fragmented nature

collocation in English

meaningsoffragmentedandnature

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fragmented
adjective
uk
/fræɡˈmen.tɪd/us
/fræɡˈmen.t̬ɪd/
consisting of several ...
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nature
noun
uk
/ˈneɪ.tʃər/us
/ˈneɪ.tʃɚ/
all the animals, plants, rocks, etc. in the world and all the features, forces, and processes that happen or exist independently of people, such as the weather, the sea, mountains, the production of young animals or plants, ...
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The existence of hills, mountains, quicksands and marshes made internal communication and conquest extremely difficult and may have contributed to thefragmentednatureof political power.
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This may be due to the short-term andfragmentednatureof much modelling research, as well as the level of maturity of parts of biology.
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This was justified by thefragmentednatureof the sector, organized into a variety of disciplines.
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The modular structure of the ontology: the ontology takes into account thefragmentednatureof the construction sector and its organization into established disciplines.
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Thefragmentednatureof the montage and rapid repetition of the disapproving image create an effective framework that exposes and displaces the stereotype.
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Thefragmentednatureof our airspace management at present is a major problem.
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The currentfragmentednatureof the availability of fertility treatment is cost ineffective, and the variable waiting lists tend to reduce the chance of success.
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My point is that the industry'sfragmentednaturecontained the seeds of its problems.
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Those problems are mainly connected with itsfragmentednatureand highly mobile workforce and the many firms involved in labour-only sub-contracting.
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Thefragmentednatureof agriculture means that it is alone among the other industries.
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There are far too many train operating companies, and there is a need to address thefragmentednatureof the railway.
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Another problem is thefragmentednatureand the large size of the industry.
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Because of thefragmentednatureof the industry following privatisation, there is little to suggest where the industry thinks that it is going.
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I apologise to those observing the debate for itsfragmentednature.
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Additionally, because of thefragmentednatureof the tools used, little visibility existed to any person outside of the project team.
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Critics believe that because of their writing style andfragmentednature, the pieces is more aptly described as prose poems.
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Troop units for these fortifications were extensively customized to deal with thefragmentednatureof the military positions.
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The existence of hills, mountains, quicksands and marshes made internal communication and conquest extremely difficult and may have contributed to thefragmentednatureof political power.
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However, given thefragmentednatureof the remaining wreck, this preponderance of oak in the surviving portions may not reflect the composition of the rest of the original ship.
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