intricate web

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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web
noun[C]
uk
/web/us
/web/
a net used to catch insects, made by a spider from the sticky thread that its ...
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(Definition ofintricateandwebfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Throughout the lifecycle, change and continuity weave anintricateweb.
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Moreover, we lack the technology to identify theintricatewebof neural connections that are created during the developmental process.
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Indeed, anintricatewebof local and national environmental funds has been created as repository and disburser of such revenues back to the enterprises.
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Consolidation is especially important because there is anintricatewebfor applicants.
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He begins with the notion that history consists of anintricatewebof causal chains, so that a single event in one such chain may have countless unforeseen consequences.
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Manipulation of anintricatewebof strings, enables the movement of the puppet.
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The matter condenses in large filaments and haloes which have anintricateweb-like structure.
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He also finds anintricatewebof deceit and betrayal that begin to lead to death.
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Seeds are about 1.1 mm long, with anintricatewebof raised decorations on the surface.
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To trace one's way through theintricatewebof treaty legislation in which we have participated since that time is a considerable task.
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The system is mature and entrenched, with anintricatewebof vested interests giving rise to fierce competition between different modes and operators.
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We have a veryintricatewebwhich has been spun around local authorities and which is denying them the democratic freedom that people expect.
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But when we come to investigate the detail we find that we are pulling apart anintricatewebof practice, law, judgment, responsibilities, humanity and sentiment.
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Its geographical feature consists of numerous streams that inter-connect into anintricatewebof rivers, lagoons, swamps and wetlands.
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The red-cockaded woodpecker plays a vital role in theintricatewebof life of the southern pine forests.
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Facilitation, or the positive interactions between different species of plants, is anintricatewebof association in a natural environment.
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Thus, recent studio recordings were edited to isolate and emphasize these sounds, creating anintricatewebof pure noise.
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The marriage of the matriarch with a mysterious nobody is the central out-of-joint event in anintricatewebof subtle changes.
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The bear discovers he is caught in anintricatewebin place of where he thought the she-bear's house was.
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And he is also involved in rampant smuggling of goods across the border, and everyone from the local jeweler to the local police inspector are part of hisintricateweb.
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