of construction, and learning a great deal as to style and effect.
The Homesteader|Oscar Micheaux
The two lines are as closely connected as grammatical construction and the expression of thought could make them.
Assimilative Memory|Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)
The day was won, the carriages secure, and the order for their construction was placed with a firm in Birmingham.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland|Joseph Tatlow
It was, therefore, more in the construction and workmanship then, that the sign manual was perceptible.
Antonio Stradivari|Horace William Petherick