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	Hypothesis: Wordiness and redundancy is higher in written UK English
		The problem with the use of various stock phrases is that they may compromise the clarity and concision of an idea by adding to the complexity of the sentence.
		Although the frequency of the phrase was to a lesser extent the other two genres, the ephemera genre followed the trend; the ukephemera corpora had a higher occurrence of the “at the same time as” than the usephemera corpora.
		Ten of the 11 occurrences of the phrase could be replaced with a word; however, the word replacement would not add to the meaning or clarity of the sentence in any of the cases.
	www.andrew.cmu.edu /course/76-451/reese.html (2788 words)

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		PHRASE: despite federal disaster relief, the drought of -nb- was a severe financial setback for an estimated -nb- to -nb- farmers, according to the department.
		PHRASE: the death of the herald, a newsstand paper in a freeway town, was perhaps inevitable.
		PHRASE: the index was -nb- in october -nb- and in the past year has ranged from a low of -nb- to a high of -nb-.
	www.iro.umontreal.ca /~felipe/IFT6010-Automne2001/Data/gram.test (7568 words)

	Stock phrase - TheBestLinks.com - Computer worm, Metasyntactic variable, Slang, Television, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		A stock phrase is a spoken phrase which has little or no actual meaning of its own; it carries meaning only through custom or context.
		To learn the meaning of a given stock phrase, consult a dictionary, such as the Wiktionary (http://www.wiktionary.org).
		Similar to a stock phrase are catch phrase, slang, idiom, and jargon.
	www.thebestlinks.com /Stock_phrase.html (222 words)

	Educate Yourself - Under the Oak (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Stock lockups are not totally unrelated to the Old West phrase "lock, stock and barrel" which refers to the whole of anything.
		It's based on the fact that the lock, stock and barrel are the three parts of a firearm and together they make up the whole gun -- something that should be apparent to any huntsman worth his ammunition.
		A stock with a small float is susceptible to sharp volatility because a large order (typically by an institution) to buy or sell its shares can influence its price dramatically.
	www.buyandhold.com /bh/en/education/oak/qa/qa23.html (1389 words)

	Online Etymology Dictionary
		Stock, lock, and barrel "the whole of a thing" is recorded from 1817.
		The verb meaning "to supply (a store) with stock" is from 1622; in stock "in the possession of a trader" is from 1618.
		stock phrase), it is attested from 1738, on notion of "kept in store for constant use." Taking stock "making an inventory" is attested from 1736.
	www.etymonline.com /index.php?term=stock (250 words)

	Stock phrase - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A stock phrase is a spoken phrase which has little if any actual meaning of its own (a phatic expression); it carries meaning only through custom or context.
		Certain stock phrases originate from TV, films, video games, and computer worms, and soon become a part of popular culture.
		fhqwhgads (perhaps more of a stock word or metasyntactic variable)
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Stock_phrase (183 words)

	Yellow brick road - TheBestLinks.com - Australia, Slang, Idiom, Stock phrase, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Yellow brick road is a stock phrase referent to a path which leads to a life of fantasy and carefreeness.
		As "Oz" is also a short-form slang word for the country Australia, phrases like "down the yellow brick road" simply mean "in Australia".
		Phrases referring to the yellow brick road are sometimes perceived as hopelessly idiomatic by non-native English speakers.
	www.thebestlinks.com /Yellow_brick_road.html (188 words)

	Talk:Stock phrase - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		I think those should be divided into "catchphrases" and "nerd lingo" and moved to more appropriate pages.
		The examples are questionanle and are not the same as the stock phrases listed above.
		I think the article should be about one or the other, or made clear that quotes are different to normal stock phrases.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Talk:Stock_phrase (249 words)

	Photography is not only stock photos - DPChallenge Forums
		Stock photographs are for selling merchandise on Ebay, it doesn't create any feelings of time inside of you.
		Well, I tried some "air jordan's" on one time, the 'stock photo' of footwear, and I still couldn't hit a jumpshot to save my life and anyone filling the bleechers for me, shoes or not, would need to have their head checked.
		See one difference is that these so-called 'stock photos' don't HAVE to be in perfect-focus or brilliant colors...but they CAN be when they need to be...because THAT photographer, like Air-Jordan, has achieved enough competance and control through patience,hardwork, and talent to achieve desired results.
	www.dpchallenge.com /forum.php?action=read&FORUM_THREAD_ID=56729 (6040 words)

	Brewer, E. Cobham. Dictionary of Phrase & Fable. Stock.
		The village stocks, in which the feet are stuck or fastened.
		A gun stock, in which the gun is stuck or made fast.
		The stocks is the frame in which a ship is placed while building, and so long as it is in hand it is said to be or to lie on the stocks.
	www.bartleby.com /81/15918.html (115 words)

	Search Manuscript Collection (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Entering the name John Smithers with "search all words" will find documents that have both words, although the words John and Smithers may not be together in the document (such as if the names John Smith and Bill Smithers are on the same page).
		Entering the name John Smithers with "search exact phrase" will miss pages where the name is entered as Smithers John.
		If you use "search exact phrase" and enter the name with a comma (such as Smithers, John), then you will miss matches where the listing does not have a comma between the surname and given name.
	sc.millersville.edu /manuscripts/search_manuscripts.cfm (408 words)

	Fine Point Technologies - Site Search Help
		The ranked results will come from a total match on the words and phrases which you supply, therefore try to think of several specific terms for your topic and spell them correctly.
		The punctuation you use must be the same to be found between words (ex."Smith, John").
		Use double quotes to protect the words "and", "or", or "not" in a phrase.
	www.finepoint.com /search/help.htm (159 words)

	Dissent Magazine - Spring 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		It was as if she had reversed the famous esoteric doctrine of her contemporary, Leo Strauss, and demanded persecution from those who should have been her allies by creating a surface full of provocations, and leaving between the lines the highly traditional principles that would have out-moralized the moralizers.
		And he couldn't see "reality": that is, he failed to respond to the facts in front of his eyes if he could slip into a stock phrase (as when he loftily promised to remember everyone, in his speech before being hanged).
		In a few further elliptical phrases, she in essence apologized to him for her plan of abandonment; even repudiating the "reasons" which could have kept her away.
	www.dissentmagazine.org /menutest/articles/sp04/greif.htm (3779 words)

	Using Keywords on stock photo sites
		However, it is usual for stock photo sites to add a list of keywords that relate to specific images, covering not only the physical characteristics of that image, but also concepts or emotions.
		I checked another phrase on the page and there were only 185 or so hits for that.
		First, it's not only "stock photos" that will be searched for, it will also be "royalty-free photos." You'll need the usual - H1 as suggested in webpage specs, the words in text, and also - real important - in anchor text, including both text links and alt attributes of images.
	forums.searchenginewatch.com /showthread.php?threadid=4313 (1068 words)

	Qovia :: Search Tips (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		You can search for exact phrases by surrounding them in double quotes.
		Use + in front of each word or a quoted phrase that you require.
		The ranked results will come from a total match on the words and phrases that you supply, so try to think of several specific terms for your topic and spell them correctly.
	www.qovia.com /search_tips.htm (198 words)

	Stock Phrase Cartoons (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Stock Phrase cartoon 1 - catalog reference jmo1062
		Related topics: narrow-minded, unimaginative, dismissal, dismissals, rejection, rejecting, bosses, boss, stock phrases, stock phrase,
		Copyright in this image is owned by the original artist, rights to reproduce or use the image may be obtained from www.CartoonStock.com.
	www.cartoonstock.com /directory/s/stock_phrase.asp (129 words)

	Fool.com: Don't Invest in "Tech Stocks" [Rule Breaker] May 11, 2001
		Tech stocks cannot be generalized by such a facile phrase.
		TECH STOCKS (n, pl.) 1: An undefined group of common stocks of companies vaguely associated with the already so-helpful term, "high technology." 2: An amorphous collection of stuff you invested in that you can't be any more specific about because, well, you couldn't even if you really tried.
		Because there IS no genuinely agreed upon group of stocks that are "tech stocks" and those that are not.
	www.fool.com /portfolios/rulebreaker/2001/rulebreaker010511.htm?source=EDSTRB (888 words)

	Search Tips - Pensions & Investments - The International Newspaper of Money Management (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Type a phrase into the entry box that you want to search for, then click the GO button.
		The search will return documents that match the exact phrase, then match all the words, then any of the words.
		Result: Gets the documents with the phrase 'stock market', then 'stock' and 'market', then 'stock' or 'market', then any document that contains at least one of the words.
	www.pionline.com /page.cms?pageId=474 (325 words)

	Stock Language
		Some of this stock language is so embedded that many of us don’t even see it.
		Instead of characterizing the event with a stock phrase, we’re reporting it.
		Some stock language is in the category of clutter that William Zinsser calls creeping nouns.
	www.notrain-nogain.org /Train/Res/Write/stock.asp (968 words)

	Online Etymology Dictionary
		Sense of "containing unspent energy or power" (live ammunition, etc.) is from 1799; live wire is attested from 1890; fig.
		Livestock is attested from 1523 (see stock (n.2)).
		Meaning "to approximate a number" is from 1934.
	www.etymonline.com /index.php?search=livestock&searchmode=phrase (497 words)

	NOAA Tech Memo 154
		Section 117(c) of the MMPA requires that marine mammal stock assessments be reviewed on a regular basis and revised as necessary.
		The question is, “Where is the line between the two stocks?” The guidelines specify that in cases of lack of data, the assessment can be on a management stock which is not the same as a population stock.
		Recognizing that the definition of stocks can often be difficult, particularly when there is a lack of information, the JSRG agreed that the definition of stocks contained in the PBR guidelines (Wade and Angliss 1997) is useful, and recommended that it be consistently implemented by NMFS and the USFWS.
	www.nefsc.noaa.gov /nefsc/publications/tm/tm154/tm154index.htm (6045 words)

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		Stock-based compensation expense increased to $780,000 for fiscal 2004 from $0 for fiscal 2003.
		This is not solicitation to buy or sell stocks, this text is for informational purpose only and you should seek professional advice from registered financial advisor before you do anything related with buying or selling stocks, penny stocks are very high risk and you can lose your entire investment.
		Kingston 10 Jamaica WI The stock is currently selling for less than 1 cent per share, which means it could be de-listed at any moment; it has been in steady decline from a peak of 14 cents a share since early May, 2005.
	www.contrib.andrew.cmu.edu /~davidb/BadInvestments.html (7709 words)

	The Howard Center (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Enter Search Word or Phrase: Type word(s) that you want to search for into the entry box.
		Punctuation must be the same to be found between words, for example "Smith, John".
		in front of each word or a quoted phrase that you require.
	www.profam.org /search/swan_all.asp?x=3 (273 words)

	project7
		You will need to read each ingredient and store it into your (stock) list of ingredients if it is valid according to the definitions that follow.
		If the unit of measure is not the same as what appears in the list created by the first input file for that ingredient, you will also not be able to bake that item and the recipe should be discarded.
		This ingredient stock list should be in the alphabetical (ASCII) order you created as you read the first input file, but the quantities should be changed to reflect that this order was filled.
	www.cs.umd.edu /class/spring2001/cmsc106/Projects/P7/project7.html (4815 words)

	Leon E. Bloch Law Library / UMKC School of Law / University of Missouri - Kansas City
		Placing quotation marks around any series of words turns them into a phrase and tells AltaVista that you are only interested in documents that have the words in this specific order.
		Finds documents containing both specified words or phrases within 10 words of each other.
		Finds pages that contain the specified word or phrase in the page title (which appears in the title bar of most browsers).
	www1.law.umkc.edu /Library/classes/MNL/search-engines.htm (764 words)

	Re: stock in trade (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		In Reply to: stock in trade posted by mortimer on June 16, 2001
		Commercial use: in business, whatever you sell is your stock in trade, your inventory.
		sold part of his plates and stock in trade by auction" (about 1770).
	www.phrases.org.uk /bulletin_board/9/messages/224.html (72 words)

	Web Report on Company X
		BankBoston, N.A. is the Stock Transfer Agent and Registrar for Berkshire's common stock.
		Together with the underlying stock certificate, shareholders should provide their specific written instructions, about the number of shares desired to be converted, as well as the manner of how they desire their converted B shares registered.
		This table was generated for the company's annual report that sets forth the high and low sales prices per share (as reported on the New York Stock Exchange's Composite List) for each of the four quarters for the periods 1997 through 1998 for Class A and Class B Common Stock.
	www2.hawaii.edu /~philomen/berkshire6.htm (3147 words)

	USTR - How to search USTR
		Type phrase into the entry box that you want to search for, then click the search button.
		The search will first try to match the phrase, then words in the phrase.
		the phrase 'stock market', then 'stock' and 'market', then 'stock' or 'market', then each word in the phrase
	www.ustr.gov /Document_Library/How_to_search_USTR.html (94 words)

	noor the band .com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Stock practice room phrase: "Oh, was that a C you all were playing" -Yvo
		Stock phrase: "I just wanted to squeeze that in there" -Tom
		As far as he's concerned, keys are those things you use to get into your house, and notes are left by your girlfriend on the kitchen counter.
	www.noortheband.com /en/home.htm (126 words)

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