southern province

collocation in English

meaningsofsouthernandprovince

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southern
adjective
uk
/ˈsʌð.ən/
us
/ˈsʌð.ɚn/
in or from the south part of ...
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province
noun
uk
/ˈprɒv.ɪns/
us
/ˈprɑː.vɪns/
one of the areas that a country or empire is divided into as part of the organization of its government, which often has some control over its own ...
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(Definition ofsouthernandprovincefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsouthern province

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More is known about penances imposed in 1311 in thesouthernprovince.
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Events moved more slowly and fitfully in thesouthernprovince.
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The northerners have suffered 190,000 more redundancies than have those in thesouthernprovince.
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For every redundancy in thesouthernprovinceduring the conservatives' reign, there have been two in the north.
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But the economy of thesouthernprovinceis significantly larger.
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Nonetheless, the climate in thissouthernprovinceis warm.
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It is one of the largest towns insouthernprovince.
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Sujatha vidyalaya is one of the best school insouthernprovince.
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The story is told in first person by an older man from asouthernprovince.
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Similar arrangements can be seen in the collection of exotic goods from the southern provinces of the kingdom.
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Official unemployment rates in some north-central provinces stand at 3% or less, while numerous southern provinces record rates of more than 20%.
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The southern provinces represent about 10 per cent of the country's area.
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Historically, overlordship coexisted with landlordship (but without large operational estates) in large parts of the central and southern provinces.
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The project has contributed significantly to opening up of thesouthernprovinceand made possible the development of agriculture and forest production in the project area.
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Some north-central regions have per capita incomes one and a half times the national average, while quite a number of southern provinces have less than half the national average.
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They say that the northern province is less in need than thesouthernprovince.
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Southern provinces are also characterized by an intensive agricultural activity, with on average two harvests a year and a more developed irrigation system than in other provinces.
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This applies notably to the unstable southern provinces, where the bulk of opium is produced.
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I regret that our attitude on this should have given rise to suspicions that we wish to detach the southern provinces from the north.
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He had ruled the southern provinces for 55 years.
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