industrial district
collocation in Englishmeaningsofindustrialanddistrict
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industrial
adjective
uk/ɪnˈdʌs.tri.əl/us/ɪnˈdʌs.tri.əl/
in or related to industry, or having a lot of industry and ...
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district
noun[C]
uk/ˈdɪs.trɪkt/us/ˈdɪs.trɪkt/
an area of a country or town that has fixed borders that are used for official purposes, or that has a particular feature that makes it different from ...
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(Definition ofindustrialanddistrictfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Above all, the canton and its adjacent territory to the south-east constituted an earlyindustrialdistrict that combined several types of work producing textiles.
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The potential of the ' 'industrialdistrict' ' remains to be tested further in future studies.
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That is the kind of thing you want to encourage in a greatindustrialdistrict.
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Is he aware that this is a growingindustrialdistrictcovering a wide area, and that this aerodrome has to provide for two cities?
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Rural technically, but it is anindustrialdistrict.
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Let me quote an example given to me by a federation of boys' clubs in anindustrialdistrict.
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Imagine the difficulty of proving this in a largeindustrialdistrictwhen you have selected a single manufacturer for prosecution.
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We are near to a bigindustrialdistrictwhich offers high wages.
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Supposing a manufacturer is alone, as is very often the case, in a largeindustrialdistrict.
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I have seen, in my ownindustrialdistrictand in others, an amazing change in the public attitude towards the police.
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No one will be returned from anindustrialdistrictunless pledged to take off the restriction.
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This is a serious matter for anindustrialdistrict.
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Anyone who sits for anindustrialdistrictknows that unemployment is far worse than it has ever been in our history.
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I would, and mine is anindustrialdistrict.
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In the oldindustrialdistrictwe have 3,500.
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I come from anindustrialdistrictwhich is also concerned with agriculture, and there is this atmosphere of unrest surrounding us wherever we go.
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I represent anindustrialdistrictwhere large numbers of men are engaged in the moving of the coal which has been obtained from the mines.
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Any such figure as that is quite beyond the power of anindustrialdistrictestablished in the distressed areas to bear.
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They will know that that area is not only an agricultural area but also that it is a still developingindustrialdistrict.
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Why are agricultural landowners to squeeze the ratepayer to the last drop, while similar advantages are denied to anindustrialdistrict?
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