Collocations withapparatus
These are words often used in combination withapparatus.
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administrative apparatus
First, union participation in the administrative apparatus of the welfare state provides them with a potentially important voice in relevant decision-making.
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bureaucratic apparatus
The problems encountered by the bureaucratic apparatus were thought of in more general terms and considered as lying elsewhere.
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complex apparatus
In oligodendrocytes, recent studies provided evidence of a complex apparatus of molecules, which might coordinate trafficking of proteins and lipids.
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conceptual apparatus
Given that the belief-holders are ordinary people, they cannot plausibly be assumed to employ anything other than the conceptual apparatus of folk psychology and ontology.
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critical apparatus
He went on to argue, reasonably enough, that a translation with critical apparatus could certainly enrich the work of performers.
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electrical apparatus
In some yards, cranes, electrical apparatus and so on, might be actually built by the waterside in the shops of the shipbuilding company.
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entire apparatus
Along with universal claims for the entire apparatus of economic theory, mainstream economists have sometimes regarded it as a general, ahistorical entity.
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experimental apparatus
The construction of the experimental apparatus is nearing completion.
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laboratory apparatus
In principle, it is feasible to construct a laboratory apparatus to generate similar conditions in an experiment.
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mechanical apparatus
Although since then she has not drawn breath without the aid of mechanical apparatus, she takes part in the family life.
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party apparatus
It did not aim at the mobilisation of the masses but opted for gradual reforms controlled by the party apparatus.
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photosynthetic apparatus
Adaptability of the photosynthetic apparatus to light intensity in ecotypes from exposed and shaded habitats.
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piece of apparatus
The gravity chronometer is a good example of a sturdy yet sophisticated piece of apparatus.
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regulatory apparatus
And as scientific advances rocket far ahead of both our bemused journalistic establishment and our limping regulatory apparatus, the reality becomes ever more pernicious.
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scholarly apparatus
The purchaser should be warned, therefore, that the two volumes should be purchased together in order to access the full scholarly apparatus.
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security apparatus
The armed forces and other branches of the security apparatus had been severely weakened.
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sensory apparatus
In other words, the body is not simply a piece of sensory apparatus which relays pure data about the environment to the mind.
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state apparatus
But over time, such demands helped produce a more robust state apparatus.
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technical apparatus
Conversely, modern physics, as experimental, is dependent upon technical apparatus and upon progress in the building of apparatus.
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vast apparatus
We have got the whole of the vast apparatus of diplomacy in existence: let us use it.
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vocal apparatus
Avoiding music notation, both books describe embellishments according to the way a scientist views a functioning vocal apparatus.
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whole apparatus
This is in fact the 'fault line' of the whole apparatus.
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