unit - use in sentences

Converse of object

  • propose: The proposed 1000 units will make a significant contribution to meeting the strategic housing requirements for Gloucester.
  • comprise: The second bathroom comprises marble-topped vanity unit, shower, WC and heated towel rail.

Adjective modifier

  • intensive: For the next fifteen years the school was an intensive psychotherapy unit for about forty primary-age children and twenty adults.
  • optional: This syllabus includes an optional unit on Medical Physics called Spare Part Surgery.
  • sealed: There is no reason why inserts inside the sealed unit should suffer more or less discolouration where Low-E glass is used.
  • residential: Planning Permission has also been granted for conversion into 2 residential units.
  • neonatal: Most neonatal units have feeding regimens for babies requiring formula milk or intravenous fluids.
  • mobile: Reasons for presentation Graph 4 shows the reasons for presentation for treatment at the mobile units.

Modifies a noun

  • trust: A unit trust or investment trust type vehicle is much more flexible.
  • cell: Keywords: Crystallography, X-ray, Powder diffraction, Crystal structure, Unit cell, Bragg reflections, Lattice parameters.
  • commander: He personally inspected the troops and had a meeting with the unit commanders.

Noun used with modifier

  • bargaining: Accordingly, the Panel is satisfied that a majority of the workers in the bargaining unit are likely to be members of the Union.
  • maternity: SETTING: Maternity Unit at St Thomas's Hospital, London.
  • vanity: The Laurel vanity unit teamed with a quadrant shower enclosure and fabulous 4 jet shower panel.
  • storage: This clever system doubles as both a piece of furniture and a practical storage unit.
  • conditioning: What kind of an air conditioning unit do you require?
  • specialist: Specialist units are expected to be examined for the first time in May 2007.

Preposition: of

  • measurement: The unit of measurement for sprites is one byte and the most common size is four by four.
  • alcohol: One unit of alcohol is 10 ml ( 1 cl ) by volume, or 8 g by weight, of pure alcohol.

Preposition: per

  • hectare: Net residential density is measured as the number of dwelling units per hectare of land developed specifically for housing and directly associated uses.

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