agricultural settlement

collocation in English

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agricultural
adjective
uk
/ˌæɡ.rɪˈkʌl.tʃər.əl/us
/ˌæɡ.rəˈkʌl.tʃɚ.əl/
used for farming or relating ...
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settlement
noun
uk
/ˈset.əl.mənt/us
/ˈset̬.əl.mənt/
an official agreement that finishes ...
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(Definition ofagriculturalandsettlementfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The residents of a remoteagriculturalsettlement(' kibbutz '), aged 40 and over, were also included in the sample.
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Of particular interest is the destructive impact of iron production andagriculturalsettlementon the forest resources of the region.
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We have before us theagriculturalsettlementof last weekend.
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Is it not possible to contemplateagriculturalsettlementof some of these refugees in the rural areas of the new territories?
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Under the terms of the loan, among the other purposes to which the money is to be applied, is that ofagriculturalsettlement.
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Side by side with that, it cannot be said that schemes of usefulagriculturalsettlementcould not be organised.
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That brings us to the heart of many speeches made tonight — theagriculturalsettlementreached over the weekend.
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It is clear to me, from the discussions that have taken place and from my knowledge of the whole problem, that the real help lies inagriculturalsettlement.
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Agriculturalsettlementschemes which are given as an example of what can be done in a local setting will obviously not be profitable, but they have an immense social value.
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For a long time it was anagriculturalsettlement.
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Until 1730, it was a fishing andagriculturalsettlement.
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Originally a village (first written mention of which dates from 1159), later municipality (since 1849), it remained a predominantlyagriculturalsettlementuntil the 1960s.
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Years pass and the survivors have set up anagriculturalsettlement.
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They were extremely isolated, short of supplies, and initially ill-suited to carve anagriculturalsettlementfrom the frontier.
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Until 1935 the village had been a purelyagriculturalsettlementfor centuries.
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At that time, the town was growing from a small fishing andagriculturalsettlementinto a fashionable seaside resort.
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The island was first settled in the 19th century as a fishing andagriculturalsettlement.
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Onceagriculturalsettlementoccurred, the trail served a similar purpose.
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Remnants of their chieflyagriculturalsettlementare still found in local architecture, cemeteries, farms and mills, and the area remains largely rural to this day.
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Owing to the high demand for land in the district, two areas of the reserve were excised and sold foragriculturalsettlement.
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