preceding paragraph

collocation in English

meaningsofprecedingandparagraph

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preceding
adjective[before noun]
uk
/prɪˈsiː.dɪŋ/us
/priːˈsiː.dɪŋ/
existing or happening before someone ...
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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 ofprecedingandparagraphfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofpreceding paragraph

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An answer follows from theprecedingparagraph.
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Actually, the problem runs deeper than theprecedingparagraphsuggests.
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Consider the two criticisms offered in theprecedingparagraph.
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The example in the immediatelyprecedingparagraphshows that such graphs exist.
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As theprecedingparagraphindicates, most of the book contains such evidence.
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The continuation of this story parallels the reasoning in theprecedingparagraph.
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We adopt a trio of strategies to get around the difficulties raised in theprecedingparagraph.
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What can be proven by the survey presented in theprecedingparagraph?
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Let us address the two hedges implicit in theprecedingparagraph.
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The approach is mathematically complex, combining stratification and stochasticity, with the advantages and disadvantages of such methods (seeprecedingparagraph).
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It represents a compromise between the radically contrastive approach adopted here and the lexical exhaustiveness envisaged in theprecedingparagraph.
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The final point made in theprecedingparagraphwould suggest that groups need to work together over a lengthy period.
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The list of linguistic units which can bear social meaning given in theprecedingparagraphis clearly diverse.
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This configuration presumably should reduce to that of theprecedingparagraphas r -+ 0 with m fixed.
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One can make the argument of theprecedingparagraphrigorous via the graphical representation of the process.
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As with claims of "obvious" instrumental contingencies discussed in theprecedingparagraph, these interpretations have to be empirically verified.
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Perhaps the best conclusion to draw from the findings reported in theprecedingparagraphis that no measure is perfect.
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If the remarks in theprecedingparagraphwere accepted, they would have significant implications for the writing of scholarly biographies.
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These are reasonable goals, and one would expect them to lead to discussion along the lines of theprecedingparagraph.
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But in theprecedingparagraphrecommendations are referred to.
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In theprecedingparagraphthe words "that person" appear.
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There is no previous reference to theprecedingparagraph.
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That was referred to in theprecedingparagraph.
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The remainder of this section gives a proof of the expression (14) and discusses some points which arise from theprecedingparagraph.
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This review article will consider the four syntax texts listed above from the point of view discussed in theprecedingparagraph.
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