inner-city school
collocation in Englishmeaningsofinner-cityandschool
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inner-city
adjective[before noun]
uk/ˌɪn.ə ˈsɪt.i/us/ˌɪn.ɚ ˈsɪt̬.i/
in the central part of a city where people live and where there are often problems because people are poor and there are few jobs and bad houses, or relating to areas ...
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school
noun
uk/skuːl/us/skuːl/
a place where children go to ...
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(Definition ofinner-cityandschoolfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The suburban school had three different tracks and theinner-cityschoolhad five.
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My daughter is a teacher in aninner-cityschool.
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The children may come from aninner-cityschoolthat is failing.
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It will do nothing to resolve the small problems in thatinner-cityschool.
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Thatinner-cityschoolshould be commended rather slated on a minor technicality.
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What is seen as problem behavior within aninner-cityschoolmay be viewed as creative self-expression by the suburban teachers and thus responded to with greater tolerance.
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Traditionally left out by financial constraints, manyinner-cityschoolstudents were completely excluded.
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At one school alongside the existing motorway, the incidence of asthma far exceeds that which one would expect in aninner-cityschool.
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The school—especially if it is aninner-cityschool—looks at his literature and thinks the product is a good idea.
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He is going to build and staff aninner-cityschoolwhich will change the life chances of inner-city children.
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I need not dwell at length at the question of city technology colleges, but they are targeted precisely oninner-cityschoolchildren to improve their life chances.
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Although located in a rural setting, it is typically considered aninner-cityschooldue the majority of its students from an inner-city environment.
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