blank sheet

collocation in English

meaningsofblankandsheet

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blank
adjective
uk
/blæŋk/us
/blæŋk/
empty or clear, or containing no information ...
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sheet
noun[C]
uk
/ʃiːt/us
/ʃiːt/
a large piece of thin cloth used on a bed for sleeping on ...
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(Definition ofblankandsheetfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofblank sheet

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I was left staring at theblanksheet.
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Children used pencil and ablanksheetof paper to do the task.
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As an explanation even of the more imaginative paths that lead from theblanksheetto the occupied building, it is intellectually reductive, humanly ungenerous, and actually untruthful.
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When we start on the 2008 discharge - and we are doing that even now - we will not be starting from ablanksheet.
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I still have before me a completelyblanksheet.
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We shall come with ablanksheetof paper.
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However, that is because we do not start with ablanksheetof paper.
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We have ablanksheetto begin on.
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I should have liked him to say that in his new job he intends to start again with ablanksheetof paper.
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We do not have ablanksheetof paper on this issue.
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There was practically just ablanksheetof paper on which names could be filled in as well as offences and articles.
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It, too, will have to start with ablanksheetof paper, will it not?
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If it had been invited to consider ablanksheetof paper, it might well have reached a different conclusion.
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I believe that we should tear it up and start with ablanksheetof paper.
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During a general election, it will not be enough to wave ablanksheetof paper at the electorate.
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It may be true that we cannot approve a new budget except by unanimity, but it will start with ablanksheetof paper.
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Therefore, the idea of starting with ablanksheetis not right.
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If we had ablanksheetof paper, we would design a policy that was primarily built on renewables.
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