outlying region
collocation in Englishmeaningsofoutlyingandregion
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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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region
noun[C]
uk/ˈriː.dʒən/us/ˈriː.dʒən/
a particular area or part of the world, or any of the large official areas into which a country ...
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(Definition ofoutlyingandregionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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It does not matter if there is some delay in their taking their holiday through having to journey by train to anoutlyingregion.
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These population complexes hosted cultural and civic events and infrastructure that supported a vastoutlyingregionhundreds of miles away linked by transportation roadways.
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Despite its tribulations, the gendarmerie was a major late-empire institution, performing a range of tasks in outlying regions as part of the central government's ambitious reform initiative.
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This illustrates the importance of the tuna fleet and industry based in less developed, outlying regions that are highly dependent on the fisheries sector.
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As a result, outlying regions are penalised twice over.
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What began as a policy of aid to outlying regions has become a policy of aid to regions of high unemployment.
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Without doubt the outlying regions suffer from two particular problems.
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If we are doing that, surely we should do no less for the outlying regions.
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Once the outlying regions resulting from previous enlargements having been exhausted, there is a need to grow further and to reach new markets.
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Again, there is the position of tourism which affects particularly many of the outlying regions.
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Second, the extent to which outlying regions and islands depend on the sea for contacts with their neighbours.
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Finally, we must still greatly concern ourselves with welfare, particularly in the more outlying regions of the world.
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At the same time, in our pyramid structure, in the outlying regions there are areas of law activity rates and high unemployment.
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Such teams will allow businesses established in outlying regions to have access to the new technologies they need to remain competitive and innovative.
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There is no doubt that collaboration or perhaps mergers or overlap in the outlying regions could be of great advantage to all those taking part.
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The small ports, and mainly the ports in the outlying regions and the islands, are rather being left out of this promotion of marine transport.
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Air transport would become the best way to transport goods and passengers to certain islands and outlying regions.
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It is the tourism of depressed and outlying regions, where tourism enables people to eke out a living and, in many cases, is the only economic resource.
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However, fresh and lively ideas must be considered so that post offices in outlying regions may be given a new lease of life well into the next century.
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There is a real problem, especially in rural and outlying regions, because once the transmission is privatised the cost will be disproportionately high for many of those areas.
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