western boundary

collocation in English

meaningsofwesternandboundary

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western
adjective
uk
/ˈwes.tən/us
/ˈwes.tɚn/
in or from the west of ...
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boundary
noun[C]
uk
/ˈbaʊn.dər.i/us
/ˈbaʊn.dər.i/
a real or imagined line that marks the edge or limit ...
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(Definition ofwesternandboundaryfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Examination of thewesternboundarylayer shows the usual westward intensification as in transport theories.
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Silver birches would be planted along thewesternboundaryto screen off the tall buildings outside the site on that side.
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Thewesternboundary(dotted line) is uncertain.
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There are excellent schools on both sides of the presentwesternboundaryof the vale.
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Part of thewesternboundaryof that constituency must have edged on to bits of my constituency, which is large.
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This road runs fairly close to thewesternboundaryof the town.
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Five of those representatives live within half a mile of thewesternboundaryof that district.
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Green belt policy is extremely important to my constituents, because the green belt largely forms thewesternboundaryof my constituency.
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But this does not mean to say that it may not be desirable to re-draw thewesternboundary, which is the one that forms the county boundary.
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Thiswesternboundaryand its northern boundaries are demarcated by the remains of an ancient woodbank with a ditch on the outer side.
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On the southwesternboundaryis an almshouse.
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However, long, straight edges are an exception, not a necessary property ofwesternboundarycurrents.
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The aircraft's compromised wing hit an embankment on the section line road forming the airport'swesternboundaryand cartwheeled across the ground.
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It is thought that the excavation uncovered thewesternboundary-wall of the hospital with another building (possibly a bakery) built against the wall's east face.
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A ridgeline of exposed bedrock, also referred to as a hogback, is a prominent feature along thewesternboundary.
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The southern and eastern boundaries are determined via roads and the smallwesternboundary, via a railway line.
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Thewesternboundaryof the parish is a stream that also forms the county boundary.
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This flow is returned towards the pole in an intensifiedwesternboundarycurrent.
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It still forms thewesternboundaryof the parish.
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It was created in 1881 with the expansion of the province'swesternboundary, eliminated in 1886, re-established in 1892, and finally abolished in 1999.
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