street lighting
collocation in Englishmeaningsofstreetandlighting
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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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lighting
noun[U]
uk/ˈlaɪ.tɪŋ/us/ˈlaɪ.t̬ɪŋ/
the arrangement of lights used in a room, house, ...
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(Definition ofstreetandlightingfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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For example, the area boasted well-maintained public gardens, an electrified trolley system,streetlighting, and modern plumbing and sewer systems.
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Their perspective must have led to exaggeration of the extent, quality and popularity ofstreetlighting.
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Practical considerations held sway instreetlightingand in many other areas of urban improvement.
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Streetlighting, for instance, stretched the hours of active outdoor life past nightfall.
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Not everyone found the idea ofstreetlightingso important.
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In various editorials, he campaigned for improvedstreetlightingand road paving, waste disposal, public baths, a more efficient and comprehensive fire department and a better street-car system.
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Good facilities and local services were also important (the following were mentioned : shops, markets, post-office, health services,streetlighting, refuse collection, police, and local or mobile library).
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Streetlightingshared the urban-improvement spotlight with paving, water and sewers.
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Similarly, a general enthusiasm for new technology and 'progress' often contributed to the demand for astreetlightingsystem.
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The code is unlikely to make any significant difference to the cost ofstreetlightingon traffic routes.
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In practice, not many drivers use headlights when there is anystreetlighting.
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Most particularly, however, improvedstreetlightinghelps to give the public confidence.
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That clause lays down for the motorist two requirements of knowledge with regard tostreetlighting.
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There are few facilities such asstreetlightingand main roads.
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This consideration at present overrides all others, and operates no matter what authority is charged with the responsibility for the provision ofstreetlighting.
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Could not drivers be definitely prohibited from using headlights when thestreetlightingis satisfactory?
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The ideal is for thestreetlightingin a built-up area to be so good that a vehicle does not require any lights at all.
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The early installation ofstreetlightingon this stretch of road has been approved; detailed plans are being prepared.
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Local authorities' responsibilities forstreetlightingare taken into account in each year's local authority finance settlement.
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