vast apparatus

collocation in English

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vast
adjective
uk
/vɑːst/us
/væst/
extremely ...
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apparatus
noun
uk
/ˌæp.əˈreɪ.təs/us
/ˌæp.əˈræt̬.əs/
a set of equipment or tools or a machine that is used for a ...
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(Definition ofvastandapparatusfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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We have got the whole of thevastapparatusof diplomacy in existence: let us use it.
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Thevastapparatusof central planning and control would do nothing for the needs of the regions.
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Defendants will want to turn to a lawyer who is wholly independent of thevastapparatusof the state that is being mobilised against them.
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I accept that one needs avastapparatusof control, a vast army of inspectors.
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The whole of thisvastapparatushas been brought into being to manage a twentieth of the road haulage vehicles of the country.
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We are dealing with the rights of people accused of crimes—people who will have thevastapparatusand resources of the state arraigned against them.
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We do not need all thevastapparatusof new aircraft carriers.
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Is it really conceivable that we can attach all thisvastapparatusto any existing university—and, if so, to which university?
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One does not set up avastapparatusof administration and organisation for this activity unless one wishes to raise considerable sums of money.
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Does anybody suggest for a moment that we want thatvastapparatusover there to perform that trivial task?
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Meanwhile, we have to set up avastapparatusof bureaucrats who will need to be dealing with this land acquisition and this in itself will be expensive.
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One ends up with a great deal of injustice, creating a great deal of hardship, and avastapparatusof administrative cost for not very much return.
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