proposed reservoir

collocation in English

meaningsofproposedandreservoir

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proposed
adjective
uk
/prəˈpəʊzd/
us
/prəˈpoʊzd/
suggested as a possible plan or action for people ...
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reservoir
noun[C]
uk
/ˈrez.ə.vwɑːr/
us
/ˈrez.ɚ.vwɑːr/
a place for storing liquid, especially a natural or artificial lake providing water for a city or ...
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(Definition ofproposedandreservoirfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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If approved, thisproposedreservoirwill cost about £4½ million.
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This is being co-ordinated with an inquiry in respect of aproposedreservoiron a part of the site.
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Indeed, they occur in the same neighbourhood but outside the limits of theproposedreservoir.
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There is a great deal of talk, locally and elsewhere, about the loss of amenity which thisproposedreservoirwould create.
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It would not be possible for any of these others sources to take the place of theproposedreservoir.
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One hundred and forty-two acres would be covered by theproposedreservoir.
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That inquiry was held last month and looked only at the size of theproposedreservoir.
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With regard to ancient monuments, they are not going to be submerged by theproposedreservoiror affected in any way.
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Theproposedreservoirand sluices will make available 88 million gallons of water per day additional to the present yield.
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The effect of theproposedreservoirwill be totally to submerge twenty-two homesteads, including an area of not less than 2,000 acres.
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These will be widened to supply water to theproposedreservoirand faced as at present with the local granite, but certainly not with concrete as has been suggested.
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But, of course, it would mean that an area at the upper part of theproposedreservoirof about 1,500 acres would remain agricultural land for the present.
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In total, theproposedreservoirwas anticipated to cover an area of 10700 sqmi and have a capacity of 1300000000acre.ft km3-1.
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In addition, a host of immediate anthropogenic threats confront the only remaining breeding pond of the frog: a proposed residential development, new and expanded highways, and aproposedreservoir.
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Severe problems were feared from the thick ice expected to remain well past winter in the proposed reservoirs.
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