county library

collocation in English

meaningsofcountyandlibrary

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county
adjective
uk
/ˈkaʊn.ti/us
/ˈkaʊn.t̬i/
behaving in a way that is typical of rich people with a high social position who live in large houses in ...
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library
noun[C]
uk
/ˈlaɪ.brər.i/us
/ˈlaɪ.brer.i/
a building, room, or organization that has a collection of books, documents, music, and sometimes things such as tools or artwork, for people to borrow, usually ...
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(Definition ofcountyandlibraryfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It will thus be divorced, as it is now, from thecountylibraryservice.
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Every school in the borough is supplied by the library as agent for thecountylibrary.
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I have watched in my own county the growth of thecountylibraryservice over many years.
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Another possible help would be the extension of thecountylibraryscheme.
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In some cases the dissolution ofcountylibraryservices would take place against the wishes of the county council and the new district councils.
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I do not agree that it is necessary to have acountylibraryservice in order to have co-operation between town and country.
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It is difficult to see that the requirements of the specialist and the researcher can be met from even thecountylibrary.
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Probably the bedridden ratepayer who cannot enjoy a swimming pool gets enormous benefit, disproportionate benefit, out of thecountylibrary.
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I do not know how acountylibrarycould be chopped up into three, four or more different unitary authorities and which would get which books.
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My experience is that people from the villages around my small town come into the town to our library because they cannot get what they want from acountylibrary.
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The newcountylibraryprovides a number of special services including summer reading programs and public meeting rooms.
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To support this new population, a petition was passed to establish acountylibrarydistrict.
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Likewise, books can be returned to anycountylibrarybranch.
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The rotunda on the central hill houses thecountylibraryand a central cafeteria.
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The building served as a high school until 1920; in the following year, thecountylibrarymoved into the building, where it remained until 1976.
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During its 59 year history as acountylibrarysystem, the collection has grown from 35,000 items to more than 1.3 million items.
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It was originally built as a residence, but was adapted for use as acountylibraryin 1949.
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It is independent of the state andcountylibrarysystems.
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This area is home to the county courthouse, the county jail and thecountylibrary.
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There, she established acountylibraryprogram, created as a regional approach to serve towns that could not support local libraries on their own.
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