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Foreword


Definition:

  • (n.) A preface.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Alisdair Aird and Fiona Stapley, the joint editors of the guide, said in their foreword: “Although around 28 pubs are still closing every week, this is about half the number that were closing a couple of years ago, which is good news all round.
  • (2) In a foreword to a report on the importance of world-class universities, Russell Group chair Professor Michael Arthur and director general Wendy Piatt say it is vital the government does not cut funding.
  • (3) As Hague writes in a foreword to the guidance, it is "in police stations, detention centres and court houses that the state exerts its greatest powers over individuals and so where fairness, human dignity, liberty and justice are most critical."
  • (4) "When beer is cheaper than water, it's just too easy for people to get drunk on cheap alcohol at home before they even set foot in the pub," the PM wrote in the foreword.
  • (5) "The foreword was overtly a political statement signed by the prime minister, so it was his wording and his comments.
  • (6) Javid wrote about his early life for a pamphlet with a foreword by Major, which spotlighted the working-class backgrounds of more than a dozen Conservative MPs.
  • (7) In his foreword to Scotland's Future – Your guide to an independent Scotland, Salmond said: "That is the real democratic value of independence – the people of Scotland are in charge.
  • (8) "Many countries of a comparable size and world influence would dearly love to possess even a tiny handful of our leading universities," the foreword says.
  • (9) Kelly's foreword says: "In the early stages there was also a distinct failure of leadership in the house and in the political parties in dealing with the situation as it developed."
  • (10) Here's an extract from the foreword from Sir David Nicholson , the NHS chief executive.
  • (11) In the foreword, iconic black activist Angela Davis describes Shakur as a "compassionate human being with an unswerving commitment to justice".
  • (12) In a foreword to the report, Kjaerum calls for all member states to sign and ratify the Council of Europe Istanbul convention, which demands more protection for women, as well as action from private and public organisations.
  • (13) With a foreword by Martin Parr , the man who matters most in the world of the photobook, it arrived in Arles with buzz attached from the recent photobook festival at Bristol co-curated by Parr.
  • (14) "It's vital that in straitened economic times, the UK government does not make the grave mistake of making cuts to higher education and research funding or spreading limited funds too thinly," the foreword says.
  • (15) Nigel Farage rightly dismissed Ukip's 2010 election manifesto as total drivel, then tried to distance himself from such nonsense as bringing in uniforms for taxi drivers, until it emerged he'd written the foreword.
  • (16) In the foreword to the 2010 act, Cameron and Nick Clegg wrote that they were making the NHS "more accountable to patients" and freeing staff from "excessive bureaucracy and top-down control".
  • (17) In her foreword to the consultation, which will run until 11 January 2017, Sturgeon writes: “In May 2016 the current Scottish government was elected with a clear mandate that the Scottish parliament should have the right to hold an independence referendum if there was clear and sustained evidence that independence had become the preferred option of a majority of the Scottish people – or if there was a significant and material change in the circumstances that prevailed in 2014, such as Scotland being taken out of the EU against our will.” She adds: “The UK government’s recent statements on its approach to leaving the EU raise serious concerns for the Scottish government.
  • (18) The former home secretary, Lord Hurd of Westwell, says in a foreword to the report that the net is being too widely drawn for IPP sentences being used not only for those who pose a continuing risk to public safety but also for those who are the most vulnerable due to mental illness or a learning disability.
  • (19) Polanski, who was out of town when the attacks took place, writes in the foreword: "Even after 40 years, it is difficult to write about Sharon.
  • (20) The foreword to the book was written by the lawyer Gareth Peirce, who has worked on countless such cases.

Introduction


Definition:

  • (n.) The act of introducing, or bringing to notice.
  • (n.) The act of formally making persons known to each other; a presentation or making known of one person to another by name; as, the introduction of one stranger to another.
  • (n.) That part of a book or discourse which introduces or leads the way to the main subject, or part; preliminary; matter; preface; proem; exordium.
  • (n.) A formal and elaborate preliminary treatise; specifically, a treatise introductory to other treatises, or to a course of study; a guide; as, an introduction to English literature.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The rise of malaria despite of control measures involves several factors: the house spraying is no more accepted by a large percentage of house holders and the alternative larviciding has only a limited efficacy; the houses of American Indians have no walls to be sprayed; there is a continuous introduction of parasites by migrants.
  • (2) The introduction of intravenous, high-dose thrombolytic therapy during a brief period has markedly reduced mortality of patients with acute myocardial infarction.
  • (3) This promotion of repetitive activity by the introduction of additional potassium channels occurred up to an "optimal" value beyond which a further increase in paranodal potassium permeability narrowed the range of currents with a repetitive response.
  • (4) After a review of the technical development and application of staplers from their introduction to the present day, the indications to the use of this instrument in all gastroenterological areas from the oesophagus to the rectum as well as in chest, gynaecological and urological surgery specified.
  • (5) Benzyloxycarbonylarginine p-nitrophenyl ester and other activated esters of N-a-sustituted arginine salts may be useful reagents for introduction of trypsin-labile protecting groups into peptide fragments for purpose of polypeptide semi-synthesis.
  • (6) Thus, introduction of arginine in position 5 with a hydrophobic amino acid in position 6 is compatible with high potency in several biological systems and results in compounds with lowered potency to release histamine compared to homologous peptides with tyrosine in position 5 and D-arginine in position 6.
  • (7) The patient, a 12 year-old boy, showed a soft white yellowish mycotic excrescence with clear borders which had followed the introduction of a small piece of straw into the cornea.
  • (8) These included: 1) association of infectious processes with other laboratory results; 2) a feeling of integration with the patient and health care team; and 3) the introduction of medical terminology.
  • (9) The effect of this curriculum is measured by statistical analysis of resident-generated aesthetic surgery cases in one year following the introduction of this curriculum into the teaching program.
  • (10) An experience in working out and introduction of a system of failure-free performance work as one of the most important steps in creating a complex system for the production quality control at the Leningrad combine "Krasnogvardeets" is described.
  • (11) In contrast, introduction of p21(Val-12) resulted in a prolonged delay (6 hours) of the effect which lasted for more than 24 hours.
  • (12) The purpose of this study was to determine whether there was a temporal association between the introduction of a Fetal Diagnostic and Treatment Center and changes in fetal mortality.
  • (13) Transtracheal oxygen (TTO) delivery for patients with chronic hypoxemia has been used increasingly since its introduction in 1982.
  • (14) A method for the introduction of side chains containing isonitrile (isocyanide, functional group) on the backbone of polysaccharides and other hydroxylic polymers was developed.
  • (15) Since its introduction by Wide, Bennich, and Johansson in 1967, the radioallergosorbent test (RAST) has been increasingly used for measurement of specific IgE antibodies.
  • (16) Presumable this medium was modified repeatedly after its introduction in bacteriology in 1918 by Gassner.
  • (17) Conjugates of the synthetic peptide with phycoerythrin (Mr about 150 kD) and with secretory IgA (Mr about 380 kD) were both found in the nucleus very shortly after their introduction into the cytoplasm.
  • (18) While mindful of the potential difficulties which attend its introduction into the treatment situation there is an attempt to balance this position through a consideration of the appropriate conditions and modes of operation under which a humor-enriched approach may be efficacious.
  • (19) An arrest of a depressive syndrome in manic-depressive psychosis in old age can be attained by an introduction of 150-200 mg of azafen daily.
  • (20) The introduction of non-sedating H1-selective antihistamine drugs and local corticosteroids has been an important therapeutic advance.