I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
the introduction/preface/foreword to a book
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In the introduction to this book I referred to a conversation between myself and a young student.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
write
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Galileo had written a pious preface in which he ridiculed the Copernican theory as wild and fantastic and contrary to Holy Scripture.
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Colvin had known Burne-Jones, and was persuaded to write a preface for a London gallery show.
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After four years of anguish, Forster wrote a preface to it and a small firm, Wishart Booles, issued it.
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Salmon had at one point actually hinted that the great philosopher Henri Bergson might write a preface for the exhibition.
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At his request, I had written the preface , and that preface had involved me in a most disagreeable situation.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Murray agreed to write the preface to Baker's book, as a favor to his old friend.
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This edition contains a new preface by the author.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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His extreme position caused an outcry, and some of the contributors to Le Livre Noir dissociated themselves from his preface .
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In his preface Green acknowledges that this is a book he hopes to update with contributions from the floor.
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In the preface , the editor of the catalogue makes it clear that only a representative selection of coins is listed.
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It says so in the preface .
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It was mentioned in the preface that a number of written questions were put to academics as part of this study.
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Nordenfalk starts his preface as follows.
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The first thing to note about the preface is that it needs to be read.
II. verb
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Al-Hosni prefaced his speech with a phrase from the Koran.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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All have prefaced the discussion by lamenting the barrels' disappearance.
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Daniel prefaces his interpretation with a review of Nebuchadnezzar's prideful fall from grace and Beishazzar's own lack of humility.
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Each book is prefaced with simple parental guidelines explaining the skills each exercise aims to develop.
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I must preface my remarks about school performance by stating that school provision in general is extremely good in my borough of Bexley.
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In contrast to the prairie-like flatness of the structure, a grand gold and white awning prefaced the house.
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In their minds it had been prefaced with romantic dialogue and protestations of love.
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She prefaces her book with an attempt to sum up the whole hideous story.
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Therefore I shall preface a discussion of the pros and cons of reproductive techniques by a brief résumé of the underlying biology.