narrow passage

collocation in English

meaningsofnarrowandpassage

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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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passage
noun
uk
/ˈpæs.ɪdʒ/us
/ˈpæs.ɪdʒ/
a usually long and narrow part of a building with rooms on one or both sides, or a covered path that ...
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(Definition ofnarrowandpassagefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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A test course was setup with anarrowpassagefor the robots.
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Two stationary obstacles, shown by thick lines, are placed in the environment with anarrowpassage.
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Passing through anarrowpassagewill be mostly preferable as long as the robot does not collide there.
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The long andnarrowpassageis evenly lit by a continuous glazed roof with open spandrel arches that provide a good level of daylight.
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The dog crept into anarrowpassageand defendant left it there.
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Some can be entered by crawling through anarrowpassage.
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It guards anarrowpassageof 35m ft width.
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It will throw an expense on the local authorities to keep in order this wider and longer passage as compared with the presentnarrowpassage.
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In ancient times this provided anarrowpassagefor men and horses.
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Anarrowpassageleads to a lagoon, with many detached coral patches within the reef.
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After the circumambulation, the exit is through a pit or anothernarrowpassagesymbolic of death.
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Passing through thenarrowpassageis indicative of passage through life.
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The temple has a square sanctum ("garbhagriha") which is surrounded by anarrowpassageway.
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Each of these parts has its own enormous hollow connected with anarrowpassage.
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Pirate attacks have not stopped the 50,000 ships that annually transit thenarrowpassage.
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There were steps leading through anarrowpassageback to the springs.
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Struggling through thenarrowpassagehe stumbled forward into the smoke-filled pilot's compartment.
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At low engine speeds vanes are almost closed creating anarrowpassagefor the exhaust.
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I think there are places where twelve may be too many, as for instance at the entrance to anarrowpassageor something of that sort.
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It runs northwest through anarrowpassage, and according to what they told us, it communicates with others much larger.
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In its present form, the site consists of an open circular chamber 10ft m in diameter with anarrowpassage.
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It passes mountains with a prodigious step, peers superciliously into shanties, and moves through anarrowpassagein a quarry.
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Each of the 11 chambers is reached from the southeast via a longnarrowpassage(712 m long).
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You go through anarrowpassageleading out of the saloon, and find yourself in a fairly large garden...
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It is surrounded on all sides by anarrowpassageintended to walk around sacred images while worshipping.
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