brief sketch

collocation in English

meaningsofbriefandsketch

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brief
adjective
uk
/briːf/us
/briːf/
lasting only a short time or containing ...
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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 ofbriefandsketchfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofbrief sketch

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This is abriefsketchof the argument used in the proof of our main result.
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I will offer abriefsketchof this defense shortly and at least show that it cannot be easily dismissed.
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That's abriefsketchof the perspectives of biomedicine and animal advocates on the issue of animal research.
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Here is abriefsketchof a reply to the objector.
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Abriefsketchof his life will explain, in part, how this may have come about.
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We provide abriefsketchof the people and place.
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We first begin with abriefsketchof the essentials of underspecification theory.
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Abriefsketchof the proof of these theorems is given.
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Abriefsketchof the contents of the paper follows.
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What follows then is abriefsketchof these concerns, not a definitive, research-based determination of their validity.
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However, it is not possible to explore the relationship between the two without at least abriefsketchof that model of turn-taking organization.
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We now give abriefsketchof the ideas underlying our approach to general synthetic domain theory based on the above mentioned work.
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Thisbriefsketchindicates the chronological frame and several key themes that will be explored below.
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We give thebriefsketchof a proof.
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This article discusses the idiosyncratic properties of this construction, draws abriefsketchof its history, and offers some thoughts on why it could establish itself without attracting much notice.
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I turn now to abriefsketchof the context in which these negotiations are set.
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That is abriefsketchof the problem.
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That is abriefsketchof the objects of this scheme.
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