square yard

collocation in English

meaningsofsquareandyard

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square
adjective
uk
/skweər/us
/skwer/
having the shape of ...
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yard
noun[C]
uk
/jɑːd/us
/jɑːrd/
a unit of measurement equal to three feet or approximately ...
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(Definition ofsquareandyardfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsquare yard

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Carpets were put down at £24 asquareyard.
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The corporation pays so much persquareyardper annum.
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The amount of labour required to make asquareyardof linen exceeds that required to make asquareyardof cotton.
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The effort to imagine their contents, when in use, was like undertaking to count the grains of asquareyardof sea-beach.
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How much carpeting was supplied and at what cost persquareyard, on average?
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We rescued ourselves and not onesquareyardof territory has been yielded to the enemy.
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The cost then comes out at £4 asquareyard, and the running costs are high.
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I understand that the cost is about £2 persquareyard.
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In another area there was not asquareyardof land upon which to build houses.
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Five years ago£10 persquareyardwas considered an excessive price.
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When the holes are drilled, the concrete is trodden into those £24 persquareyardcarpets.
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That is at the rate of £5 persquareyard—a very large sum.
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A site was bought about two years ago at£19 persquareyard.
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The three urban authorities, and everysquareyardin my constituency is a depressed area.
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When you come to production, every availablesquareyardmust be made to produce food.
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It does not propose to extend its area of supply by a singlesquareyard.
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He said that he wanted from £10 to £20 persquareyard.
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In one case, we paid £100 asquareyardfor land for city improvements and for houses.
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Has one ever heard of a farmer who voluntarily gives up onesquareyardof land, let alone anything else?
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Everysquareyardof by far the greater part of our built-up areas has to be covered.
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A battle royal for everysquareyardof open space in the country will be raging shortly.
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It probably has more crush barriers persquareyardthan almost any other ground in the country.
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Probably more construction persquareyardis going on there than in any other city in the country.
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We make contracts for perhaps fifteen years at so much asquareyardover the whole street.
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