nearby factory

collocation in English

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nearby
adverb
adjective
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/ˌnɪəˈbaɪ/us
/ˌnɪrˈbaɪ/
not ...
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factory
noun[C]
uk
/ˈfæk.tər.i/us
/ˈfæk.tɚ.i/
a building or set of buildings where large amounts of goods are made ...
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(Definition ofnearbyandfactoryfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Suspicion turned to two security guards in anearbyfactory.
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One of the streets leading towards the city centre was covered with turpentine from anearbyfactory.
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But when the sounds of anearbyfactorydisturbed and awakened him, he emerged from under ground and attacked that factory.
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Similarly, when he asks one of the students to read aloud, he is annoyed at the noise from thenearbyfactorythat mars the reading.
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In the past, limestone was mined underneath the mountain and transported to anearbyfactory.
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A crowd of several hundred people gathered as anearbyfactorysounded its whistle to mark the fateful hour.
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He also trained as a machinist at anearbyfactory.
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The owner of anearbyfactorysteps up and offers to help her father until his conditions get better.
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Several large mines lie to the northwest, and the ore from them was shipped to anearbyfactoryin industrial areas.
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Domne station stayed open in order to man thenearbyfactoryslidings although trains do not stop.
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Eklund began to use textile waste to manufacture woven rag rugs from anearbyfactory.
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The workers regrouped and other laborers joined them from nearby factories and workers' residential colonies.
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In addition, the area surrounding the city is rich with travertine deposits, which are refined into tiles in nearby factories.
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They worked at the downtown hotels, the meat packing plants and the nearby factories then located near downtown industrial areas.
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The station had a stabling yard located at the southern end, as well as a number of industrial sidings serving nearby factories.
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The fish were processed in nearby factories, allowing the fish to be sold over great distances.
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The women workers marched to nearby factories bringing out over 50,000 workers on strike.
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It has been associated with environmental problems because of the discharge from nearby factories.
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The neighborhood was often noted to be tight-knit, where many people living in the area worked in the nearby factories and knew each other by name.
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By 2011, the majority of the world's population lived in industrialized urban areas featuring nearby factories and business offices rather than in traditional rural areas where agricultural activities predominate.
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