large city

collocation in English

meaningsoflargeandcity

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large
adjective
uk
/lɑːdʒ/us
/lɑːrdʒ/
big in size ...
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city
noun[C]
uk
/ˈsɪt.i/us
/ˈsɪt̬.i/
a ...
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(Definition oflargeandcityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoflarge city

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Traces of many buildings on the site suggest that it was alargecitywith an extensive population following a variety of occupations.
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The project comprises two high-rise buildings on the sea-front of alargecity.
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The monolingual children were attending childcare programs in middle-class suburbs of alargecity.
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On the other hand, only 6 % exhibited a strong urban ideal (by choosing alargecityas the most pleasant place to live).
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They would then be able to afford some of the specialized higher order services now only possible in thelargecity.
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Nor could they afford to travel to alargecityand pay for a private clinic's services.
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The island strengthens the image of alargecitythat magically retains the touch of a tropical village.
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Here, our meta-population represents alargecityor municipality, and each patch represents a school and its local community.
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Almost without exception, in every middle-sized tolargecity, there are innovative design works that bear witness to some architects' and clients' vision and perseverance.
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Patchy vaccination in measles models a school, so that the meta-population as a whole forms alargecityor municipality.
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For the grown-up children in thelargecity, although they spent all their life in the city, they had never independently explored the city in which they spent their childhood.
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Our work indicates time to intervention as one of the key parameters for an effective control of a bioterrorist attack with smallpox in alargecity.
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So while the height limit applied to only one section of alargecity, the ordinance did not deny equal protection of the law to all classes of buildings.
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The results we report here hold when we refocus our analysis to the three largest cities in the state, as opposed to this focus on one exceedinglylargecity.
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Assertive community treatment for frequent users of psychiatric hospitals in alargecity: a controlled study.
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I imagine that other populations living near any airport in anylargecitywill have the same problem.
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They apply to every other conurbation and every otherlargecityin the country.
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At the moment, it has seven or eight retail distributive outlets in the grocery trade in the main street of anylargecity.
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I suggest that the drugs squads in everylargecityand town are in need of reinforcement.
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In alargecityyou get a number of hospitals.
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