rural surroundings
collocation in Englishmeaningsofruralandsurroundings
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rural
adjective
uk/ˈrʊə.rəl/us/ˈrʊr.əl/
in, of, or like ...
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surroundings
noun[plural]
uk/səˈraʊn.dɪŋz/us/səˈraʊn.dɪŋz/
the place where someone or something is and the things that are ...
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(Definition ofruralandsurroundingsfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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On his professorial appointment, he sought a 'retreat' for work inruralsurroundingsaway from city and university.
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Of course, there were limited openings for these men compared to inruralsurroundingsand this may have influenced the overall pattern of migration (see below).
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Schools which are conducted amidruralsurroundingsmay have a rural development in the school.
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There is an increasing demand for businesses to be located in pleasantruralsurroundings.
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The industry has a future in providing quality, safe and secure accommodation in lovely, mainlyruralsurroundings, principally for older people.
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Most of this country's 59 race courses are set in beautifulruralsurroundings; each course with its own unique characteristics.
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Ample provision should be made to keep these camps intact in reallyruralsurroundings.
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He talked about the pressures on green-field sites and the way in which structure plans seem to pay no regard to sensitiveruralsurroundings.
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They also showed that the parks are valued mostly for the peace and quiet they offer in pleasantruralsurroundings.
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I have in my constituency a number of very small industries which are situated in actualruralsurroundings.
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All are situated in beautiful and peacefulruralsurroundings—the antithesis of city life—and all are efficient, respected and valued.
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After all, they represent genuine demands from many people who wish to live in attractiveruralsurroundings.
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The senior children must be taken further afield, from seven, eight or even nine villages, in order to give them a proper secondary education inruralsurroundings.
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On the other hand, we cannot simply resist these market pressures; after all they represent genuine demands from many people who wish to live in attractiveruralsurroundings.
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These are not the conditions one normally associates with urban surroundings and, unless the conditions are such as one associates withruralsurroundings, motorists will not obey a speed limit.
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They may get a hurried day in the country, but they do not know what it is to have a week's holiday in clean, healthyruralsurroundings.
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Many firms go to parts of the country that have high qualityruralsurroundingsbecause they want to operate there and know that they can recruit staff to live there.
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Harefield hospital is in idyllicruralsurroundings.
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Gustaf describes theruralsurroundingsof his childhood as carefree and creative.
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The steeple could be seen from great distances, and the new monastery stood out from itsruralsurroundings.
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