[〈det male.n〉 lay.v 〈det foundation.n〉]
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
For which of you, intending to build a tower, does not sit down first and count the cost, whether he has enough to finish it? lest, after he has laid the foundation, and is not able to finish, all who see it begin to mock him, saying,?
(Parse)
(S1 (FRAG (IN For) (WHNP (WDT which))
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(S (NP (PRP you)) (, ,)
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(S (VP (TO to)
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(NP (DT a) (NN tower))))
(, ,)
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(VP (VP (VB sit) (PRT (RP down)) (ADVP (RB first)))
(CC and)
(VP (VB count)
(NP (DT the) (NN cost)))
(, ,)
(SBAR (IN whether)
(S (NP (PRP he))
(VP (AUX has)
(ADJP (JJ enough))
(S (VP (TO to)
(VP (VB finish)
(NP (PRP it))))
(. ?)))
(IN lest) (, ,)
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(S (NP (PRP he))
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(NP (DT the) (NN foundation))))
(, ,) (CC and)
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(. ?)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
He clearly lays the foundation that there is a close relationship between the brain and behavior and wisely acknowledges the limits of our ability to know everything about this relationship.
(Parse)
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(NP (PRP$ our) (NN ability)
(S (VP (TO to)
(VP (VB know)
(NP (NN everything))
(PP (IN about)
(NP (DT this) (NN relationship)))))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
For which of you, intending to build a tower, does not sit down first and count the cost, whether he has enough to finish it – lest, after he has laid the foundation, and is not able to finish, all who see it begin to mock him, saying,’ This man began to build and was not able to finish ’?
(Parse)
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(. ?)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
For which of you, intending to build a tower, does not sit down first and count the cost, whether he has enough to finish it? lest, after he has laid the foundation, and is not able to finish, all who see it begin to mock him, saying,?
(Parse)
(S1 (FRAG (IN For) (WHNP (WDT which))
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(S (NP (PRP you)) (, ,)
(S (VP (VBG intending)
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(NP (DT a) (NN tower))))
(, ,)
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(VP (VP (VB sit) (PRT (RP down)) (ADVP (RB first)))
(CC and)
(VP (VB count)
(NP (DT the) (NN cost)))
(, ,)
(SBAR (IN whether)
(S (NP (PRP he))
(VP (AUX has)
(ADJP (JJ enough))
(S (VP (TO to)
(VP (VB finish)
(NP (PRP it))))
(. ?)))
(IN lest) (, ,)
(SBAR (IN after)
(S (NP (PRP he))
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(NP (NP (PRP him)) (, ,)
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(. ?)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he cannot be My disciple. 27 And whoever does not bear his cross and come after Me cannot be My disciple. 28 For which of you, intending to build a tower, does not sit down first and count the cost, whether he has enough to finish it? 29 lest, after he has laid the foundation, and is not able to finish, all who see it begin to mock him, 30 saying,?
(Parse)
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(. ?)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
In Medford, Massachusetts, in the 1960s, Tufts University physics professor Allan Cormack’s main field was particle physics, but he laid the foundation for computerized tomography in his spare time.
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(S (NP (PRP he))
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(PP (IN for)
(NP (JJ computerized) (NN tomography))))
(PP (IN in)
(NP (PRP$ his) (JJ spare) (NN time)))))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
For which of you, intending to build a tower, does not sit down first and count the cost, whether he has enough to finish it? lest, after he has laid the foundation, and is not able to finish, all who see it begin to mock him, saying,?
(Parse)
(S1 (FRAG (IN For) (WHNP (WDT which))
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(. ?)))
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(. ?)))
In the British National Corpus:
He is an expert and his Catalogue of the Waddesdon Bequest in the British Museum (1986) he has laid the foundation for the subject of a new exhibition, “Fake?
(Parse)
(S1 (S (NP (PRP He))
(VP (AUX is)
(NP (NP (DT an) (NN expert)) (CC and)
(NP (NP (PRP$ his) (NN Catalogue))
(PP (IN of)
(NP (DT the) (NNP Waddesdon) (NN Bequest))))
(PP (IN in)
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(PP (IN of)
(NP (DT a) (JJ new) (NN exhibition)))
(, ,) ('' '')
(S (ADJP (JJ Fake)))
(. ?)))
In Wikipedia:
In the year 1910, Kaspar Winkler laid the foundation for the present – day Sika Group at Neugasse 99 in Zurich.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (PP (IN In)
(NP (DT the) (NN year) (CD 1910)))
(, ,)
(NP (NNP Kaspar) (NNP Winkler))
(VP (VBD laid)
(NP (NP (NP (DT the) (NN foundation))
(PP (IN for)
(NP (DT the) (NN present))))
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(NP (NN day) (NNP Sika) (NNP Group)))
(PP (IN at)
(NP (NNP Neugasse) (CD 99)))
(PP (IN in)
(NP (NNP Zurich))))
(. .)))
In Wikipedia:
The Minister would be taking part in a function in Tambaram on that day and he would lay the foundation for a road overbridge at Tambaram and for the Pallikaranai grade separator.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (S (NP (DT The) (NN Minister))
(VP (MD would)
(VP (AUX be)
(VP (VBG taking)
(NP (NP (NN part))
(PP (IN in)
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(PP (IN in)
(NP (NNP Tambaram)))
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(NP (NNP Tambaram)))))
(CC and)
(PP (IN for)
(NP (DT the) (NNP Pallikaranai) (NN grade) (NN separator))))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
He-like – he laid the foundation for classical mechanics.”
(Parse)
(S1 (S (NP (PRP He)) (PRN (: -)
(VP (VBP like)) (: -))
(NP (PRP he))
(VP (VBD laid)
(NP (DT the) (NN foundation))
(PP (IN for)
(NP (JJ classical) (NNS mechanics))))
(. .) ('' ') ('' ')))
In Wikipedia:
Massimino took his first head coach position in 1962 at Hillside High School in New Jersey where he laid the foundation for his future college coaching successes.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (NP (NNP Massimino))
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(. .)))
In Wikipedia:
On 14 February 1881 he laid the foundation – stone for a new church at Brentwood.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (PP (IN On) (CD 14)
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(NP (PRP he))
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(PP (IN for)
(NP (DT a) (JJ new) (NN church)))))
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(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
In Medford, Massachusetts, in the 1960s, Tufts University physics professor Allan Cormack’s main field was particle physics, but he laid the foundation for computerized tomography in his spare time.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (PP (IN In)
(NP (NNP Medford)))
(, ,)
(NP (NNP Massachusetts)) (, ,)
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(PP (IN in)
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(. .)))
In Wikipedia:
He laid the foundation for the Pandya revival, after being dominated by the Cholas for several centuries.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (NP (PRP He))
(VP (VBD laid)
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(. .)))
In Wikipedia:
He laid the foundation for his reputation as a great expert in international law at the same time through diligent work in international meetings, and became a member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration in 1904 at The Hague.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (NP (PRP He))
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(. .)))
In Wikipedia:
He laid the foundation for many of those who came after him, namely teachers like Stella Adler and Lee Strasberg, who passed on his legacy to the next generation of stage and film actors.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (NP (PRP He))
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(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
In Medford, Massachusetts, in the 1960s, Tufts University physics professor Allan Cormack’s main field was particle physics, but he laid the foundation for computerized tomography in his spare time.
(Parse)
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(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Then Joshua made them take an oath at that time, saying, “Cursed before the LORD is the man who rises up and builds this city Jericho; with the loss of his firstborn he shall lay its foundation, and with the loss of his youngest son he shall set up its gates.”
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(. .))))
('' ') ('' ')))
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