[ Exercise 13 ]

  1. The agreement stipulates that the parties comply with the rules. [ more >>> ]

  2. The board members generally agree that the proposal would be beneficial to the organization.[ more >>> ]
    EDITOR'S NOTE
    Depending on the sentence's context, correlate with, correspond to or confer with can be used as alternatives to agree.
  3. The proposed procedure assumes that all factors are equal.[ more >>> ]

  4. This study attempts to minimize the total cost. [ more >>> ]
    EDITOR'S NOTE
    To increase word variety in a sentence, attempts and aims can be used as alternatives to tries.
  5. The proposed procedures consists (comprises) of many variables. [ more >>> ]

  6. Factor A heavily depends on Factor B. [ more >>> ]
    EDITOR'S NOTE
    Depending on the sentence's context, relies on and, occasionally, hinges on can be used as alternatives to depends on.
  7. The optimization approach explains the large-scale problem. [ more >>> ]

  8. A more feasible approach determines all of the variables.[ more >>> ]

  9. The following section recommends how to improve the conventional design. [ more >>> ]

  10. This study proposes a GA-based procedure to the MCG problem. [ more >>> ]

  11. All factors must be considered. [ more >>> ]

  12. A star configuration comprises of a series of computers connected through a central point with a device known as a hub. [ more >>> ]
    EDITOR'S NOTE
    Depending on the sentence's context, stronger verbs of consists of and comprises of are preferred to is made of or is comprised of.