sophisticated machinery

collocation in English

meaningsofsophisticatedandmachinery

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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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machinery
noun[U]
uk
/məˈʃiː.nər.i/us
/məˈʃiː.nɚ.i/
a group of large machines or the parts of a machine that make ...
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But again, such systems provide much more complicated assertions than ours, and needsophisticatedmachineryto reason with them.
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The preferred technology in this instance is mud brick, mainly because its fabrication is uncomplicated and does not require thesophisticatedmachineryassociated with its alternatives.
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Throughout history, farm producers have sought productivity gains by substituting animal for human labor, designing and employing simple machines and, most recently, using information technology, remote monitoring andsophisticatedmachinery.
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Only by contract hiring can that be done, for the contract hirer can ensure that he has the biggest, best and mostsophisticatedmachinery.
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Dock work is now highly skilled specialist work that often requires the use often ofsophisticatedmachinery.
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With the increased use ofsophisticatedmachineryand the responsibility entailed by the increased use of chemicals and pesticides, some courses have a high-tech approach.
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Countries withsophisticatedmachinery— more sophisticated probably than ours— who have surpluses at the present time are exporting surpluses overseas.
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There are openings, too, for sales of the latest and mostsophisticatedmachineryand equipment.
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Why do we not use more automation and introducesophisticatedmachinery?
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I suggest there is a terrific potential for sellingsophisticatedmachineryand equipment of different kinds to develop those resources.
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There is also a great deal ofsophisticatedmachinerythere which helps with the testing of their products.
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Therefore, it is very nice to have modern,sophisticatedmachineryon which we can record one programme while watching another.
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The noise-testing procedure is quite complex, requiring a great deal of space and a lot of verysophisticatedmachinery.
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This is highlysophisticatedmachinery, but it is used for only a limited part of the year.
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It does not need vast capital expenditure to equip it with new andsophisticatedmachineryor anything of that kind.
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Dock work is now highly skilled, specialist work which requires the use ofsophisticatedmachinery.
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An extremely sophisticated requirement must lead to the development of extremelysophisticatedmachinery, which inevitably will be costly.
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It is also a question of where we are to find the men to develop this highlysophisticatedmachinery.
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I wonder whether the employers in the industry have shown similar enterprise, for example, in introducing the latest up-to-datesophisticatedmachinery.
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At that time it was makingsophisticatedmachineryfor the time.
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