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Peaceblinkfriend Posted 19 years ago
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several lines of inquiry

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01cite10Peaceblinkfriend12cite11font11font10Hi all 12br
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0 01font00Thank you MC and Philip.02br
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00I wonder could anyone tell me why did it use 'several lines' here? I mean what has it got to do with lines? 02br
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0Lines is used in some contexts to mean 'one thing leading to another' - a line of thought, a line of enquiry. In this context it means that there are several things that the police are investigating, that are not really connected, as at the moment they don't know which one is relevant (or ones are relevant) to solving the case.02br
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00For example, if a car was stolen the
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