written reply
collocation in Englishmeaningsofwrittenandreply
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written
adjective
uk/ˈrɪt.ən/us/ˈrɪt̬.ən/
expressed in writing, or ...
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reply
noun[C or U]
uk/rɪˈplaɪ/us/rɪˈplaɪ/
an ...
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(Definition ofwrittenandreplyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofwritten reply
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The total number of oral parliamentary questions answered bywrittenreplyduring the last 12 months was 597.
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T shall supply awrittenreplywhen the full data have been obtained.
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What is more, the full session report repeats the second part of hiswrittenreply, distorting the overall sense of the question time.
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I am myself a victim of awrittenreplytoday which might just as well not have appeared because it means nothing.
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I received awrittenreplyyesterday about the bids for health authorities, which are described as undergoing structural or strategic change.
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I should also like to give awrittenreplyto this question.
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I do not necessarily expect an answer here and now, but perhaps awrittenreply?
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Awrittenreplyto the question will be provided.
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I had awrittenreplythat nothing much will be done until 1966.
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By the end of the debate, we could expect awrittenreply.
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They are to be given by way of awrittenreplywhich we shall see either tonight or tomorrow morning.
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I have asked him to arrange for awrittenreplyto be given.
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We look forward to examining the figures which we hope will be supplied in awrittenreply.
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Fares are bound to be forced up further because of what is said in thewrittenreply.
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I understand from awrittenreplythat it is the equivalent of 1¼p on income tax.
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Holding answers delay a comprehensivewrittenreplyfor several days.
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The patient's charter establishes a charter right to have any complaint about national health service services—investigated and to receive a full and promptwrittenreply.
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In 1988, 515 oral questions were answered bywrittenreply.
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Of 432 oral questions tabled in 1988, a total of 293 were answered with awrittenreply.
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I will undertake, if it is forwrittenreply, to try to see that it is as long as possible.
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