following paragraph

collocation in English

meaningsoffollowingandparagraph

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following
adjective
uk
/ˈfɒl.əʊ.ɪŋ/us
/ˈfɑː.loʊ.ɪŋ/
The following day, morning, etc. is the ...
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paragraph
noun[C]
uk
/ˈpær.ə.ɡrɑːf/us
/ˈper.ə.ɡræf/
a short part of a text, consisting of at least one sentence and beginning on a new line. It usually deals with a single event, description, ...
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(Definition offollowingandparagraphfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The details are given in thefollowingparagraph.
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Thefollowingparagraphdescribes the implementation of this technique.
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Thefollowingparagraphis a distillation of our combined ideas on this topic.
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This last problem will be made clear in thefollowingparagraph.
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Fecundity entries were calculated from the number of seedlings recruited in each patch type, as detailed in thefollowingparagraph.
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We are invited to substitute "thefollowingparagraph".
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Thefollowingparagraphmerely defines the words used.
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The answer should have included thefollowingparagraph.
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He quite rightly referred to thefollowingparagraph, 182.
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It is the same with the figures in thefollowingparagraph.
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Then perhaps the words "for any other industrial purpose" in thefollowingparagraphmight go out.
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I will read not the entire document but thefollowingparagraph.
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The word is necessary to connect this and thefollowingparagraph.
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Then in thefollowingparagraphit refers to, "new pay scales being awarded".
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I will read thefollowingparagraph, when my point will be made clear.
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There is also a problem with charges, which are covered in thefollowingparagraph.
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The report deals with these matters in the paragraphsfollowingparagraph19.
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They also, in thefollowingparagraph, refer to the saving of time and money in the proposal.
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He asked me why we had the word "may"in thefollowingparagraphinstead of the word"shall".
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And it is followed by thefollowingparagraph: "provide education, instruction and advice, and carry out research".
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The subject of discovery is really dealt with in thefollowingparagraph, subsection (2,b).
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In the proposed cost-reduction memorandum, thefollowingparagraphappeared, giving the background to the proposal to close the factory.
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Indeed, he told me afterwards that a paragraph had been removed from his story and thefollowingparagraphinserted.
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