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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a previous line of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to something mentioned or written earlier in a text, such as a line in a poem, a paragraph in an essay, or a statement in a conversation.
Example: "The meaning of the poem can be better understood by examining a previous line of the text."
Alternatives: "an earlier line of" or "a prior line of".
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A previous line of investigation had already introduced dynamic control of parameters, but differed in locating control at the level of gene expression [21].
According to a previous line of research, the male reproductive development is programmed during fetal life [ 8].
Many of these patients had received a previous line of chemotherapy, and some of them had histological features that were different from small cell and other anaplastic forms, which are known to be very sensitive to platinum-based polychemotherapy.
A previous line of mice deleted for REST in progenitors by conventional gene targeting does not exhibit these phenotypes, likely due to a remaining C-terminal peptide that still binds chromatin and recruits co-repressors.
From analysis of the BC1 plants, 85.6% (352 of 411) of those derived from the three TR1-phiC31 lines showed excision, while in a previous line of research 77.3% and 99.6% of the BC1 plants of the TR1-ParA and TR1-Cre lines exhibited excision, respectively [ 19].
From analysis of the BC1 plants, 78.0% (528 of 677) of those derived from the four TR1-Bxb1 lineshowedevidencence of excision, while in a previous line of research 77.3%, 85.6% and 99.6% of the BC1 plants of the TR1-ParA, phiC31 and Cre lines, respectively exhibited excision [ 6, 15].
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Second, in the case of the trials that might be relevant to me, it is a requirement that any previous line of systematic chemotherapy treatment has failed.
Then there is Mr. LeWitt's conceptual wall drawing, assembled by others according to instructions provided by the artist (which were reprinted in the exhibition catalog): "131 lines of random length and direction, each drawn from the end of a previous line.
But while Mr. Recio was relieved to be in Madrid, he was unable to find a job as an electrician, his previous line of work.
This review originally referred to a previous line-up of the band.
Eligible patients had progressed on or after, or been intolerant of, at least one previous line of treatment, including a fluoropyrimidine and oxaliplatin or irinotecan.
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