left-hand column

collocation in English

meaningsofleft-handandcolumn

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left-hand
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈleft.hænd/us
/ˈleft.hænd/
on or to ...
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column
noun[C]
uk
/ˈkɒl.əm/us
/ˈkɑː.ləm/
one of several vertical blocks of print into which a page of a newspaper or magazine ...
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(Definition ofleft-handandcolumnfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofleft-hand column

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Profiles for the wide antenna are shown in theleft-handcolumnand the narrow antenna in the righthand column.
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Theleft-handcolumnof the table identifies the learners by group.
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Theleft-handcolumnshows high-per formance regions relating to 1!
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Lines represent average values for daily (left-handcolumn) or weekly (right-hand column) temperatures (upper and lower solid lines: max. and min.; stippled line: mean).
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If the statement applies to the elder sister, put a cross against it in theleft-handcolumn.
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In the following table, the right-hand column contains the semantic counterparts of the corresponding syntactic notions in theleft-handcolumn.
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Each subplot shows the distribution of genotypic values (z) after migration (left-handcolumn), selection (middle column) and reproduction (right-hand column).
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When both parents scored either the right- orleft-handcolumn, the score was taken as 5 or 1 respectively.
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Patients with no relief are separated inleft-handcolumn, the next column comprising patients with relief between 0 and 25%.
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Theleft-handcolumnlists permissible open syllables, and the right-hand column lists permissible closed syllables.
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Left-handcolumn, downward: t = 0, 20, 40, 60; mid column, downward: t = 80, 100, 120, 140; right-hand column, downward: t = 160, 180, 200, 220.
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It is helpful to write the name of the elder at the head of theleft-handcolumn, and that of the younger at the head of the right-hand column.
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Left-handcolumn, downward: t = 0, 30; right-hand column, downward t = 66, 96.
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Left-handcolumn, downward: t = 0, 40, 80, 120; right-hand column, downward: t = 160, 200, 240, 280.
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Local defence expenditure overseas in the 10 years up to 1976–77 is shown in theleft-handcolumnbelow.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
We know how the right-hand column of powers will be exercised, but theleft-handcolumnof powers is riddled with uncertainties.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
We are not going back to the numbers, we are not pointing to theleft-handcolumn, the right-hand column, incomes, expenditures or sound management.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
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