rural village

collocation in English

meaningsofruralandvillage

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rural
adjective
uk
/ˈrʊə.rəl/us
/ˈrʊr.əl/
in, of, or like ...
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village
noun
uk
/ˈvɪl.ɪdʒ/us
/ˈvɪl.ɪdʒ/
a group of houses and other buildings that is smaller than a town, usually in ...
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(Definition ofruralandvillagefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The last previous national census of the population in the 3 arrondissements, carried out in 1987, gave a totalruralvillagepopulation of 76 781.
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The reworking of the local community, be it an urban quartier or aruralvillage, which this brought about was, however, a phenomenon that had important legacies.
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In 1700 this was a smallruralvillageof perhaps thirty houses, scattered over a handful of distinct, tiny hamlets.
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There is in my constituency an attractiveruralvillage.
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I was brought up in aruralvillage.
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Under the present licensing system,ruralvillageafterruralvillageis losing its services.
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In everyruralvillageone finds a garage and a shop.
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It is a smallruralvillageand a conservation area.
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That is a case where aruralvillagehas managed to obtain a regulation.
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However, there are also well substantiated advantages in the environment of aruralvillageschool.
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There is no reason why theruralvillageshould be excluded from the global village.
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That move will adversely affect small business enterprises in both towns and cities but particularly in theruralvillageareas.
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I endorse much of what she described so eloquently as the distressing results of the closure of ourruralvillageschools.
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If that happens, it will undoubtedy threaten the survival of sub-post offices andruralvillageshops, with which they are so often connected.
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In aruralvillage, how is one supposed to differentiate between business and domestic addresses, or are all the addresses in the area to suffer a downgraded service?
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Every year the gap is getting wider and the shortfalls are getting bigger, yet the costs of maintaining smallruralvillageschools are not decreasing, but increasing.
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One can welcome the proposedruralvillage"enhancement factor" to give extra grants for small village schemes and the recognition of the importance of the private rented sector.
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No longer can these commons and greens be regarded as one of the treasures of aruralvillage.
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For example,ruralvillagepost offices, as in my constituency, tend to be flat on income or even squeezed out.
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