national heritage

collocation in English

meaningsofnationalandheritage

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national
adjective
uk
/ˈnæʃ.ən.əl/us
/ˈnæʃ.ən.əl/
relating to or typical of a whole country and its people, rather than to part of that country or to ...
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heritage
noun
uk
/ˈher.ɪ.tɪdʒ/us
/ˈher.ɪ.t̬ɪdʒ/
features belonging to the culture of a particular society, such as traditions, languages, or buildings, that were created in the past and still have ...
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(Definition ofnationalandheritagefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofnational heritage

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A desire to contain urban spread and protect the countryside asnationalheritageoutweighed other economic considerations and the needs of the rural workforce.
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In other words they still do their utmost to maintain the so-callednationalheritageas a private domain.
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As a result, it is seen by most people as an aspect of theirnationalheritage, with little claim on political power.
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He considers the extent to which racial difference frustrates recognition of a commonnationalheritage.
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For this reason, a writer's output would enter the public domain five years after his or her death, where it became part of a sacrosanctnationalheritage.
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The fuss about the campaign makes one speculate about the need of the archaeological authorities to consolidate their self-appointed role as guardians of thenationalheritage.
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But there is an agenda here : the owners wish to promote their private property asnationalheritage, and that surely is the key issue which remains unresolved.
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This principle will permit the preservation of ournationalheritageonly if sufficient funds are forthcoming.
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Ournationalheritageof works of art has suffered a heavy drain since the turn of the century.
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Were that not so, he would not have gone on to be the secretary of thenationalheritagememorial fund.
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We argued that the ultimate, sometimes immediate, force of law was the only way to safeguard ournationalheritage.
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I announced that, earlier today, an extra 22 awards were made from thenationalheritagememorial fund for the lottery.
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Only today, there were another 22 grants from thenationalheritagememorial fund, which means that 4,600 different projects have benefited from the lottery.
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They have continued to be on site since then, and will remain on site until ournationalheritageis restored.
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Steam trains are part of ournationalheritage.
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Comments and suggestions by other bodies and individuals concerned with the preservation of ournationalheritagehave also been taken into account.
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These are of clear value to ournationalheritage.
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Perhaps there should be a special category ofnationalheritagefor objects about which the trustees are not unanimous.
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First, what do we mean by "nationalheritage", and, secondly, how do we as legislators do right by thatnationalheritage?
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