preceding sentence

collocation in English

meaningsofprecedingandsentence

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preceding
adjective[before noun]
uk
/prɪˈsiː.dɪŋ/us
/priːˈsiː.dɪŋ/
existing or happening before someone ...
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sentence
noun[C]
uk
/ˈsen.təns/us
/ˈsen.təns/
a group of words, usually containing a verb, that expresses a thought in the form of a statement, question, instruction, or exclamation and starts with a capital letter ...
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(Definition ofprecedingandsentencefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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I want to stress the 'tries to' in theprecedingsentence(and in this analysis generally) because managerialism still has 'troubles'.
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In contrast to theprecedingsentencethe collocation make place for contains no expression referring to this place.
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As the lamellae and generators are mutually orthogonal, the effect of a magnetic field on the lamellae can be described by interchanging parallel and orthogonal in theprecedingsentence.
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In the semantic condition (2), the selectional restriction information of the verb is not compatible with theprecedingsentencecontext.
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Via this link, the language of theprecedingsentencecontext could affect the recognition of a target item independent of any additional syntactic or semantic effects.
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That is dealt with in theprecedingsentence.
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Subjunctive statements often occur in dependent clauses, such as the subjunctive example in theprecedingsentence.
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The manufacturer mentioned in theprecedingsentenceis the person who produces, manufactures, or processes the merchandise.
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The employer who has made compensation as specified in theprecedingsentencemay claim for reimbursement against the employee committed the wrongful act.
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First, theprecedingsentencein the same paragraph is important.
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Persons other than those mentioned in theprecedingsentencewho are descending by parachute from disabled aircraft may not be fired upon.
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The term context in theprecedingsentenceis ambiguous: it can be political, cultural, intellectual, and social.
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