preliminary sketch

collocation in English

meaningsofpreliminaryandsketch

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preliminary
adjective[before noun]
uk
/prɪˈlɪm.ɪ.nər.i/us
/prɪˈlɪm.ə.ner.i/
coming before a more important action or event, especially introducing or preparing ...
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sketch
noun[C]
uk
/sketʃ/us
/sketʃ/
a simple, quickly-made drawing that does not have ...
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(Definition ofpreliminaryandsketchfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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After apreliminarysketchof his theodicy and its crucial free-will plank, its rational-choice theoretic arguments will be critically scrutinized.
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Here is apreliminarysketch.
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Another constraint on the construction of the new parliamentary building would be that the winning design is still at thepreliminarysketchplan stage.
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The feasibility study required has produced recommendations,preliminarysketchplans, and a brief for the design.
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In any case, the dictionary definition of a draft is apreliminarysketch, and the phraseology of this letter shows clearly that it was carefully considered and finalised.
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Then he would start with apreliminarysketchof what it was that he saw.
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Engraving in the rock often follows the outlines of figures and may have served as apreliminarysketchwhich implies planning.
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The first stage involves the making of thepreliminarysketchof the image on the base.
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According to these, the sonatas were written in two stages apreliminarysketch(the "first draft") and a full, mature final version (the "fair copy").
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But it was no formal agreement, only apreliminarysketch, not binding on the governments.
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In thepreliminarysketch, the perspective is less developed and closer to a more average viewpoint however.
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So, in a teleodynamic system there will be structures that embody apreliminarysketchof a biological function.
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In response to these design briefs for six different sites, preliminary sketches were made by the design teams and discussed later with the participants.
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I do not know whether it is very different from what it used to be called in preliminary sketches: healthy and well-balanced agriculture.
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From his time on, ink paintings were no longer thought to be preliminary sketches or outlines to be filled in with color.
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With some of his paintings, he made one hundred or more preliminary sketches.
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One must remember that the drawings in general are preliminary sketches not finished work.
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Utzon prepared preliminary sketches and drawings but these were underwent changes as the building grew.
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