remote corner

collocation in English

meaningsofremoteandcorner

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remote
adjective
uk
/rɪˈməʊt/us
/rɪˈmoʊt/
far away ...
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corner
noun[C]
uk
/ˈkɔː.nər/us
/ˈkɔːr.nɚ/
the point, area, or line that is formed by the meeting of two lines, surfaces, ...
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(Definition ofremoteandcornerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The reorganization dramatically shrank the national security staff and shuffled it to aremotecornerof the agency.
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First, how would one discover secret arming going on in someremotecornerof the world?
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There it sits, in aremotecornerof the realm, feeding its quota of electricity into the national grid.
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It is difficult to see a tourist industry of any magnitude growing up in such aremotecorner.
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The idea of it being tucked away in someremotecorner, in 6-point type, as has happened in the past, is plainly not adequate.
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Those features may still exist in someremotecornerof the world, but the large multinational companies now reserve those privileges for very few, if any.
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His study was situated in aremotecornerof the house in a tower built exclusively for his convenience.
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Now the temple is known by each and everyremotecornerof the locale.
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Workers lacked mosquito nets and even blankets to protect themselves from nights of exposure in remote corners of the forest.
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It has spread to the most remote corners of our land; and obviously there must be a cause.
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Now, that is the old method of considering the difficulty, especially in the more remote corners of the world.
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One has heard horrific stories of those up to the age of 16 being dumped in remote corners of appalling prisons.
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The private sector delivers milk and newspapers to the most remote corners of our country without the need for monopoly milkmen or paperboys.
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Similarly, schools in some of the more remote corners of the country may find that there are not very many people with whom to compare notes.
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During those years, he spent significant time backpacking to remote corners of the world.
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In 1915, his fantastic stories of scientists hunting rare species in the remote corners of the world started appearing.
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Sanderson discussed the possibility of dinosaurs surviving in remote corners of the world.
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