previous draft

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previous
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈpriː.vi.əs/us
/ˈpriː.vi.əs/
happening or existing before something or ...
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draft
noun
uk
/drɑːft/us
/dræft/
a piece of text, a formal suggestion, or a drawing in its original state, often containing the main ideas and intentions but not the ...
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(Definition ofpreviousanddraftfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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We are also grateful to three anonymous reviewers for their helpful comments on apreviousdraft.
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We thank two anonymous referees for their very useful comments on apreviousdraftof this paper.
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I am most grateful to the two anonymous referees who made valuable suggestions to apreviousdraftof this article.
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This was deficient in thepreviousdraft.
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Thepreviousdraftwas unclear in two small respects.
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They were a remnant of apreviousdraft.
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I would like to thank one anonymous referee and the associate editor for very constructive suggestions and remarks that improve both content and exposition of apreviousdraft.
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One appeared in apreviousdraftand the other did not.
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Thepreviousdrafthad some relevance because it was based on rateable value.
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In thepreviousdraftthere was an unqualified requirement to certify the accuracy of the information.
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These regulations are a far cry from thepreviousdraftregulations.
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The criticism made of thepreviousdraftwas that it was, perhaps, paternalistic.
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This draft was not carelessly done or taken from apreviousdraft, but was the result of careful consideration.
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Thepreviousdraftof this statutory instrument referred specifically to the need for the existence of "an agreement" in those circumstances.
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It has the effect of restricting the meaning of a band to cover only those playing musical instruments, rather than the strange "other instruments" mentioned in thepreviousdraft.
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Eight of the first ten players chosen in this draft were non-seniors, which matched the record set in thepreviousdraft.
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After discussing the problems with thepreviousdraft, two third drafts were submitted and presented in 1929, but both were recommitted for further study.
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