[〈det (plur age.n)〉 dark.a]
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
“This Creed goes back to the first Council of the Catholic Church – way before Vatican 2, before Martin Luther, before the Crusades, before the dark ages – back to 325 A. D.!
(Parse)
(S1 (S ('' ') ('' ')
(NP (DT This) (NN Creed))
(VP (VBZ goes) (PRT (RP back))
(PP (TO to)
(NP (NP (DT the) (JJ first) (NNP Council))
(PP (IN of)
(NP (DT the) (NNP Catholic) (NNP Church)))
(PRN (: --)
(NP (NP (NN way))
(PP (PP (IN before)
(NP (NNP Vatican) (CD 2)))
(, ,)
(PP (IN before)
(NP (NNP Martin) (NNP Luther)))
(, ,)
(PP (IN before)
(NP (DT the) (NNP Crusades)))
(, ,)
(PP (IN before)
(NP (DT the) (JJ dark) (NNS ages)))))
(: --))))
(ADVP (RB back)
(PP (TO to)
(NP (CD 325) (DT A) (. .) (NNP D) (. .)))))
(. !)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
This is due to the fact that ALL iPhone plans are nationwide plans, meaning it doesn’t matter who’s network you are on, calls are covered via that network when AT & T is not present, this amazingly is not clear to many’ ‘experts’ ’. People often question if you can use an iPhone in VT as if we are in the dark ages here.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (NP (DT This))
(VP (AUX is)
(ADJP (JJ due)
(PP (TO to)
(NP (DT the) (NN fact)
(SBAR (IN that)
(S (NP (DT ALL) (JJ iPhone) (NNS plans))
(VP (AUX are)
(NP (JJ nationwide) (NNS plans)) (, ,)
(S (VP (VBG meaning)
(SBAR (S (NP (PRP it))
(VP (AUX does) (RB n't)
(VP (VB matter)
(SBAR (WHNP (WP who))
(S (VP (AUX 's)
(NP (NP (NN network))
(SBAR (S (S (S (NP (PRP you))
(VP (VBP are) (PRT (RP on))))
(, ,)
(NP (NNS calls))
(VP (VBP are)
(VP (VBN covered)
(PP (IN via)
(NP (DT that) (NN network)
(SBAR (WHADVP (WRB when))
(S (SBAR (IN AT)
(S (NP (CC &) (NN T))
(VP (AUX is)
(ADJP (RB not) (JJ present)))))
(, ,)
(NP (DT this)) (ADVP (RB amazingly))
(VP (AUX is) (RB not)
(ADJP (JJ clear) (TO to) (JJ many)))))
('' ') (: ')
(NP (NNS experts) (POS ')) (: ')))
(. .)
(NP (NNS People)) (ADVP (RB often))
(VP (VBP question)
(SBAR (IN if)
(S (NP (PRP you))
(VP (MD can)
(VP (VB use)
(NP (NP (DT an) (NN iPhone))
(PP (IN in)
(NP (NNP VT))))
(SBAR (IN as) (IN if)
(S (NP (PRP we))
(VP (AUX are)
(PP (IN in)
(NP (NP (DT the) (JJ dark) (NNS ages)) (ADVP (RB here))))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
The difference between decision – makers in the dark ages and those today is they were willing to learn from their mistakes.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (NP (NP (DT The) (NN difference))
(PP (IN between)
(NP (NP (NN decision) (: -) (NNS makers))
(PP (IN in)
(NP (NP (DT the) (JJ dark) (NNS ages)) (CC and)
(NP (DT those) (NN today))))
(VP (AUX is)
(SBAR (S (NP (PRP they))
(VP (AUX were)
(ADJP (JJ willing)
(S (VP (TO to)
(VP (VB learn)
(PP (IN from)
(NP (PRP$ their) (NNS mistakes)))))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Though that, he supposed, was what made him such a great ruler; the best this territory had seen from an individual leader, the Inu no Taishou notwithstanding, since before the dark ages.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (ADVP (RB Though))
(NP (DT that)) (PRN (, ,)
(S (NP (PRP he))
(VP (VBD supposed)))
(, ,))
(VP (AUX was)
(SBAR (WHNP (WP what))
(S (VP (VBD made)
(S (NP (PRP him))
(NP (PDT such) (DT a) (JJ great) (NN ruler))))
(: ;)
(S (NP (DT the) (JJS best) (DT this) (NN territory))
(VP (AUX had)
(VP (VBN seen)
(PP (IN from)
(NP (NP (DT an) (JJ individual) (NN leader)) (, ,)
(NP (NP (DT the) (NNP Inu) (NNP no) (NNP Taishou)) (ADVP (RB notwithstanding)))
(, ,)))
(PP (IN since)
(PP (IN before)
(NP (DT the) (JJ dark) (NNS ages))))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
And I’d like my vote to actually count for keeping the Dark Ages of No Rights For Women away.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (CC And)
(NP (PRP I))
(VP (MD 'd)
(VP (VB like)
(S (NP (PRP$ my) (NN vote))
(VP (TO to) (ADVP (RB actually))
(VP (VB count)
(PP (IN for)
(S (VP (VBG keeping)
(NP (NP (DT the) (JJ Dark) (NNS Ages))
(PP (IN of)
(NP (NNP No) (NNPS Rights))))
(PP (IN For)
(NP (NNP Women)))
(ADVP (RB away))))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Back in the dark ages, before DHTML graduated from the shadows of image rollovers, web interfaces were largely built out of browser – native form elements and links to more pages.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (ADVP (RB Back)
(PP (IN in)
(NP (DT the) (JJ dark) (NNS ages))))
(, ,)
(SBAR (IN before)
(S (NP (NNP DHTML))
(VP (VBD graduated)
(PP (IN from)
(NP (NP (DT the) (NNS shadows))
(PP (IN of)
(NP (NN image) (NNS rollovers)))))
(, ,)
(NP (JJ web) (NNS interfaces))
(VP (AUX were) (ADVP (RB largely))
(VP (VBN built) (PRT (RP out))
(PP (IN of)
(NP (NP (NN browser)) (: -)
(NP (JJ native) (NN form) (NNS elements)) (CC and)
(NP (NP (NNS links))
(PP (TO to)
(NP (JJR more) (NNS pages)))))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
A socialist whom wants to tax me into the dark ages and tell me where to get my health care and how to live my life?
(Parse)
(S1 (NP (NP (DT A) (NN socialist))
(SBAR (WHNP (WP whom))
(S (VP (VBZ wants)
(S (VP (TO to)
(VP (VP (VB tax)
(NP (PRP me))
(PP (IN into)
(NP (DT the) (JJ dark) (NNS ages))))
(CC and)
(VP (VB tell)
(NP (PRP me))
(SBAR (SBAR (WHADVP (WRB where))
(S (VP (TO to)
(VP (VB get)
(NP (PRP$ my) (NN health) (NN care)))
(CC and)
(SBAR (WHADVP (WRB how))
(S (VP (TO to)
(VP (VB live)
(NP (PRP$ my) (NN life)))))
(. ?)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
CONSTITUTION: Now, as further evidence I am caught somewhere in what is considered the dark ages of church life, I will state that the relationships that exist within a congregation will best glorify God when they are expressed in a covenant document like a constitution.
(Parse)
(S1 (FRAG (NP (NNP CONSTITUTION)) (: :)
(S (ADVP (RB Now)) (, ,)
(PP (IN as)
(NP (JJ further) (NN evidence)))
(NP (PRP I))
(VP (AUX am)
(VP (VBN caught) (ADVP (RB somewhere))
(PP (IN in)
(SBAR (WHNP (WP what))
(S (VP (AUX is)
(VP (VBN considered)
(NP (NP (DT the) (JJ dark) (NNS ages))
(PP (IN of)
(NP (NN church) (NN life))))
(, ,)
(SBAR (S (NP (PRP I))
(VP (MD will)
(VP (VB state)
(SBAR (IN that)
(S (NP (NP (DT the) (NNS relationships))
(SBAR (WHNP (WDT that))
(S (VP (VBP exist)
(PP (IN within)
(NP (DT a) (NN congregation))))
(VP (MD will) (ADVP (RB best))
(VP (VB glorify)
(NP (NNP God))
(SBAR (WHADVP (WRB when))
(S (NP (PRP they))
(VP (VBP are)
(VP (VBN expressed)
(PP (IN in)
(NP (NP (DT a) (NN covenant) (NN document))
(PP (IN like)
(NP (DT a) (NN constitution))))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Gibson Square’s Martin Rynja told the British broadcaster there must be’ ’ open access to literary works, regardless of fear.” “If a novel of quality and skill that casts light on a beautiful subject we know too little of in the West, but have a genuine interest in, cannot be published here, it would truly mean that the clock has been turned back to the dark ages,’ ’ he said.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (S (NP (NP (NNP Gibson) (NNP Square) (POS 's)) (NNP Martin) (NNP Rynja))
(VP (VBD told)
(NP (DT the) (NNP British) (NN broadcaster))
(S (NP (EX there))
(VP (MD must)
(VP (AUX be) ('' ') (: ')
(VP (VB open)
(NP (NP (NN access))
(PP (TO to)
(NP (JJ literary) (NNS works))))
(, ,) (ADVP (RB regardless)
(PP (IN of)
(NP (NN fear))))
(. .) ('' ') ('' ') ('' '))))
(: ')
(S (S (SBAR (IN If)
(S (NP (NP (DT a) (NN novel))
(PP (IN of)
(NP (NN quality) (CC and) (NN skill)))
(SBAR (WHNP (WDT that))
(S (VP (VBZ casts)
(NP (NN light))
(PP (IN on)
(NP (NP (DT a) (JJ beautiful) (NN subject))
(SBAR (S (NP (PRP we))
(VP (VP (VBP know)
(ADJP (RB too) (JJ little)
(PP (IN of)
(PP (IN in)
(NP (DT the) (NNP West)))
(, ,) (CC but)
(VP (AUX have)
(NP (DT a) (JJ genuine) (NN interest))
(PP (IN in)))
(, ,) (ADVP (RB cannot))
(VP (AUX be)
(VP (VBN published) (ADVP (RB here)))
(, ,)
(NP (PRP it))
(VP (MD would) (ADVP (RB truly))
(VP (VB mean)
(SBAR (IN that)
(S (NP (DT the) (NN clock))
(VP (VBZ has)
(VP (VBN been)
(VP (VBN turned) (PRT (RP back))
(PP (TO to)
(NP (DT the) (JJ dark) (NNS ages)))))
(, ,) ('' ') ('' ')
(NP (PRP he))
(VP (VBD said)))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Still stuck in the dark ages paying $ 100’s for cable or directtv?
(Parse)
(S1 (FRAG (RB Still)
(ADJP (JJ stuck)
(PP (IN in)
(NP (NP (DT the) (JJ dark) (NNS ages))
(VP (VBG paying)
(NP (NP ($ $) (CD 100)) (AUX 's))
(PP (IN for)
(NP (NN cable) (CC or) (NNP directtv))))
(. ?)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
In the dark ages, like three years ago, the only place you could get truly high – quality copies of TV episodes was to either buy…
(Parse)
(S1 (S (PP (IN In)
(NP (DT the) (JJ dark) (NNS ages)))
(, ,) (ADVP (NP (IN like) (CD three) (NNS years)) (RB ago)) (, ,)
(NP (NP (DT the) (JJ only) (NN place))
(SBAR (S (NP (PRP you))
(VP (MD could)
(VP (VB get)
(ADJP (RB truly) (JJ high)) (: -)
(NP (NP (NN quality) (NNS copies))
(PP (IN of)
(NP (NN TV) (NNS episodes)))
(VP (AUX was)
(S (VP (TO to)
(VP (ADVP (RB either)) (VB buy)
(NP (NNS ..)))
(. .)))
In Wikipedia:
The 1760s are one of cricket’s “Dark Ages”; a good deal more is known about the decades 1731–1750 than of 1751 – 1770.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (S (NP (DT The) (NNS 1760s))
(VP (AUX are)
(NP (NP (CD one))
(PP (IN of)
(NP (NP (NN cricket) (POS 's)) ('' '') (JJ Dark) (NNS Ages)))
('' ''))))
(: ;)
(S (NP (NP (DT a) (JJ good) (NN deal))
(ADJP (JJR more)))
(VP (AUX is)
(VP (VBN known)
(PP (IN about)
(NP (NP (DT the) (NNS decades))
(NP (NP (CD 1731)) (: -)
(NP (QP (CD 1750) (IN than) (IN of) (CD 1751)))
(: -)
(NP (CD 1770)))))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
But these dark ages wouldn’t last long.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (CC But)
(NP (DT these) (JJ dark) (NNS ages))
(VP (MD would) (RB n't)
(VP (VB last) (ADVP (RB long))))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
The dark ages reflected this.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (NP (DT The) (JJ dark) (NNS ages))
(VP (VBD reflected)
(NP (DT this)))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
For someone who is sixteen; seventeen years ago is the far distant dark ages before the beginnings of time.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (PP (IN For)
(NP (NP (NN someone))
(SBAR (WHNP (WP who))
(S (VP (AUX is)
(ADJP (JJ sixteen))))
(: ;) (ADVP (NP (CD seventeen) (NNS years)) (RB ago))
(VP (AUX is)
(NP (NP (DT the)
(ADJP (RB far) (JJ distant)) (JJ dark) (NNS ages))
(PP (IN before)
(NP (NP (DT the) (NNS beginnings))
(PP (IN of)
(NP (NN time))))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Within a few hundred years, civilization will progress from the dark ages to its modern form just before its collapse.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (PP (IN Within)
(NP (QP (DT a) (JJ few) (CD hundred)) (NNS years)))
(, ,)
(NP (NN civilization))
(VP (MD will)
(VP (VB progress)
(PP (PP (IN from)
(NP (DT the) (JJ dark) (NNS ages)))
(PP (TO to)
(NP (PRP$ its) (JJ modern) (NN form))))
(PP (ADVP (RB just)) (IN before)
(NP (PRP$ its) (NN collapse)))))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Surely scribes have altered and supplemented the original text so much that we cannot be sure what was actually written by Moses, Jeremiah, John or Paul (if these characters were in fact the authors in the first place); for all we know, what we read in our Bibles came from the pen of some monk in the’ ’ dark ages’ ’!
(Parse)
(S1 (S (ADVP (RB Surely))
(NP (NNS scribes))
(VP (AUX have)
(VP (VBN altered) (CC and) (VBN supplemented)
(NP (DT the) (JJ original) (NN text)) (ADVP (RB so) (RB much))
(SBAR (IN that)
(S (NP (PRP we)) (ADVP (RB cannot))
(VP (AUX be)
(ADJP (JJ sure)
(SBAR (WHNP (WP what))
(S (VP (AUX was) (RB actually)
(VP (VBN written)
(PP (IN by)
(NP (NP (NNP Moses) (, ,) (NNP Jeremiah) (, ,) (NNP John) (CC or) (NNP Paul)) (PRN (-LRB- -LRB-)
(SBAR (IN if)
(S (NP (DT these) (NNS characters))
(VP (AUX were)
(PP (IN in)
(NP (NN fact)))
(NP (DT the) (NNS authors))
(PP (IN in)
(NP (DT the) (JJ first) (NN place)))
(-RRB- -RRB-)) (: ;)
(PP (IN for)
(NP (NP (DT all))
(SBAR (S (NP (PRP we))
(VP (VBP know) (, ,)
(SBAR (WHNP (WP what))
(S (NP (PRP we))
(VP (VBP read)
(SBAR (IN in)
(S (NP (PRP$ our) (NNS Bibles))
(VP (VBD came)
(PP (IN from)
(NP (NP (NP (NP (DT the) (NN pen))
(PP (IN of)
(NP (NP (DT some) (NN monk))
(PP (IN in)
(NP (DT the)))))
(POS ')) (: ')
(NP (JJ dark) (NNS ages)))
('' ') ('' ')))))
(. !)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
I’d like to think of it as the dark ages of the internet and the ominous tone of the modem as it connected to the net was the cherry on top.
(Parse)
(S1 (S (S (NP (PRP I))
(VP (MD 'd)
(VP (VB like)
(S (VP (TO to)
(VP (VB think)
(PP (IN of)
(NP (PRP it)))
(PP (IN as)
(NP (NP (DT the) (JJ dark) (NNS ages))
(PP (IN of)
(NP (DT the) (NNP internet)))))
(CC and)
(S (NP (NP (DT the) (JJ ominous) (NN tone))
(PP (IN of)
(NP (NP (DT the) (NN modem))
(PP (IN as)
(NP (PRP it)))
(VP (VBN connected)
(PP (TO to)
(NP (DT the) (NN net))))
(VP (AUX was)
(NP (NP (DT the) (NN cherry))
(PP (IN on)
(NP (NN top)))
(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
In the dark ages, like three years ago, the only place you could get truly high – quality copies of TV episodes was to either buy…
(Parse)
(S1 (S (PP (IN In)
(NP (DT the) (JJ dark) (NNS ages)))
(, ,) (ADVP (NP (IN like) (CD three) (NNS years)) (RB ago)) (, ,)
(NP (NP (DT the) (JJ only) (NN place))
(SBAR (S (NP (PRP you))
(VP (MD could)
(VP (VB get)
(ADJP (RB truly) (JJ high)) (: -)
(NP (NP (NN quality) (NNS copies))
(PP (IN of)
(NP (NN TV) (NNS episodes)))
(VP (AUX was)
(S (VP (TO to)
(VP (ADVP (RB either)) (VB buy)
(NP (NNS ..)))
(. .)))
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