leafy suburb

collocation in English

meaningsofleafyandsuburb

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leafy
adjective
uk
/ˈliː.fi/us
/ˈliː.fi/
A leafy place is pleasant and has a lot ...
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suburb
noun
uk
/ˈsʌb.ɜːb/us
/ˈsʌb.ɝːb/
an area on the edge of a large town or city where people who work in the town or city ...
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(Definition ofleafyandsuburbfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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We considered three different areas—aleafysuburbwith large detached villas.
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The concept of a crime-freeleafysuburbis wrong.
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It would be nice if children could all be removed from the east end to aleafysuburb.
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That shows the stark contrast between rich and poor areas and between theleafysuburband the inner city.
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It is described as aleafysuburb.
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It was not in aleafysuburb.
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Sutton, a seemingly peaceful, green andleafysuburb, has had its share of tragedies.
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Bearsden is often described in our national dailies as aleafysuburb.
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Bromley truly is aleafysuburb.
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The affluent residents particularly disliked the lack of comfortable shopping facilities and the entrance to theirleafysuburbspoilt by this unsightly, chaotic mess.
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Hillsborough is aleafysuburbof nice but largely unremarkable 20th-century houses.
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Kenmore is aleafysuburbwith a high number of professional residents and families.
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We found lousy schools in beautiful leafy suburbs, and we found first class schools in run down, desolate slums.
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It includes former mining villages, large council estates, market towns, seaside resorts and leafy suburbs.
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It is sometimes assumed that my constituents are well-heeled citizens living in the leafy suburbs.
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That is happening not only in the leafy suburbs, but in some of the least advantaged communities in the country.
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We never placed them in the leafy suburbs.
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Lest anyone persists in the notion that my constituency consists of leafy suburbs, let me say that that is not the case.
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The problems of some areas that are sometimes described as leafy suburbs are neglected, even though they contain pockets of considerable deprivation.
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