administrative boundary

collocation in English

meaningsofadministrativeandboundary

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administrative
adjective
uk
/ədˈmɪn.ɪ.strə.tɪv/us
/ədˈmɪn.ə.strə.t̬ɪv/
relating to the arrangements and work that is needed to control the operation of a plan ...
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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 ofadministrativeandboundaryfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofadministrative boundary

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I take an ordinary case where anadministrativeboundarybetween two authorities is a river.
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Such monopolies are defined by theadministrativeboundaryand not by the operational requirements of the task.
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But it is only anadministrativeboundaryacross which hundreds of thousands of citizens travel daily without knowledge of its existence.
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Anomalies tend to occur, and not just in the sphere of transport, wherever people living on either side of anadministrativeboundaryuse the same facilities.
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Its original purpose is unclear, but it may have been used as a defensive fortification or as anadministrativeboundary.
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The remaining two digits identify a geographical part of the province - there is no relation between the last two digits and anadministrativeboundary.
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The figures on the posts give the distance of the post, in kilometres, from a reference point such as a city centre, anadministrativeboundaryor some other point.
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There are striking instances of correlation between speech area boundaries and mediaeval administrative boundaries.
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Actual administrative boundaries could only be established with reference to survey and settlement maps, which were often inaccurate and almost always outdated.
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Thisadministrativeboundaryis very old.
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Filesets provide anadministrativeboundarythat can be used to set quotas and be specified in a policy to control initial data placement or data migration.
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Respecting local administrative boundaries necessarily increases levels of malapportionment.
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New administrative boundaries and conventions in counting student populations complicate comparison with 1991 data.
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Distribution transparency, while perhaps desirable in tightly coupled, reliable networks, cannot be provided in systems that are unreliable or span administrative boundaries.
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The geographical boundaries of the wetlands have nothing to do with any administrative boundaries.
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I am aware that economic changes seldom respect administrative boundaries.
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Clearly, the growth of population and new administrative boundaries must be reflected in the administration of local services.
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We must also consider the current review of local government, a timely reminder that administrative boundaries are not for ever or unchanging.
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