sophisticated equipment

collocation in English

meaningsofsophisticatedandequipment

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sophisticated
adjective
uk
/səˈfɪs.tɪ.keɪ.tɪd/us
/səˈfɪs.tə.keɪ.t̬ɪd/
having a good understanding of the way people behave and/or a good knowledge of culture ...
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equipment
noun[U]
uk
/ɪˈkwɪp.mənt/us
/ɪˈkwɪp.mənt/
the set of necessary tools, clothing, etc. for a ...
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(Definition ofsophisticatedandequipmentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The inputs and skills were readily available, and initial capital outlays were small becausesophisticatedequipmentwas unnecessary.
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The test does not require special storage orsophisticatedequipmentand can be performed by relatively low skilled personnel.
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The technically improved methodology developed in this study has immense potential in that it is relatively simple and needs nosophisticatedequipment.
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State supports help to pay for more and larger boats, longer nets and moresophisticatedequipmentall round, even extending to radar and remote-sensing devices.
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Generally,sophisticatedequipmentwould demand not merely trained operators but also in-house skilled repairmen, since sending it to the capital city or manufacturing country for repairs would take too long.
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As a result, we used to have lots of men aboard ship and not too many pieces ofsophisticatedequipment.
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We already have verysophisticatedequipmentin them, including thermal image sights, which can be fitted on top of the commander's sight.
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Basic equipment is often delivered within one month of the order being placed but some of the moresophisticatedequipmenttakes much longer.
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The national air traffic services face continuing demands for additional investment in the latest and mostsophisticatedequipment.
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It is tragic that even the smallest and poorest of them eagerly seeksophisticatedequipmentat vast expense.
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Suchsophisticatedequipmentobviously costs a great deal of money.
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Of course, numbers count, but so, against the sophisticated navy and other forces of our opponents, doessophisticatedequipment.
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You do not have thesophisticatedequipment, the money, the persons with necessary experience.
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I suppose that one of the difficulties has been the extraordinary expense of modernsophisticatedequipment.
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We are also making intensive studies of a very wide range of othersophisticatedequipmentfor police purposes.
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If we decide to usesophisticatedequipmentfor which longer training is needed, where will we get the personnel from?
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An individual who wishes to usesophisticatedequipmentto communicate over long ranges and with international contacts can become a licensed radio amateur.
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It has to deal with much moresophisticatedequipment.
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