outlying farm
collocation in Englishmeaningsofoutlyingandfarm
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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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farm
noun[C]
uk/fɑːm/us/fɑːrm/
an area of land, together with a house and buildings, used for growing crops and/or keeping animals as ...
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(Definition ofoutlyingandfarmfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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We want the man working on anoutlyingfarmto be brought in with the farmer and his wife.
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If the parish council is notified of an application, there is no certainty that the owner or occupier—the tenant—of a smalloutlyingfarmwill hear of the planning application.
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They have accommodation for 250 boys between the ages of 14 and 19 and for 50 boys of over 19 and men on anoutlyingfarm.
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In its final form, the villa consisted of some sixty-five rooms surrounding a courtyard, with a number ofoutlyingfarmbuildings.
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Many students travel for up to 25 kilometres from outlying farms and rural properties.
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Martin settles the mostoutlyingfarm, before it is burnt.
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This problem concerns not only rural areas where mobile shops visit outlying farms and cottages because the occupants cannot get to the shops.
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If we cannot get better communication with these outlying farms, efficiency will suffer.
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Unless that is done, the married shepherds and cattlemen will not go to the outlying farms.
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I think seventy-seven sorties were flown, and as a result food was brought to many outlying farms which otherwise would have been in extreme difficulties.
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Moreover, it is not easy to get a replacement at outlying farms.
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There is no doubt that, in some of the outlying farms electricity is a prime aid to efficiency.
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On these high, outlying farms—not so much because they are outlying, but because they are high—the problem is the high cost of production.
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Complaint was also made about the time occupied in transporting volunteers to outlying farms.
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I grant that it is a good plan, but it does not touch the outlying farms and the shepherds.
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Circumstances have hit a lot of these people and the result is that some of these outlying farms have been abandoned because of the difficulties caused by lack of transport.
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In these country districts there can easily be a walk of two-and-a-half or three miles from the outlying farms or homesteads to the place appointed for the poll.
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I honestly believe that it is to these more outlying farms that we have to look for an increase in cattle, sheep, poultry, and so on.
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There are two kinds of grid: there is the national grid and in rural areas there are grids which supply electricity to outlying farms and dwelling houses.
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It is the small man in the outlying farms for whom we must cater, and to do that we must to a certain extent neglect the towns.
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