sophisticated technology

collocation in English

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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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technology
noun[C or U]
uk
/tekˈnɒl.ə.dʒi/us
/tekˈnɑː.lə.dʒi/
(the study and knowledge of) the practical, especially industrial, use of ...
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(Definition ofsophisticatedandtechnologyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Many of the advantages of such monitoring may hold true with lesssophisticatedtechnology, such as home blood pressure devices.
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In this approach, bioethics is asophisticatedtechnologyto make a particular set of (potential) problems manageable and controllable (25).
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This will not always be a matter ofsophisticatedtechnology.
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We insisted uponsophisticatedtechnologywith interactive capability.
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These payments, which included payments from private health insurance, financed an explosion insophisticatedtechnologyin the last 10 years (18).
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Already the jargon barrier that surroundssophisticatedtechnologyhas begun to take hold.
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The increasing use of moresophisticatedtechnologyin all sectors has produced significant productivity gains.
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For that purpose, it can only be dealt with by the use ofsophisticatedtechnology.
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The increasing use of more and moresophisticatedtechnologymust be acknowledged.
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The plutonium method originally required large plant and considerable expenditure, but utilised only moderatelysophisticatedtechnology.
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The people were mainly concerned with rural matters, but they had to cope withsophisticatedtechnologyand keep it going.
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And they cater for the patient who doesn't necessarily need thesophisticatedtechnologyprovided by larger hospitals.
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It does not point to thesophisticatedtechnologythat is currently available, which would be very cost-efficient.
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As new doors open to advanced procedures and the increase ofsophisticatedtechnology, the costs of the service will rise.
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We are not dealing with a developing country here; this issophisticatedtechnologyin a highly developed country.
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In manufacturing, the key will be the application of ever moresophisticatedtechnologyby ever more highly trained people.
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We now have an opportunity to develop an indigenous industry which depends on advanced andsophisticatedtechnology.
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In an age of unprecedented wealth, of the most incrediblysophisticatedtechnology, how can we continue to condone that?
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This is a large company with asophisticatedtechnologywhich commands a high level of skills in our people.
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However, the fact that these workers are using a moresophisticatedtechnologyimplies that they will be more productive than if they had been employed by a low-tech firm.
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Changing trading patterns, the emergence of new shipping powers, and the development of new, moresophisticatedtechnologyhave all played a part.
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This is where we need moresophisticatedtechnology, not in the production and in the land, but in the marketing of agricultural products.
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We must look to how we use new methods of working and how to make the best use of modern, moresophisticatedtechnology.
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The increasing use of forged documents is becoming a significant problem, which must be tackled with all thesophisticatedtechnologythat is available.
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