street cleaning

collocation in English

meaningsofstreetandcleaning

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street
noun[C]
uk
/striːt/us
/striːt/
a road in a city or town that has buildings that are usually close together along one or ...
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cleaning
noun[U]
uk
/ˈkliː.nɪŋ/us
/ˈkliː.nɪŋ/
the activity of removing the dirt from things and places, especially in ...
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(Definition ofstreetandcleaningfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Such jobs may includestreetcleaning, gasoline pumping, vacuuming large carpets, washing aircraft, or inspecting pipelines from the inside.
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Officials from thestreetcleaningdepartment corroborated the testimony of health department doctors on the connection between population density and disease.
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Loans expended on methods of dry conservancy might have been recorded in the category for streets (since scavenging was a form ofstreetcleaning) or under ' other ' sanitary purposes.
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That includes temporary restrictions forstreetcleaningpurposes and temporary restrictions connected with road works.
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However, thestreetcleaningcontract will have to go out to tender.
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The unpleasant job ofstreetcleaningor labouring on public sewage farms is rewarded by a pittance of £22·26.
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It put out a single huge tender for its refuse collection services,streetcleaning, public convenience and building cleaning.
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These will include transport, police andstreetcleaningcosts.
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Does she agree that there are costs in terms of additionalstreetcleaningand provision of amenities associated with tourism?
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Is he aware that there have been complaints on the subject ofstreetcleaningfor nearly two years?
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Will he give us assurances on security andstreetcleaning?
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Overall, these notices covered building maintenance work, highway and sewer maintenance work, refuse collection,streetcleaning, ground maintenance work, building cleaning and vehicle maintenance.
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It is for each borough to make its own arrangements for thestreetcleaningservice it provides.
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Let me make one final point, aboutstreetcleaning.
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The second reason is that some local authorities simply do not putstreetcleaninghigh enough up their list of priorities.
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We have received a number of submissions from local authorities about our decision to extend competition deadlines forstreetcleaning.
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As regardsstreetcleaning, it specifies the day of sweeping, the type of sweeping and the day of the refuse collection.
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Moreover, every citizen benefits from street lighting,streetcleaning, refuse collection, road and pavement maintenance and, arguably, parks and other open spaces.
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I refer tostreetcleaning, refuse collection and the like.
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