opening sentence

collocation in English

meaningsofopeningandsentence

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opening
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈəʊ.pən.ɪŋ/us
/ˈoʊp.nɪŋ/
happening at the beginning of an event ...
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sentence
noun[C]
uk
/ˈsen.təns/us
/ˈsen.təns/
a group of words, usually containing a verb, that expresses a thought in the form of a statement, question, instruction, or exclamation and starts with a capital letter ...
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(Definition ofopeningandsentencefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofopening sentence

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But then, in theopeningsentenceof the final chapter, the upbeat story comes to a sudden, crunching end.
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Theopeningsentenceof each of the three, written with a relatively young hand, already speak of the parabolic form.
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Alternatively, qualifying remarks may have been excised by the propagandist to maintain the shock value of theopeningsentence.
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We suggested that this tractus acts to set the crucialopeningsentenceapart motto-like from the rest of the motet.
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While a title must clearly signal the content of the thesis, it should not serve as a descriptiveopeningsentencefor the endeavour - that is the role of the abstract.
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Kipling's ironic deployment of abhorrent discourses of racial essentialism resonates throughout hisopeningsentence.
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We have suggested that we should investigate where they are used, to determine the orderliness of their being used from time to time (recalling ouropeningsentence).
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Itsopeningsentenceis uncompromising.
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Entine'sopeningsentenceasks whether public pension funds should invest the assets of their retirees ' ' based on the political views of the politicians who manage them.
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Does not theopeningsentenceprove that the children had already been arrested at the time that the placard was issued?
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In almost hisopeningsentence, he said that attitudes to grammar schools tell us something about the type of education service that we want.
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I dare say that the veryopeningsentenceis some indication that this is what the code expects.
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Theopeningsentenceof paragraph 58 is important.
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Theopeningsentenceof the new clause states: "the appropriate authority shall arrange for qualified veterinary officers of the authority".
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On another occasion, the criticalopeningsentenceof the message was omitted; and, on a third occasion, the message was not delivered at all.
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I endorse wholeheartedly theopeningsentenceof paragraph 35 which says that these delays are simply not acceptable.
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In heropeningsentencemy noble friend indicated that she was a little pessimistic about progress.
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The first point relates to theopeningsentence, which refers to the fight against inflation.
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I should like to read theopeningsentenceof the nefarious paragraph 17 of the guidance, for it cannot be repeated too often.
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