So we are looking at bio-markers, we're doing sophisticated X-rays, like functional MRI and spec-scanning to understand what happens in the brains of patients with fibromyalgia when they have pain, what happens to their brains when we treat that pain."

VOA: special.2011.08.02

"Everything from basic language skills of agreement of subject and verb, use of commas and other punctuation, complete and incomplete sentences, so that we can move from basic writing/language skills to the more sophisticated skills that graduate students, upper level undergraduates and people in the work world use."

VOA: special.2010.02.11

FBI Director Robert Mueller said the drug cartel has transformed itself into what he called a sophisticated criminal organization.

VOA: standard.2009.10.22

Attacks by radical groups against the combined forces of TFG and AMISOM are becoming more sophisticated, coordinated and lethal,".

VOA: standard.2009.06.26

"Well,some definite facts.One is that he has al-Qaida connections. Secondly,that it was a fairly sophisticated device."

VOA: standard.2009.12.26

Perls says the key to successfully predicting long life was the sophisticated statistical analysis of many different gene variations that each played some role.

VOA: standard.2010.07.14

The international community is worried that Tehran is planning to install a new generation of sophisticated centrifuges to enrich uranium at a much faster pace.

VOA: standard.2009.10.24

The military is already shifting to a newer, slightly less sophisticated aircraft, the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, designed more for attacking targets on the ground.

VOA: standard.2009.07.21

"When we first came here, we saw that there were few facilities to undertake a very important program, a sophisticated one like a living donor program.

VOA: standard.2010.05.30

He says this is one reason he recommended scrapping plans to build a sophisticated radar system in the Czech Republic and installing ground-based interceptors in Poland.

VOA: standard.2009.09.17

The agreement would clear the way for a substantial increase of American sales of sophisticated military equipment to India, whose top suppliers are Russia and Israel.

VOA: standard.2009.06.11

Says that in the ancient world, Angkor was known for its sophisticated water system.

VOA: standard.2010.04.05

"In recent years,these companies have become much more sophisticated, up to the point where it's impossible to tell the difference between the counterfeit cigarettes and the actual cigarettes."

VOA: standard.2010.08.11

And I talked to a couple of Rangers who were in some pretty tough fights that were surprised that the Taliban were as good and sophisticated as they were,"

VOA: standard.2009.07.20