noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a county court (= a local court )
a town/city/county jail
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He was held without bail for thirty days in the county jail.
county council
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Kent County Council
county court
county cricket (= played between counties in England )
county fair
county town
county/state line American English
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He was born in a small town just across the state line.
national/state/county park
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the Lake District National Park
state/county fair
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
metropolitan
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From 1841 to 1911 the national increase was twenty million, over half of which took place in the metropolitan counties .
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It was used to justify the introduction of the poll tax and to justify breaking up metropolitan counties .
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I am not claiming to have considered the whole of the metropolitan county of Tyne and Wear and its satellites.
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These were designated as metropolitan areas and were given a two-tier structure of metropolitan counties and districts.
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The smallest metropolitan county had, therefore, a population approximately double that of the largest unitary authority.
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The Labour Party controlled all six metropolitan counties when they were formed in 1974.
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Then, in 1986 the Thatcher government abolished the metropolitan counties .
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Between 1974 and 1986 there were also metropolitan counties , but these were abolished and their powers passed to metropolitan district authorities.
other
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Similar stories could be told of West Yorkshire, Leicestershire, and many other counties .
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At subsequent Forest Eyres in other counties the judges were clearly determined to raise large sums by fining the forest landowners.
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In two cases, beds have been bought from other counties and in the third, an outdoor pursuits scheme was used.
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But even that is better than many other counties ... and officers are confident their successful crackdown on crime will continue.
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Equally significant has been the rise in unemployment which is now higher here than in any other county in mainland Britain.
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C: No other county would have you when you were sacked.
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On this early evidence, Durham will have difficulty in bowling out other counties and success will devolve on fourth-innings run chases.
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Sussex probably has more trees per acre than any other county .
■ NOUN
borough
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This was followed by the Local Government Act 1888 which established county councils and county borough councils.
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The three main county boroughs were to be retained and five counties were to replace the existing thirteen.
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First, there is the problem of the former county boroughs .
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Counties and county boroughs became responsible for child care under the 1948 Children Act.
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The county comprised four districts based on city regions surrounding the former county boroughs of Sheffield, Barnsley, Doncaster and Rotherham.
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They were to become boroughs with the status of counties - or county boroughs.
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Among county boroughs the range was also extreme: Canterbury had only 33,000 souls while Birmingham had 1. 1 million citizens.
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Middlesbrough had been joined with five neighbouring local authorities to form the county borough of Teesside.
championship
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When Warwickshire unexpectedly won the county championship in 1911, the number of people coming to see its matches doubled.
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We both support Surrey and watched the team through that glorious period when Surrey won the county championship six years in succession.
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As for the representative level I would restructure the county championship .
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In the county championship , Northants have had an excellent day's batting against Surrey.
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Durham and Cumbria will stage their county championships on Saturday the recommended date instead.
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Read in studio Cricket now, and the new county championship season began today.
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But Cleveland and Northumberland switched from the recommended second Saturday in June and held their county championships last weekend.
council
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The county council says the waste was not a potential risk to the public.
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Clwyd's Euro Week starts today with a special edition of Clwyd Connections published to mark the occasion by the county council .
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All 3 political groups on the county council , supported by hundreds of parents, agreed an education budget above Government limits.
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I also lobby statutory agencies, county councils and voluntary organisations.
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Ron Sims, a county council member, has had enough of this slaughter.
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It required the co-operation of villagers, the county council and the National Rivers Authority.
councillor
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Summons twist: A county councillor facing assault charges is taking out a private summons against the man he allegedly assaulted.
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Time allowed 00:19 Read in studio A controversial plan for a bypass around Aylesbury has been delayed by county councillors .
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He is a district and county councillor and lives in Thornaby.
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If our county councillors don't look after us then the future is bleak.
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But county councillors claimed it would reduce parental choice by restricting the number of 11-year-old pupils the popular school can recruit.
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The review's been welcomed by the county councillor who represents the Fairford area.
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Durham county councillors decided at a private meeting yesterday that the club building in Duke Street should be repossessed.
court
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The relevant county court jurisdiction is now unlimited.
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Water control was administered by highly autonomous irrigation districts which were under the legal jurisdiction of the county courts .
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The local authority brought proceedings in the county court for possession of the temporary accommodation.
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That was the view which appealed to the county court judge: and I must say it appeals to me also.
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Finally, on 30 May 1990 the local authority issued a summons in the county court seeking payment of both amounts.
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Liberty to apply to county court .
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Therefore he held that the court had no jurisdiction to review the decision of the county court judge for error of law.
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The court information category will then list details of county court judgments and administration orders held against you.
cricket
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Graveney feels that in county cricket there is not the same class of speed attack as is found in Test cricket.
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A part of the difficulty in leaving county cricket lies in its consuming characteristic.
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Essex are the county cricket champions.
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Viv Richards: no more county cricket ?
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And here, along with many others, he is highly critical of the structure of county cricket .
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Nearby is the county cricket ground.
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In 1937 county cricket was estimated to have lost £30,000.
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John Carr, 28, who retired from county cricket two years ago, has rejoined Middlesex.
government
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The less-urbanized areas acquired a two-tier system of county government , accompanied by lower-tier urban and rural districts.
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The danger for PacBell extends beyond the city and county governments .
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All the added power to be granted county government by this charter proposal will accrue to an unelected staff.
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Citizen committees endorsed the idea repeatedly, but city and county governments have been unable and unwilling to do it.
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Trash has consumed county government officials' attention for much of this decade.
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Instead, county governments auction off tax lien certificates that investors purchase for the amount of the delinquent taxes and penalties.
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On rare occasions, owners fail to redeem their property and the county government deeds it over to the investor.
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It will open up county government for more public scrutiny, always a good thing.
home
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Their offer only applies to property in the home counties .
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Lancashire is their home county - nuff said.
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Not simply on Tring Reservoirs or the home counties gravel pits do men now sit for a ten pounder anymore.
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The regiment recruits almost exclusively from its home county .
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Although it was the men of Kent and the other home counties who took leading parts Sussex did not escape.
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City permits are more valuable; people without them who stray outside their home county can be arrested and jailed.
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Is it in the home counties ?
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One such case was reported in my home county of Sussex.
official
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The new bills will save an average household £50 a year, but today's decision has shocked county officials .
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She said she is more concerned by the trouble county officials have had in negotiations with federal agencies.
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In choosing Allied, county officials said the company offered more money up front at closing than the other bidders.
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It was asked to provide the most inclusive list and leave it to the county officials to double-check the names.
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City and county officials said Thursday that they were not concerned about the foreclosure and the deal probably would go through.
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And the judges and county officials who work in the Civic Center, he put most of them there, too.
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Davis now plans to reopen it Friday and stay open all night, defying county officials and the sheriff's lawyers.
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If county officials confirm that 28, 084 are those of registered voters, a referendum will be held around May 1.
shire
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Read in studio Addiction to the drug crack cocaine is spreading into the shire counties .
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In local government, many of our shire counties and districts have led the way in raising the quality of public service.
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Information gathered by the national criminal intelligence service reveals a growing use of crack cocaine in the Shire counties .
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Our policy is to make changes to the structure of local government in the shire counties .
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Changes to the boundaries of shire counties or districts are also possible, as at present.
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Unit costs in metropolitan authorities have been consistently higher than in the shire counties .
town
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Even the smallest county town could become the Mecca of the surplus rural population.
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Salisbury, quiet cathedral city, the county town of Wiltshire near to which is the village in which Mr Pecksniff lives.
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Northampton was another elegant county town and regional market centre and was known far and wide for its horse fairs.
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Which are the county towns , where many people are employed in administration?
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Louth's county town , Dundalk, is very near Belfast.
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Chester, a flourishing county town , had the King's School founded in 1541.
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Not only was Buckinghamshire small, its inadequate internal communications served to check the evolution of a true county town .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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County elections are set for April 29.
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Cedric County , Kansas
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He served as a churchwarden from 1856 to 1863 and as a county magistrate.
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If the county meets state-set goals for such collections, it receives a bonus that can be used on any program.
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On rare occasions, owners fail to redeem their property and the county government deeds it over to the investor.
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People have a great sense of affection for the county and for their district.
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Rural counties such as Gwynedd suffer particularly since they often have very low density settlements, rugged terrain and relatively poor roads.
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The actual definition of key settlements, the hierarchies of settlement types and the nomenclature adopted for these vary enormously among counties.
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Then the county reversed field and decided to award two separate contracts.
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While Williamson County shares problems with those other fast-growing counties, local officials have handled the growth better than most.