narrow space
collocation in Englishmeaningsofnarrowandspace
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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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space
noun
uk/speɪs/us/speɪs/
an empty area that is available to ...
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(Definition ofnarrowandspacefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofnarrow space
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The inspection devices are specially designed and manufactured so that they are small enough to act freely in thenarrowspacebetween the tubes.
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The majority of these structures are situated in thenarrowspacebetween pronuclei.
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The snake-like arms fixed on the upper platform can be lowered into thenarrowspacebetween the tubes.
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The tubes are installed in layers and there arenarrowspaceamong the tubes.
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The moving mechanisms, inspecting device applied innarrowspaceand control system are introduced.
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The appeal to wider arguments in the public sphere helped to widen thenarrowspacethat existed for those excluded from the elite to voice their opinions.
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The somewhatnarrowspaceof the completed auditorium meets the functional requirements of a small lecture hall, but it is not very good for anything else.
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The problem of interference between the inspection devices and the boiler due to thenarrowspaceand deep layer is also solved by using a snake-like arm.
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Soane creates three rooms in thenarrowspace, accentuating the experience of place rather than passage.
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In thatnarrowspaceof 45 years these artificial barriers between villages have been broken down by the motor bus.
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In a firing position, the loader was in anarrowspaceabout three feet in diameter.
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They may be in evening dress, for example, and there is sometimes a rathernarrowspacebetween two lines of traffic when cars are parked on each side.
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James's, where cars are legitimately parked on both sides of the road, leaving a verynarrowspacefor the two-way traffic in between.
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Paul's by seeing it through thatnarrowspace.
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The motorway and railway mainline occupy thenarrowspacebetween the steep hills and the shore.
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Carried in a pocket, a pipe will occasionally pick up small bits of lint which works its way into thenarrowspacearound a reed.
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It was the dry season, and the heat disabled the defenders, who were crowded within anarrowspace.
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Thus, it is represented as 5 narrow bar/narrowspacepairs, followed by a wide bar/wide space.
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The entire floor, except anarrowspaceround the sides, is occupied by a hot-water bath from one to eighteen inches deep.
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