explanatory letter
collocation in Englishmeaningsofexplanatoryandletter
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explanatory
adjective
uk/ɪkˈsplæn.ə.tər.i/us/ɪkˈsplæn.ə.tɔːr.i/
giving an explanation ...
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letter
noun[C]
uk/ˈlet.ər/us/ˈlet̬.ɚ/
a written message from one person to another, usually put in an envelope and sent ...
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(Definition ofexplanatoryandletterfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Witnesses will continue to receive theexplanatoryletteras this contains all the relevant information about their attendance at court.
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I have made my decision but, because it entails the preparation of a large number of individual explanatory letters, it will be some little time before the announcement is made.
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These contained anexplanatoryletterfrom the woman's primary care practitioner and questions covering adult mental health problems and childhood experiences.
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No inducements to participate in the study were offered and the right to refuse participation was clearly stated in theexplanatoryletter.
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This nurse explained the nature and purpose of the study to the patients and gave each of them anexplanatoryletterand a consent form to sign.
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I usually, in common with my colleagues, get a longexplanatoryletterand the usual pro forma of apology.
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Witnesses will continue to receive theexplanatoryletteras this contains all the relevant information about their attendance at court.
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I am arranging for anexplanatoryletterto be issued shortly to each widow pensioner affected by these special arrangements.
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Once we have had anexplanatoryletter, this should have a fairly smooth passage at the next stage.
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It will be sent with anexplanatoryletter, plus the hostel claim forms.
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One can also only presume that theexplanatoryletterfrom the sponsoring company had been mislaid and that it was certainly not read by the interviewing officer.
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After ethical permission had been received, explanatory letters were sent to the general practitioners of all identified carers, seeking permission to approach the subjects.
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These initial explanatory letters were then followed by phone calls to families who indicated a willingness to be further contacted.
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Leung said that he immediately questioned his staff upon learning about it, and had in fact written anexplanatoryletterto the jury upon being aware.
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I have made my decision but, because it entails the preparation of a large number of individual explanatory letters, it will be some little time before the announcement is made.
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Hansard archive
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These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
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