narrow boundary
collocation in Englishmeaningsofnarrowandboundary
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narrow
adjective
uk/ˈnær.əʊ/us/ˈner.oʊ/
having a small distance from one side to the other, especially in comparison with ...
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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 ofnarrowandboundaryfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The interest group has attempted to navigate anarrowboundarybetween insider and outsider politics, making any concrete statement of its political identity elusive.
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The irregularity in the temperature contour and relativelynarrowboundarylayer were caused by strong turbulent interaction in the immediate vicinity of the capillary wall.
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They behaved in such a way as perfectly to illustrate thenarrowboundarybetween prudery and prurience.
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We work hand in hand with scientists, but we are mutually exclusive, except on a verynarrowboundary.
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On one side of thatnarrowboundarythe judges were given the power to sentence and on the other side it was taken away.
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The problem of building intelligent systems is rapidly crossing the narrow boundaries of academia to become an industrial issue.
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To draw such narrow boundaries between them can only produce problems and difficulties.
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They have been limited within their own narrow boundaries.
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Nothing will restrict freedom of choice in housing more than restricting movement to the narrow boundaries of the boroughs.
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At any rate, if we are able to discuss them it is only within such very narrow boundaries that we are not able to improve the proposals in any way.
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This allows much wider legal boundaries for collective bargaining, compared to the narrow boundaries for individual negotiations.
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