mining district

collocation in English

meaningsofmininganddistrict

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mining
noun[U]
uk
/ˈmaɪ.nɪŋ/us
/ˈmaɪ.nɪŋ/
the industry or activity of removing substances such as coal or metal from the ground ...
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district
noun[C]
uk
/ˈdɪs.trɪkt/us
/ˈdɪs.trɪkt/
an area of a country or town that has fixed borders that are used for official purposes, or that has a particular feature that makes it different from ...
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(Definition ofmininganddistrictfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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What a fate has faced them so far, and what a fate is still facing them in thatminingdistrict.
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There is not a miner in aminingdistrictwho does not know which mine is healthy and which is unhealthy.
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They can easily be arranged—an election in aminingdistrict, one in a city, one in an agricultural area.
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My constituency is aminingdistrict, and because of its nature we are precluded from having any heavy munition works.
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I was surprised to get that put to me from aminingdistrict.
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For instance, it seems ridiculous to me to allow a meat canning factory to be set up in aminingdistrict.
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I live in aminingdistrictand know some of these men.
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I am glad to say that conditions in theminingdistrictare now normal again.
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I remember a case in a coalminingdistrictwhere the hospital was closed entirely because there was a strike among the miners.
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I can show you houses in theminingdistrictthat were condemned in the forties as unfit for human habitation.
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But the bestminingdistrictis a grey place to live in.
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What can anyone get for a house in aminingdistricttoday?
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Every colliery that is closed in aminingdistrictmakes it more difficult for the others to carry on.
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Nobody who lives in aminingdistrictcan doubt the truth of that.
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There is poverty in practically everyminingdistrictof the country.
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In any case, the sickness to be found in aminingdistrictis double the amount in a purely agricultural district.
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I wonder whether he would go down to aminingdistrictand advocate the introduction of candles.
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That is an example of the threat to just oneminingdistricthovering over its sports fields.
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The only remaining thing is that you should separate the results of eachminingdistrict.
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