provincial town

collocation in English

meaningsofprovincialandtown

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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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town
noun
uk
/taʊn/us
/taʊn/
a place where people live and work, containing many houses, shops, places of work, places of entertainment, etc., and usually larger than a village but smaller than ...
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(Definition ofprovincialandtownfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Prior to 1949, it was a rather small,provincialtown, largely isolated from the currents of change in other par ts of the country.
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Just think of an oldprovincialtown, where the joiners built windows during the winter to have in stock for later use.
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Ottoman subjects also organized such campaigns: residents of a neighborhood or aprovincialtown, representatives of various confessional communities, or voluntary societies of various sorts.
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He is no longer in aprovincialtown.
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Take the weekly wage of a postman in a largeprovincialtown.
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Certainly, it could not be found in anyprovincialtown.
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I doubt whether there is aprovincialtownin this country which could equal that.
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I happened to be in aprovincialtownon the day of its university's degree congregation.
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In aprovincialtownpeople know who are representing them on the local councils.
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In aprovincialtowneveryone counts for something.
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It is not intended that in everyprovincialtownthere is to be a law school.
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Data can be processed just as easily and speedily in someprovincialtown.
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We are not a little village, and we are not aprovincialtown.
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A correspondent wrote to me from a largeprovincialtowncomplaining that she could not secure justice in respect of proceedings she wished to institute for maintenance against her husband.
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I know an estate outside aprovincialtownwhich was developed between the two wars, and which most people regard as one of the finest examples in that area.
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Our people there have to forgo the arrogance which is not becoming anywhere, even in aprovincialtownback home.
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That means an area of ground with measurements ranging from 800 to 1,000 yards—quite a substantial area near a great city or aprovincialtown.
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That is not one of the cities which has been mentioned, but it is aprovincialtownof considerable importance.
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Instead of having to ask to set up a company in aprovincialtown, they can be given a general authority to do that sort of thing.
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