sensitive environment

collocation in English

meaningsofsensitiveandenvironment

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sensitive
adjective
uk
/ˈsen.sɪ.tɪv/us
/ˈsen.sə.t̬ɪv/
easily upset by the things people say or do, or causing people to be upset, embarrassed, ...
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environment
noun
uk
/ɪnˈvaɪ.rən.mənt/us
/ɪnˈvaɪ.rən.mənt/
the air, water, and land in or on which people, animals, and ...
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(Definition ofsensitiveandenvironmentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Thus, education is a major strategy for the care providers in creating a realistic, calm andsensitiveenvironment.
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We have seen what can happen when a great deal of oil is spilt in this highlysensitiveenvironment.
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This puts an increased strain on itssensitiveenvironmentand means that road-building and maintenance costs are correspondingly higher.
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Surely if additional expenditure is to be given for the rejuvenation of hedgerows in the lowlands, that should not be done at the expense of asensitiveenvironment.
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He is an excellent communicator and will work effectively with a wide range of external players, while bringing sound judgment to bear in asensitiveenvironment.
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Who is to pay for the inevitable lavatories and car parks which, of themselves, are obtrusive in thesensitiveenvironmentthat these roamers wish to trample?
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The camp vicinity is an ecologically diverse andsensitiveenvironmentcontaining a number of unique animal and plant species.
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Device fission can be used where the availability of compute is required reliably, such as in a latencysensitiveenvironment.
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Apart from capital requirements, concession conditions were hardly taxing and usually included exclusive rights to cut above certain minimum diameters, agreements to maintain forest cover in delimited sensitive environments.
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This emphasises the need to protect sensitive environments.
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Perhaps one of the most sensitive environments in which an inspector may be called upon to operate is the private home.
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We are talking about selling to private enterprise 500,000 acres of land in national parks, areas of outstanding natural beauty and sensitive environments.
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Sensitive environments are protected in appropriate cases by regulations and byelaws against damage from recreational activities.
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Any attempt to clean up in such sensitive environments is likely to cause more damage than leaving oil to weather and degrade by natural processes.
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The plans should take account of the limitations imposed by the nature of the telecommunications network and technology, and of the need to protect the best and most sensitive environments.
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More recently, effective contamination control has been a concern for laboratories and other sensitive environments as a bio-security crisis management measure.
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The usage of water reclamation decreases the pollution sent to sensitive environments.
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Deionized water is used in water-fog fire-extinguishing systems used in sensitive environments, such as where high-voltage electrical and sensitive electronic equipment is used.
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These uses are in addition to conservation efforts such as protection of sensitive environments.
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The lake has several wetlands which are considered sensitive environments.
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