appropriate instrument
collocation in Englishmeaningsofappropriateandinstrument
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appropriate
adjective
uk/əˈprəʊ.pri.ət/us/əˈproʊ.pri.ət/
suitable or right for a particular situation ...
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instrument
noun[C]
uk/ˈɪn.strə.mənt/us/ˈɪn.strə.mənt/
an object, such as a piano, guitar, or drum, that is played to produce ...
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(Definition ofappropriateandinstrumentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofappropriate instrument
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There is a difficulty in finding theappropriateinstrumentamong hundreds.
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Choice of anappropriateinstrumentwill depend on the clinical or research question at hand.
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When combined with theappropriateinstrument, and a skilled musician versed in the conventions for its interpretation, musical notation provides sufficient detail for the reproduction of a series of sound-events.
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We also believe that an advisory committee would be theappropriateinstrumentfor this.
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Theappropriateinstrumentalready exists for dealing with amendments concerning freedom of movement for workers, an issue which is of such concern to us all.
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I am pleased that the report promotes the use of modern technologies as anappropriateinstrumentof participatory democracy.
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For that reason, the council tax is theappropriateinstrumentfor raising the sum of money that needs to be raised from local tax payers.
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For that purpose, it seems anappropriateinstrument.
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But it does not seem to me to be anappropriateinstrumentwith which to deal with irrelevance.
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An advisory council seems to be theappropriateinstrument.
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For this purpose we think that a horizontal recommendation would be anappropriateinstrument.
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However, individual countries should in general be left to make their own choice of the mostappropriateinstrumentto achieve their environmental goals.
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However, contract compliance should not become accepted as theappropriateinstrumentfor the promotion of equality, for two reasons.
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The first stage is to decide whether a deadline is anappropriateinstrumentto use.
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We have anappropriateinstrumentat last.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
Lastly, we do not feel that this directive is the mostappropriateinstrumentto address the issue of the public financing system.
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A moreappropriateinstrumentwould be the bagpipes.
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They are competent, highly competent, in many directions, but they are not, in my judgment, theappropriateinstrumentfor an inquiry of this character.
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For all groups—non-pensioners included—the supplementary pension is the mostappropriateinstrumentfor flexible selectivity in providing financial help.
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