physical surroundings

collocation in English

meaningsofphysicalandsurroundings

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physical
adjective
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/ˈfɪz.ɪ.kəl/us
/ˈfɪz.ɪ.kəl/
relating to ...
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surroundings
noun[plural]
uk
/səˈraʊn.dɪŋz/us
/səˈraʊn.dɪŋz/
the place where someone or something is and the things that are ...
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(Definition ofphysicalandsurroundingsfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Because the latter phenomenon is so closely tied to environmental attributes, thephysicalsurroundingsof germinating seeds will be discussed first.
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The existingphysicalsurroundings, machines, work contracts, and forms of association were seen to embody an obsolete functional arrangement of space.
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But the successful host and circle leader needed to provide far more than merephysicalsurroundings, important though those were.
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The dead fish incident also evokes concerns related to ecology and pollution, and the early-modern man's relation to and perception of hisphysicalsurroundings.
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This determines a man's life perhaps more than any other thing in hisphysicalsurroundings, especially in cold weather.
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But one of the many things we can decide, and do, by ourselves is to preserve and enhance the beauty of ourphysicalsurroundings.
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The quality of thephysicalsurroundingsalso contributes to drawing power—another element in world status.
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There are not the samephysicalsurroundingsas we think of in those we knew before the last war.
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Local authorities, especially in the great cities, are increasingly concerned with thephysicalsurroundingsin which people live and work.
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Providing an adequate level of health service in suchphysicalsurroundingsis extremely difficult.
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We must see to it that the generations who follow us do not condemn us for what we did to ourphysicalsurroundings.
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It is important because thephysicalsurroundingsgive people a message as to the value that is placed on what happens in those homes.
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It adds ignominy and increased penalties to one kind of bookmaker merely because of thephysicalsurroundingsin which he conducts his business.
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I acknowledge immediately that our own procedures andphysicalsurroundingsare very different from those in another place.
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The advantages of the proposal is that the child would be in more sympatheticphysicalsurroundings.
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We must think about thephysicalsurroundingsof a court for a child and how intimidating and bewildering the proceedings are.
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Only betterphysicalsurroundingswere needed.
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Although the administrative responsibility will change in the immediate future, the child will not notice a great deal of difference because thephysicalsurroundingswill be very much the same.
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I accept that thephysicalsurroundingsare an indicator of the regard in which homes are held by the public and by those working in the service.
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