remote town

collocation in English

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remote
adjective
uk
/rɪˈməʊt/us
/rɪˈmoʊt/
far away ...
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town
noun
uk
/taʊn/us
/taʊn/
a place where people live and work, containing many houses, shops, places of work, places of entertainment, etc., and usually larger than a village but smaller than ...
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(Definition ofremoteandtownfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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This is because it makes it feel that a project or activity belongs to it and not to aremotetownhall or to central government.
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American visitors saw little promise in theremotetown.
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He spent the rest of his life to bring about a transformation in this smallremotetownwhich was his greatest achievement in many ways.
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Was there a company mail boat that carried it, or was there aremotetownwith its own post office?
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Some time later, he arrives in someremotetownplanning to peddle his wares to the locals.
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It was first created in 1974, and is named after theremotetownof the same name.
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There are around 30, 000 stores all around the country, even in the mostremotetownthere is usually one.
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Before gems were found, it is a smallremotetownwith 1-2 convoys for each month.
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I can imagine very remote towns in which people were affected by people being on strike.
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This kind of addressing is only used in remote towns or small communities near highways.
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Remote towns, initially isolated from the disease, slowly succumbed.
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For months at a time, he would travel to remote towns and villages, carrying with him only his art supplies.
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It is sometimes common that in remote towns or non-planned areas inside the cities that the streets do not have any name and the houses do not have numbers.
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No consideration was given to offering an automatic transmission due to the anticipated difficulty in obtaining service in remote towns.
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The train travels through dense rainforests and towering mountains past golden temples; rubber plantations and fields of frangiapani, tapioca, sunflowers and mango orchards; and remote towns and villages.
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In addition, remote towns and villages in the hills are connected to important road junctions and bus routes by a vast network of crowded share jeeps.
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