adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
outlying areas (= far from the centre of a town, village etc )
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The programme also includes plans to reforest outlying areas of the city.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
area
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Our ability to supply gas in outlying areas has been considerably improved in joint 26A co-operation with our P.E. manufacturers.
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Previously, most local grain was ground in the many small mills around the city and outlying areas .
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No recreation was arranged for those of us in outlying areas .
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However, visitors from outlying areas to attend football matches will contribute substantially to the local economy of the cities mentioned above.
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This could be considerable particularly in the outlying areas .
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The effect of population movement on the social structures of outlying areas .
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So success rates in urban areas , where representation is more likely to be present, were higher than in outlying areas.
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Local people say there are many such flags flying in the outlying areas .
island
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Nor were the outlying islands being overlooked.
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Many other botanists have also visited the remote and outlying islands during the period under discussion.
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Lookouts on outlying islands warned fishing villages of approaching whales, whereupon great numbers of men in small boats gave chase.
village
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His constant travelling to outlying villages to hold clinics was only mildly odd.
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Some outlying villages were still under several feet of water yesterday and weathermen warned of more to come in the holiday weekend.
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However, outlying villages had been attacked and the city's rail link with Phnom Penh was frequently severed.
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Another 140,000 are starving in the outlying villages .
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Volunteers run 17 luncheon clubs and three coffee bars around Bassetlaw, many of them in small outlying villages .
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He had found her in one of the outlying villages .
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There is no Tube and the buses from outlying villages come round like general elections.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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outlying farm communities
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But presently the crowd loosened into smaller groups and a good many people went off into the village or set off for outlying farms.
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In addition to the palatial and leafy suburbs, there are areas of inner-city terraced housing awaiting redevelopment and large outlying council estates.
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Just ahead lay the outlying volcanic islands of To Shima and Nii Shima, and the wind carried us slantwise between them.
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Many other botanists have also visited the remote and outlying islands during the period under discussion.
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Our ability to supply gas in outlying areas has been considerably improved in joint 26A co-operation with our P.E. manufacturers.
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Reports of the battle of Gettysburg took a year or more to reach the outlying frontier territories.
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Some outlying villages were still under several feet of water yesterday and weathermen warned of more to come in the holiday weekend.
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This caused considerable movement in outlying regions.