provincial boundary

collocation in English

meaningsofprovincialandboundary

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provincial
adjective
uk
/prəˈvɪn.ʃəl/us
/prəˈvɪn.ʃəl/
relating to an area that is governed as part of a country or ...
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boundary
noun[C]
uk
/ˈbaʊn.dər.i/us
/ˈbaʊn.dər.i/
a real or imagined line that marks the edge or limit ...
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(Definition ofprovincialandboundaryfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofprovincial boundary

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They will be separated not merely by a unitary area boundary, but by aprovincialboundaryarea as well.
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In most cases, it travels within 10 km (6 mi) of theprovincialboundary.
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As this area was settled only at the time of the replacement of the old provincial system with the county system, the ancientprovincialboundaryis uncertain in this area.
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Sasolburg is 10 kilometers to the south, across theprovincialboundary.
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Therefore, it is very difficult to see how any redrawing of provincial boundaries could help in the solution there.
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The boundaries will be essentially different from any provincial boundaries hitherto recognised.
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That plea, if he had used it, would only hold good in so far as the readjustment of provincial boundaries was concerned.
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He would fight troops from other cliques if they encroached the provincial boundaries.
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The relative unimportance of provincial boundaries has become progressively more obvious as industry has tended to become more concentrated.
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The second provided that in such municipalities, the ward boundaries were not allowed to cross provincial boundaries.
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Early classifications tended to follow provincial boundaries or major geographical features.
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By definition, such risks can be evasive of provincial boundaries and usual methods of control.
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Back then, the city exported wooden utensils known far beyond the provincial boundaries.
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Territorially, each of the new themes encompassed several of the older provinces, and with a few exceptions, seems to have followed the old provincial boundaries.
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The old provincial boundaries continue to be used to determine the application of certain public holidays.
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Another was that pipelines crossing provincial boundaries and those leaving the country fall under federal jurisdiction.
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Goods and services, and the cash or credit which purchases them, flow freely from one part of the country to another without regard for provincial boundaries.
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Some provincial boundaries were changed.
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