brief glance

collocation in English

meaningsofbriefandglance

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brief
adjective
uk
/briːf/us
/briːf/
lasting only a short time or containing ...
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glance
noun[C]
uk
/ɡlɑːns/us
/ɡlæns/
a quick ...
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(Definition ofbriefandglancefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Central sources of visual masking : indexing structures supporting seeing at a single,briefglance.
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Abriefglanceat the examples given earlier confirms this.
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In sum, it is abundantly clear, even from thisbriefglanceat a few outstanding peculiarities in the orthography of stressed vowels, that the evidence is confusing indeed.
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Abriefglanceat the vacancies compared with the registered unemployed is a depressing experience.
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All it takes is to give abriefglanceover the note.
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Finally, in thisbriefglanceat our universities, we come to the question of student numbers in the new universities.
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Abriefglanceat the history of the legislation shows clearly what has happened over the past few years.
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Abriefglanceat some of the documents in the case shows that it is a highly technical matter.
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I have had abriefglanceat the consultative document, if it can be called such.
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When we have seen conditions like these we turn with a shiver back to the fresher air; abriefglanceis all that we want.
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Abriefglanceat the social history of this branch of the law will demonstrate quickly the present need for reform.
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How disastrously wrong such a conclusion is can be seen by abriefglanceat speech therapy, the profession most concerned with the whole range of communication disability.
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