outlying area

collocation in English

meaningsofoutlyingandarea

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outlying
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈaʊtˌlaɪ.ɪŋ/us
/ˈaʊtˌlaɪ.ɪŋ/
far away from main towns and cities, or far from the centre of ...
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area
noun
uk
/ˈeə.ri.ə/us
/ˈer.i.ə/
a particular part of a place, piece of land, ...
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(Definition ofoutlyingandareafrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The whole point of people going to auoutlyingareato provide alternative accommodation would be the cost.
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That may be allowed to happen as long as they return to the subject after a brief spell in theoutlyingarea.
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She will find in it that the most conclusive argument is that the actual profit made by the firms surveyed in theoutlyingareawas almost always very low.
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Until the incorporation of the town and consequently the district, the area west of the university was considered anoutlyingarea.
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The town itself has approximately 110 residents and theoutlyingareahas a population of roughly 600.
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From 1790 onwards, twelve quarries are known to have been worked, with others in theoutlyingarea.
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Perhaps, too, in thisoutlyingarea, they had survived the upheavals of the intervening time and had not sustained any serious damage.
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Each serves the town and itsoutlyingarea.
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Theoutlyingareawas divided into small farms.
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Overlaps are not allowed and anoutlyingareais assigned to the core area where it has the highest commuter ratio.
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Its large teaching hospital attracted many of the inhabitants of the villages in the outlying areas to use its services.
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This climate is ideal for growing farmed crops in the summer such as sweet corn and squash, leaving much of theoutlyingareamarked with large tracts of farmland.
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Even as outlying areas attracted a wealthier population of commuters, no consensus developed regarding the proper provisioning of settlements.
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Outlying areas of each city were included as part of the catchment area for the survey.
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As outlying areas were settled, land first used for seasonal grazing gradually became used more intensively.
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These houses are concentrated in the so-called outlying areas.
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The private sector has been able to manage these challenges better than the public sector, with public facilities located in outlying areas the worst affected.
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Prior to 1880, however, suburban developers and rural governments did not possess the authority or the capital to provide such services in scattered outlying areas.
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