narrow street

collocation in English

meaningsofnarrowandstreet

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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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street
noun[C]
uk
/striːt/us
/striːt/
a road in a city or town that has buildings that are usually close together along one or ...
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(Definition ofnarrowandstreetfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It is on anarrowstreet, with a few well-stocked antique shops and a couple of small, attractive bookstores.
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In addition, these vans were on both sides of the street, which is anarrowstreet.
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It is a very dangerous andnarrowstreet, and is entered by a corner at either end.
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It does seem to me very unjust that because a house is in a verynarrowstreetthe owner cannot get fair compensation.
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A very unsatisfactory state of affairs existed there because it was anarrowstreet.
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That is the value of thenarrowstreet.
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If the passage of omnibuses through anynarrowstreetwere prohibited by law, many of the most used omnibus routes would have to be closed.
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Mud spraying is most unpleasant when one is trying to overtake a vehicle on a motorway or when it passes through anarrowstreet.
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The structure was at that time set in thenarrowstreetbetween low-rise 17th century buildings.
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One had come down a hill, heavily laden, in anarrowstreet, round a bend, to meet his colleague coming up in an empty lorry.
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A slum does not necessarily mean anarrowstreet.
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The trouble has arisen from the fact that there is a verynarrowstreetin which pedestrians get off on the near side.
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Supposing you have a verynarrowstreet—doubtless a very unsatisfactorynarrowstreet—and in that street you have a good house.
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The trams have been allowed to go down thenarrowstreet.
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I had to wait twenty-five seconds in anarrowstreetwith vehicles parked on both sides.
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It is anarrowstreetwhich used to be congested, and it is now proposed to widen it.
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Sometimes when one is standing in anarrowstreetlooking at ancient buildings one can see industrial buildings that spoil the skyline.
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In practice, the local authorities in the past have not dealt ungenerously, unfairly, or unjustly with the proprietors of the imaginary small cottage surrounded by thenarrowstreet.
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Because a person is unfortunate enough to live in a house in anarrowstreet, the owner, if he keeps it in a sanitary condition, is not responsible.
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