brief survey

collocation in English

meaningsofbriefandsurvey

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brief
adjective
uk
/briːf/
us
/briːf/
lasting only a short time or containing ...
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survey
noun[C]
uk
/ˈsɜː.veɪ/
us
/ˈsɝː.veɪ/
an examination of opinions, behaviour, etc., made by asking ...
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(Definition ofbriefandsurveyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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As has been seen in thisbriefsurvey, these categories acknowledge some, but not all, of the wonderful variety of material definitions the specification yields.
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Abriefsurveyof continental traditions in archaeology convincingly demonstrates the constantly varying approach to international debate and shows the different aspects emphasized.
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Abriefsurveyof these three candidates has revealed that two of them (an informant presentation and differential response rates) are conceptually flawed.
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This was the only identifying marking found on the entire fuselage during thebriefsurvey.
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For a conceptual overview of methods of estimating the benefits of environmental regulation and abriefsurveyof empirical estimates, see (19).
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We now give abriefsurveyof the contents of the paper.
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To answer these questions, we used abriefsurveyand a focus group.
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We compare synchronous and asynchronous systems, and give abriefsurveyof some methods used to deal with computing interferences.
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These are preceded by abriefsurveyof the realization of the target system by monolingual adults.
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We hope that ourbriefsurveymay also prove useful in a wider context.
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I offer abriefsurveyof the main contributions.
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After the tests, the subjects were asked to complete abriefsurveyof 10 questions.
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I would like to close thisbriefsurveyby particularly commending the second contribution that presents a departure from the triggers approach.
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To begin approaching that question, abriefsurveyof world music scholarship is in order.
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To understand the complexity of the concept of private property in lighthouses, abriefsurveyof the history of lighthouses is essential.
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Chapter 1, the introduction, sets out the aims, and gives abriefsurvey, of the research to be reported within the framework of computer simulation.
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Thisbriefsurveydoes not attempt to be comprehensive or to establish priority among the proposed ideas.
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Chapter 3 gives abriefsurveyof later results.
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A number of conclusions may be drawn from thisbriefsurvey.
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In the final section, we will give abriefsurveyof related work.
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