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In Wikipedia:
“On 2 October 1815, one of his first measures was to send out a circular to all the departmental prefects informing them of their priorities in this troubled time :” The very first priority should be given to the maintenance of order (…
(Parse)
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(PP (IN On)
(NP (CD 2) (NNP October) (NN 1815)))
(, ,)
(S (NP (NP (CD one))
(PP (IN of)
(NP (PRP$ his) (JJ first) (NNS measures))))
(VP (AUX was)
(S (VP (TO to)
(VP (VB send) (PRT (RP out))
(NP (DT a) (JJ circular))
(PP (TO to)
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(VP (VBG informing)
(NP (PRP them))
(PP (IN of)
(NP (PRP$ their) (NNS priorities)))
(PP (IN in)
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(: :) ('' '')
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(VP (AUX be)
(VP (VBN given)
(PP (TO to)
(NP (NP (DT the) (NN maintenance))
(PP (IN of)
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(-LRB- -LRB-) (: ...)))
In Wikipedia:
Alex is skeptical at his extravagant measures for love, but he tells him that sometimes “grand gestures” are necessary to impress a girl.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (S (NP (NNP Alex))
(VP (AUX is)
(ADJP (JJ skeptical)
(PP (IN at)
(NP (PRP$ his) (JJ extravagant) (NNS measures))))
(PP (IN for)
(NP (NN love)))))
(, ,) (CC but)
(S (NP (PRP he))
(VP (VBZ tells)
(NP (PRP him))
(SBAR (IN that)
(S (ADVP (RB sometimes)) ('' '')
(NP (JJ grand) (NNS gestures)) ('' '')
(VP (AUX are)
(ADJP (JJ necessary)
(S (VP (TO to)
(VP (VB impress)
(NP (DT a) (NN girl)))))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Legal may not have signed off on Adam’s measures of transparency, but his readers do and that’s what matters. 3.
(Parse)
(S1 (FRAG (ADJP (JJ Legal))
(S (S (VP (MD may) (RB not)
(VP (AUX have)
(VP (VBN signed) (PRT (RP off))
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(, ,) (CC but)
(S (S (NP (PRP$ his) (NNS readers))
(VP (AUX do)))
(CC and)
(S (NP (DT that))
(VP (AUX 's)
(SBAR (WHNP (WP what))
(S (VP (VBZ matters)))))
(. .)
(NP (CD 3)) (. .)))
In Wikipedia:
His concepts and many of his practical measures are now the basis of Western penal systems. The Alexander Maconochie Centre, a prison in Canberra was named after him.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (S (S (NP (NP (PRP$ His) (NNS concepts) (CC and) (JJ many))
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(VP (AUX are) (ADVP (RB now))
(NP (NP (DT the) (NN basis))
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(. .))
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(NP (DT The) (NNP Alexander) (NNP Maconochie) (NNP Centre))))
(, ,)
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(VP (AUX was)
(VP (VBN named)
(PP (IN after)
(NP (PRP him)))))
(. .)))
In Wikipedia:
When consul he incurred the hatred of the democrats by his harsh measures as head of a special commission appointed to take measures against the accomplices of Tiberius Gracchus.
(Parse)
(S1 (FRAG (WHADVP (WRB When))
(NP (NP (NN consul))
(SBAR (S (NP (PRP he))
(VP (VBD incurred)
(NP (NP (DT the) (NN hatred))
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(NP (DT the) (NNS democrats))))
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(NP (NP (DT a) (JJ special) (NN commission))
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(S (VP (TO to)
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(PP (IN against)
(NP (NP (DT the) (NNS accomplices))
(PP (IN of)
(NP (NNP Tiberius) (NNP Gracchus)))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
He has called together legislative bodies at places unusual, uncomfortable, and distant from the depository of their public Records, for the sole purpose of fatiguing them into compliance with his measures.
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(S1 (S (NP (PRP He))
(VP (AUX has)
(VP (VBN called) (PRT (RP together))
(NP (JJ legislative) (NNS bodies))
(PP (IN at)
(NP (NP (NNS places))
(ADJP (JJ unusual) (, ,) (JJ uncomfortable) (, ,) (CC and) (JJ distant))))
(PP (IN from)
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(PP (IN of)
(NP (PRP$ their) (JJ public) (NNS Records)))))
(, ,)
(PP (IN for)
(NP (NP (DT the) (JJ sole) (NN purpose))
(PP (IN of)
(S (VP (VBG fatiguing)
(NP (PRP them))
(PP (IN into)
(NP (NP (NN compliance))
(PP (IN with)
(NP (PRP$ his) (NNS measures)))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
As cruel as Caldwell B. Cladwell was, his measures effectively regulated water consumption, sparing the town the same fate as the phantom Urinetown.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (PP (IN As)
(ADJP (JJ cruel)
(PP (IN as)
(NP (NNP Caldwell) (NNP B) (. .)))))
(NP (NNP Cladwell) (AUX was)) (, ,)
(NP (PRP$ his) (NNS measures)) (ADVP (RB effectively))
(VP (VBN regulated)
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(S (VP (VBG sparing)
(NP (DT the) (NN town))
(NP (NP (DT the) (JJ same) (NN fate))
(PP (IN as)
(NP (DT the) (JJ phantom) (NNP Urinetown))))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Legal may not have signed off on Adam’s measures of transparency, but his readers do and that’s what matters. 3.
(Parse)
(S1 (FRAG (ADJP (JJ Legal))
(S (S (VP (MD may) (RB not)
(VP (AUX have)
(VP (VBN signed) (PRT (RP off))
(PP (IN on)
(NP (NP (NP (NNP Adam) (POS 's)) (NNS measures))
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(, ,) (CC but)
(S (S (NP (PRP$ his) (NNS readers))
(VP (AUX do)))
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(S (NP (DT that))
(VP (AUX 's)
(SBAR (WHNP (WP what))
(S (VP (VBZ matters)))))
(. .)
(NP (CD 3)) (. .)))
In Wikipedia:
The Cdiz Cortes blamed Venegas for his arbitrary measures, believing that they impeded the pacification of the country.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (NP (DT The) (NNP Cdiz) (NNP Cortes))
(VP (VBD blamed)
(NP (NNP Venegas))
(PP (IN for)
(NP (PRP$ his) (JJ arbitrary) (NNS measures)))
(, ,)
(S (VP (VBG believing)
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(S (NP (PRP they))
(VP (VBN impeded)
(NP (NP (DT the) (NN pacification))
(PP (IN of)
(NP (DT the) (NN country))))
(. .)))
In Project Gutenberg:
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Expense of proactive wolf measures makes duplicating local project difficult, officials say.”
(Parse)
(S1 (S (S (NP (NP (NN Expense))
(PP (IN of)
(NP (JJ proactive) (NNP wolf) (NNS measures))))
(VP (VBZ makes)
(S (NP (VBG duplicating) (JJ local) (NN project))
(ADJP (JJ difficult)))))
(, ,)
(NP (NNS officials))
(VP (VBP say)) (. .) ('' ') ('' ')))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
When he was younger, Lee had been absolutely certain that he got horrible rashes if he stayed still for too long and his teachers at school had mistaken his preventive measures for some sort of attention disorder.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (SBAR (WHADVP (WRB When))
(S (NP (PRP he))
(VP (AUX was)
(ADJP (JJR younger)))))
(, ,)
(NP (NNP Lee))
(VP (AUX had)
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(S (NP (PRP he))
(VP (VBD got)
(NP (JJ horrible) (NNS rashes))
(SBAR (IN if)
(S (S (NP (PRP he))
(VP (VBD stayed) (ADVP (RB still))
(PP (IN for)
(NP (RB too) (RB long)))))
(CC and)
(S (NP (NP (PRP$ his) (NNS teachers))
(PP (IN at)
(NP (NN school))))
(VP (AUX had)
(VP (VBN mistaken)
(NP (PRP$ his) (JJ preventive) (NNS measures))
(PP (IN for)
(NP (NP (DT some) (NN sort))
(PP (IN of)
(NP (NN attention) (NN disorder))))
(. .)))
In Wikipedia:
When he arrived there, his first measures so offended the Regent that she resigned in protest in early September, 1567.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (SBAR (WHADVP (WRB When))
(S (NP (PRP he))
(VP (VBD arrived) (ADVP (RB there)))))
(, ,)
(NP (PRP$ his) (JJ first) (NNS measures)) (ADVP (RB so))
(VP (VBD offended)
(NP (DT the) (NNP Regent))
(SBAR (IN that)
(S (NP (PRP she))
(VP (VBD resigned)
(PP (IN in)
(NP (NN protest)))
(PP (IN in)
(NP (JJ early) (NNP September)))
(, ,) (ADVP (CD 1567)))
(. .)))
In Wikipedia:
Images of Harry Bell Measures designed Central London Railway stations from :
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(S1 (S (NP (NP (NNS Images))
(PP (IN of)
(NP (NNP Harry) (NNP Bell) (NNS Measures))))
(VP (VBN designed)
(NP (NNP Central) (NNP London) (NNP Railway) (NNS stations))
(PP (IN from)))
(: :)))
In Wikipedia:
His ferocious measures having failed to suppress the conventicles in Scotland, be summoned to his aid in 1677 a band of Highlanders, who were sent into the western country.
(Parse)
(S1 (SINV (S (NP (PRP$ His) (JJ ferocious) (NNS measures))
(VP (AUXG having)
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(, ,)
(VP (AUX be)
(VP (VBN summoned)
(PP (TO to)
(NP (PRP$ his) (NN aid)))
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(NP (CD 1677)))))
(NP (NP (DT a) (NN band))
(PP (IN of)
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(SBAR (WHNP (WP who))
(S (VP (AUX were)
(VP (VBN sent)
(PP (IN into)
(NP (DT the) (JJ western) (NN country))))
(. .)))
In Project Gutenberg:
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In Wikipedia:
His own letters and proclamations to fellow peasants focused on the suppression of Roman Catholic customs of piety, the King’s requisitions of church bells and church plate to be smelted down for money and the general discontent with Gustav’s autocratic measures, and the King’s letters indicate that Dacke had considerable military success for several months.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (S (NP (NP (PRP$ His) (JJ own) (NNS letters) (CC and) (NNS proclamations))
(PP (TO to)
(NP (NN fellow) (NNS peasants))))
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(, ,)
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(, ,) (CC and)
(S (NP (NP (DT the) (NNP King) (POS 's)) (NNS letters))
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(. .)))
In Wikipedia:
In his time and shortly after, Jelai was a fairly unpopular figure among the Croatian political elite, including Ante Starevi and others, and especially among the people who suffered losses due to his military campaigns and had little benefit from his economic measures.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (PP (PP (IN In)
(NP (PRP$ his) (NN time)))
(CC and) (ADVP (RB shortly))
(PP (IN after)))
(, ,)
(NP (NNP Jelai))
(VP (AUX was)
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(, ,) (CC and) (ADVP (RB especially))
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(CC and)
(VP (AUX had)
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(. .)))
In Wikipedia:
Most of his political measures, indeed, stood the test of experience, but in ecclesiastico – political matters he witnessed with sorrow the gradual decline of Catholicism and the spread of Lutheranism within his dominions, in spite of his earnest efforts and forcible prohibition of the new doctrine.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (S (NP (NP (JJS Most))
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(VP (VBD stood)
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(, ,) (CC but)
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(, ,)
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(CC and)
(NP (NP (JJ forcible) (NN prohibition))
(PP (IN of)
(NP (DT the) (JJ new) (NN doctrine)))))
(. .)))
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