brief paragraph
collocation in Englishmeaningsofbriefandparagraph
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brief
adjective
uk/briːf/us/briːf/
lasting only a short time or containing ...
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paragraph
noun[C]
uk/ˈpær.ə.ɡrɑːf/us/ˈper.ə.ɡræf/
a short part of a text, consisting of at least one sentence and beginning on a new line. It usually deals with a single event, description, ...
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(Definition ofbriefandparagraphfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The reason is set out in abriefparagraph.
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But these contacts produced a small text, abriefparagraph.
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At the end of the nineteenth century, they consisted of onebriefparagraph; now two pages are common, whatever the discipline or sub-discipline.
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In that letter, there is abriefparagraphdealing with pay research.
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In that report there is abriefparagraphon this point.
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In onebriefparagraph— 10 lines—the motion combines deceit, inaccuracy, unreality, hypocrisy, spite and confusion.
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I will content myself by quoting onebriefparagraphfrom it.
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Then in the course of repetitive comment, they contrive to use the word "radical" five times in onebriefparagraph—paragraph 1.10 on page 3.
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It would improve legislation because it would force the draftsmen to put in abriefparagraphclearly stating what the legal effect is.
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After reading abriefparagraphto learn about the work of art, and answering some questions, children win a prize.
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