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delicate instrument

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delicate
adjective
uk /ˈdel.ɪ.kət/ us /ˈdel.ə.kət/
needing careful treatment, especially because ...
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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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Examples of delicate instrument


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We want a much more delicateinstrument to deal with problems.
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That is a delicateinstrument, which it is highly desirable should be maintained in being, and should not be brought to naught.
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Hire purchase in the car industry is by no means a delicateinstrument.
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It is a delicateinstrument that must be used in the best way.
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This is a delicateinstrument which has been evolving by experience over 200 years.
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However, we are now talking about something that would be finely targeted—a delicateinstrument.
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Democracy is a delicateinstrument which needs very careful handling.
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It is taken to test benches where the atmosphere, circumstances, and surroundings are of the best to give an exact performance for a very delicateinstrument indeed.
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The santoor is a very delicateinstrument and is very sensitive to light strokes and glides.
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From then on, he dedicated himself to the delicateinstrument.
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In the first place notice that in these days of minute division of labor the manufacture of even delicate instruments is largely a matter of turning a crank.
Because they cannot understand and make use of all the delicate instruments in their aeroplanes or maintain them properly.
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It should be used to cut through problems as a surgeon uses delicate instruments in an operation.
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They have very delicate instruments, which want looking after and are costly things to mend.
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They include engineering products and delicate instruments.
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They have adapted or devised delicate instruments for testing the speed of reactions, and also the nature of reactions to sudden shocks !
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Some eye surgeons would like to have a dedicated small-scale sterilisation unit for their delicate instruments.
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I dealt then with the very delicate instruments which have to be manufactured in order to preserve the lives of those who are asked to engage in battle.
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That may have been all right in the days when they had to clamber up the rigging and when steam engines were not very delicate instruments.
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However, these are sophisticated and delicate instruments, only adapted to the national standardization laboratory.
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