intricate detail

collocation in English

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intricate
adjective
uk
/ˈɪn.trɪ.kət/us
/ˈɪn.trə.kət/
having a lot of small parts that are arranged in a complicated or ...
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detail
noun
uk
/ˈdiː.teɪl/us
/dɪˈteɪl/us
/ˈdiː.teɪl/
a single piece of information or fact ...
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(Definition ofintricateanddetailfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The book presents both theintricatedetailof everyday life and illuminates many of the dilemmas of contemporary politics and development.
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As new tools for dissecting the component processes are developed, we learn in yet moreintricatedetail about the molecular interactions that are involved.
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Numerous songs are discussed inintricatedetail; correspondence, theoretical accounts, literary contexts are all accounted for and a large amount of primary critical literature is reproduced here in good translations.
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He is being somewhat premature in getting into the mostintricatedetailof how the consultation may operate.
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It covers a vast field, and the amount ofintricatedetailwhich is involved has perhaps hardly yet been fully appreciated.
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Our licensing laws, as any lawyer knows, are a minefield for the unwary, because they contain a mass ofintricatedetail.
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Even before they have started to develop policies inintricatedetail, they believe that they can meet the objective.
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People listening to this debate could have been sidetracked into some of theintricatedetailand away from the big picture.
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I do not want to go intointricatedetailof design and building techniques because time does not permit, save to underline my second point.
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I do not mean to be rude, but he is also going into someintricatedetail, as always.
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These are matters of quiteintricatedetail.
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A general determination of reckonable expenditure will encompass both large issues of principle over what expenditure is to rank for subsidy and points ofintricatedetail.
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During the 1970s it also became fashionable to decorate the exterior sides with murals, often painted withintricatedetail.
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Everyintricatedetailof these mandalas is fixed in the tradition and has specific symbolic meanings, often on more than one level.
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He citedintricatedetail, in-depth character development, and skilled use of language as some of the strengths of the work.
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The higher the frequency, the smaller the nodes between the cavitation points, which allows for cleaning of moreintricatedetail.
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The decoration of the book is famous for combiningintricatedetailwith bold and energetic compositions.
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The light fixtures featured littleintricatedetail, and even the original dining room fixture was four light bulbs at the end of a wire.
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Features were molded from stucco withintricatedetailand either covered in gold leaf or paint.
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The 4 vehicles that combined with the robot were small, lacking theintricatedetailthat made other toys in the line popular.
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