various instruments

collocation in English

meaningsofvariousandinstrument

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various
adjective
uk
/ˈveə.ri.əs/us
/ˈver.i.əs/
many ...
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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 ofvariousandinstrumentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The abundance of technical manuals for various instruments is daunting, and a review of these will not be attempted here.
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Having reviewed the various instruments designed for the drawing of conic sections, the article is focused on the sole conic compass.
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The comparison is necessarily rough, given the different wordings of the language question in the various instruments.
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A few additional wills are found only in the drawers of a filing cabinet that contains original documents for various instruments.
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Besides personal contacts with specialists, various instruments were developed to enable everyone to express their intuitions spatially.
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In the following paragraphs the various instruments for control and regulation in the different health technology sectors will be briefly described.
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The circumscribed exercises, to be played and improvised around, are supported by excerpts of real music which exemplify a particular technique and are to be performed on various instruments.
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A second limitation derives from the fact that we have only asked about utilities for the various instruments, but not for probabilities attached to these utilities.
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These two surveys were based on various instruments used in previous diffusion of innovation and research utilization studies (6;10;13;20;24;25;32;33;41;45;47;60).
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Exploring a family of tachistoscopes in this way implies that the links between the various instruments are part and parcel of the occasions on which these links become articulated.
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Whereas various instruments, or drugs, might magnify the input of each of the five senses, the role of memory is to retain information from all the senses.
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We are carrying out an analysis and analysing various instruments.
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The report is a broad survey of the various instruments aimed at ensuring the establishment of an area of freedom, security and justice.
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This will make it possible to better coordinate the various instruments.
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My last reason is because there is considerable fragmentation in funding for this strategy, as it is financed by various instruments.
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The need is too great for us to worry about picking and choosing on ideological grounds between the various instruments that are available to us.
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We need it to make it clear that the tribunals have to apply or be bound by the various instruments.
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Earned income relief is one of the various instruments of graduation.
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