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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The NOPD fired Knight in 1973 for stealing lumber from a construction site as an off-duty cop.
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By the end of the construction period, the number of deaths had reached roughly twenty percent of the workforce.
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A Minnesota based agricultural/industrial construction company.
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If one has thoughts to express, it is possible to learn very soon some method of construction.
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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.
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The day was won, the carriages secure, and the order for their construction was placed with a firm in Birmingham.
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It was, therefore, more in the construction and workmanship then, that the sign manual was perceptible.
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