brief reference

collocation in English

meaningsofbriefandreference

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brief
adjective
uk
/briːf/us
/briːf/
lasting only a short time or containing ...
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reference
noun
uk
/ˈref.ər.əns/us
/ˈref.ɚ.əns/
a mention ...
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(Definition ofbriefandreferencefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofbrief reference

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It is important, however, to makebriefreferenceto the issue and illuminate its links with the phenomenon explored here.
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This metropolitan dimension of representational practice is an important one to which this paper can make onlybriefreference.
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The chapter also makesbriefreferenceto the differential patterns of aphasia in patients using sign language.
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Only a few authors even mentioned the "primary virtue" of creating a more just tax code, and most of those made only abriefreference.
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Specific examples are drawn from ten countries, andbriefreferenceis made to recent developments in eight others.
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Apart from abriefreferenceto empirical realism, the authors justify this choice on methodological grounds.
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Briefreferenceto alternative or competing technologies may also be helpful.
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Briefreferenceis made to negative critiques of these communities as potential ' age-ghettoes ', which are juxtaposed with the finding that they contribute to older people's wellbeing, health and security.
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But, clearly, one should make abriefreferenceto the debate as a whole.
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There was abriefreferenceto more training, more research and development, lower interest rates and the exchange rate mechanism.
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Except for onebriefreference, he did not mention the problems of dockland.
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I conclude by abriefreferenceto the export of armaments and its effect on civil aviation.
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I am glad to see that abriefreferenceis made to the importance of developing the inmates' social skills and social conscience.
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I should like to make abriefreferenceto the future.
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It is a good letter, but, in the five paragraphs, there is only onebriefreferenceto training courses.
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I did not deal with it myself, and made only a verybriefreferenceto it, for the very same reason.
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There is no reference, not even abriefreference, to the taxing proposals in this particular measure.
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We may be able to makebriefreferenceto that when we discuss new clause 2.
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I want to make onebriefreferenceto housing.
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