<corpus lang="en">
<lexelt item="interest">
<instance id="interest.int1">
<answer instance="interest.int1" senseid="interest_6"/>
<context>
<s> [ yields/NNS ] on/IN [ money-market/JJ mutual/JJ funds/NNS ] continued/VBD
to/TO slide/VB ,/, amid/IN [ signs/NNS ] that/IN [ portfolio/NN managers/NNS
]
expect/VBP [ further/JJ declines/NNS ] in/IN [ <head>interest</head>
/NN
rates/NNS ] ./. </s>
</context>
</instance>
<instance id="interest.int2">
<answer instance="interest.int2" senseid="interest_6"/>
<context>
<s> [ longer/JJR maturities/NNS ] are/VBP thought/VBN to/TO indicate/VB
[
declining/VBG <head>interest</head> /NN rates/NNS ] because/IN
[ they/PP ]
permit/VBP [ portfolio/NN managers/NNS ] to/TO retain/VB relatively/RB [
higher/JJR rates/NNS ] for/IN [ a/DT longer/JJR period/NN ] ./. </s>
</context>
</instance>
</corpus>