entire apparatus

collocation in English

meaningsofentireandapparatus

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entire
adjective[before noun]
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/ɪnˈtaɪər/us
/ɪnˈtaɪr/
whole or complete, with ...
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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 ofentireandapparatusfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Along with universal claims for theentireapparatusof economic theory, mainstream economists have sometimes regarded it as a general, ahistorical entity.
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The one-off ritual was followed by the destruction of theentireapparatus, lending each event the character of potlatch.
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Theentireapparatuswas enclosed in a light-tight house.
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They have dismantled—and this is what a parliamentary majority enables one to do—theentireapparatus which we had developed during the period 1964–1970.
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It is true that theentireapparatusweighs about 55 lb, but it need not be carried around.
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We need to put a high voltage current through theentireapparatus, but we must not blow all the fuses.
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The preservation of theentireapparatusof exchange control is a bureaucratic hallmark of a society that has no confidence in itself and in its own economic management.
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Improvements are going to be made to theentireapparatusof information, evaluation and monitoring, which has to be regarded as a whole.
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If we remove a whole level of authority and retain itsentireapparatusafter it has gone we shall not have achieved a great deal of worth.
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Though rapid, the descent continued evenly for a few seconds, but then theentireapparatusturned inside out and plunged downwards with increasing speed.
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Theentireapparatusis suspended below a large bobber.
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For berlingen, this meant the restructuring of theentireapparatusof administration and governance.
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The conical heater is what makes this device different from the rest, but in reality is only a small part of theentireapparatus.
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Moving from a room temperature to a cryogenic measurement, means it has been necessary to rebuild theentireapparatus.
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Theentireapparatusrotated once every two minutes.
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Local cues are made irrelevant (including odor trails) by rotating theentireapparatusa predetermined distance and direction after each trial.
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Theentireapparatusis surrounded by layers of lead and polyethylene to provide shielding against background radiation.
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Thauberger seems to have a preoccupation with using theentireapparatusof art to examine the extremely complex relationship that people now have with the realm of direct experience.
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