adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a built-up area (= with a lot of buildings close together )
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New development will not be allowed outside the existing built-up area.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
area
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Try to see five miles ahead on a country road and at least two to three hundred yards in a built-up area .
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Under normal circumstances barred owls do not frequent built-up areas .
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On passage, and sometimes in winter, Water Rails may occur in built-up areas .
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In built-up areas , the problem is cars and street lights.
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If parking is difficult in a built-up area it may be better to go by public transport.
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Councils can also infill existing built-up areas and revitalise inner urban areas.
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At each period new houses and streets have been added on the margins of the built-up area .
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In built-up areas , for example, special slow-reacting catalytic surfaces will automatically enforce the speed limit.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He tugs one leg up and examines the built-up shoe.
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In built-up areas, the problem is cars and street lights.
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It gathered speed and raced towards the built-up complexes.
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On passage, and sometimes in winter, Water Rails may occur in built-up areas.
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She garnished her built-up Trifle with strips of bright currant jelly, crystallised sweetmeats or flowers.
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The closed, trusting eyes were surrounded by scars and small mounds of built-up skin.
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Try to see five miles ahead on a country road and at least two to three hundred yards in a built-up area.
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Under normal circumstances barred owls do not frequent built-up areas.