elaborate system
collocation in Englishmeaningsofelaborateandsystem
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elaborate
adjective
uk/iˈlæb.ər.ət/us/iˈlæb.ɚ.ət/
containing a lot of careful detail or many ...
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system
noun
uk/ˈsɪs.təm/us/ˈsɪs.təm/
a set of connected things or devices that ...
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Anelaboratesystemof this kind is obviously not the product of an oral or semioral practitioners' culture but of a school.
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Lines, cords, pulleys, and counterweights "activated anelaboratesystemof screens, shutters and curtains positioned at both sources" of light (skylights and windows) (165).
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For new medicines there is now a veryelaboratesystemof scrutiny and tests before permission to market is granted.
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We currently have anelaboratesystemof production, marketing, and processing that is tuned toward annual, single-species grain crops.
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A rather spectacular example is the development of anelaboratesystemin which tense and evidentiality categories are fused.
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The album made use of two orchestras, recorded simultaneously in separate studios and synchronised via anelaboratesystemof click-tracks and closed-circuit televisions.
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Rather, it underscores the fact that even a highlyelaboratesystemof constraints does not deprive the judge of either freedom or responsibility.
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Polish is a morphologically rich language with a fairlyelaboratesystemof case inflections.
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These included belonging to patrilineal descent groups which under the monarchical order were classified and hierarchised according to anelaboratesystem.
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Thiselaboratesystemof rent and revenue administration has incidental advantages in bringing together the rulers and the ruled.
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We could not find it notwithstanding all thiselaboratesystem.
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We have the mostelaboratesystemof exchange control legislation, and stringent regulations.
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This immediately involves anelaboratesystemof costing, which most estate office staffs are not adequate to deal with.
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There is anelaboratesystemof ensuring that safety standards will be preserved.
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Litigants will meet anelaboratesysteminvolving insurance against costs.
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We have a veryelaboratesystem, and what we propose is a very considerable improvement.
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That would require anelaboratesystemof rebates to alleviate the consequent injustices.
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What is the purpose of thiselaboratesystemof control?
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There cannot be, as a practical matter, anyelaboratesystemof apportionment.
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