major redevelopment
collocation in Englishmeaningsofmajorandredevelopment
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major
adjective
uk/ˈmeɪ.dʒər/us/ˈmeɪ.dʒɚ/
more important, bigger, or more serious than others of the ...
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redevelopment
noun[C or U]
uk/ˌriː.dɪˈvel.əp.mənt/us/ˌriː.dɪˈvel.əp.mənt/
the act or process of changing an area of a town by replacing old buildings, roads, etc. with ...
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(Definition ofmajorandredevelopmentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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It is not a problem of traffic only but ofmajorredevelopment.
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Local authorities will also be encouraged to do so for theirmajorredevelopmentschemes.
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As a result, amajorredevelopmentof the centre is being negotiated that will cost the best part of £150 million.
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The firm concerned has amajorredevelopmentplan.
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Perhaps, inmajorredevelopmentschemes, the local authorities could capitalise this type of expenditure rather than carry it as a deficit.
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But, alongside this stagnation in house building,majorredevelopmentschemes in the town have been allowed to go ahead.
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Yetmajorredevelopmentschemes were allowed to go ahead.
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I think that the most important aspect is that, while all this is going on, the person in the house is possibly delayingmajorredevelopment.
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Work has started on the final phase of amajorredevelopmentprogramme and the prison is due to reopen in 1986.
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Will he agree that where amajorredevelopmentoccurs at, say, an old railway station there are two types of development?
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Majorredevelopmentis the only solution, and a great deal is going on.
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There has been piecemeal redevelopment over the years, and a plannedmajorredevelopmentwas postponed in 1974–75.
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I am pleased thatmajorredevelopmentis going on at the moment to provide proper facilities.
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Plans were prepared, but these were overtaken by the movement away frommajorredevelopmenttowards conservation.
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I am well aware of the need formajorredevelopmentthere.
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However, we are entitled to ask which of two things will happen in the event of thatmajorredevelopmentgoing ahead.
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Therefore, we presented them with the facts and told them about the number of houses suffering from damp, those that needed rewiring and those that neededmajorredevelopment.
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That figure does not include seven further projects that are currently in development, or the investment required formajorredevelopmentprojects that do not require licensing applications.
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There is not all that difference between the closing of a branch railway line and some of the large,majorredevelopmentschemes in our main towns.
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Marylebone station has been extensively modernised as part of amajorredevelopmentof the area.
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