Modifying Another Word

• wholly: Any other option would cause practical difficulties because the boundary between what was and was not regulated would be wholly artificial.

• somewhat: Then the somewhat artificial scent of Black Forest Gateau emerges strongly, with a dusting of coconut.

• purely: Doing so enables us to begin to see into the purely artificial nature of the ego.

• entirely: The distinction that the Regulations seek to draw between primary and secondary processing is entirely artificial.

• rather: CASE STUDY 2: Project ' mock-up ' testing The DIN testing regime creates a rather artificial environment.

• totally: We teach a totally artificial way of learning language.

Preposition: in

• way: But it's not forced or artificial in any way.

Modifies a noun

• intelligence: The computer will then use its powerful artificial intelligence to guess the answer.

• insemination: Artificial insemination can be used to place sperm directly in the cervix or uterus.

• sweetener: In a book where everything else aims for the most natural foods, artificial sweeteners feel like a sore thumb to me.

• fertilizer: Try to reduce or avoid the use of artificial fertilizers or herbicides.

• limb: Someone who has lost a leg just below the hip will be 80 % disabled, however well they manage with an artificial limb.

• respiration: Call for a doctor and continue the artificial respiration until the doctor arrives or the person recovers.

Used with adjective complement

• seem: Also, perhaps, the change in Sassoon is so sudden that it may seem artificial.

• feel: It's a far cry from the reality of war, but it feels less artificial.

• look: Dentures do not have to look artificial, and can contribute to facial beauty.

• have: Since then all manned spacecraft have had artificial Schumann Wave generators built into them.

Noun used with modifier

• extent: These are not differences but divisions that ought not to exist because they are to a considerable extent artificial.

• nothing: There was nothing artificial about Mr Bland's nutrition and hydration.