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Example sentences for: brevity
How can you use “brevity” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:
For the sake of brevity, the tables illustrate the effect of 10 -5, 10 -8, and 10 -11g/L Stx-1, however a full dose-response from 10 -5- 10 -11g/L Stx-1, in ten-fold concentration increments, was done for each condition: there was also no significant effect of these other concentrations of sex steroids on the cytotoxic effects of Stx-1 on any of the renal cell types.
For those who are unfamiliar with computers and the need for a word-processing package, I should explain (with what I hope is merciful brevity) that when you buy what is fondly called a “personal” computer, you get three pieces of equipment (though they may be combined in some models or makes): a rectangular box with some slots in the front and sockets in the back, which is the computer; a monitor, which is a small TV set without the usual buttons; and a keyboard, which looks like an ordinary typewriter keyboard but, in many models sold today, has a number of additional keys alongside those for the familiar alphanumeric characters.
I have already simplified Coulmas's description out of all sensible recognition for the sake of brevity, but, while the time compression has been severe, I do not think I have distorted the facts.
But then in English one can come pretty close to both the Latin meaning and brevity with, say, In Rome, act (or be) Roman.
If the Dutch "banquet pieces" suggest endless beauty--Holland in the 17 th century was so rich it didn't know what to do with its money--there's a darker side to still life that warns of the brevity of earthly pleasures.
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