distant region
collocation in Englishmeaningsofdistantandregion
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distant
adjective
uk/ˈdɪs.tənt/us/ˈdɪs.tənt/
far ...
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region
noun[C]
uk/ˈriː.dʒən/us/ˈriː.dʒən/
a particular area or part of the world, or any of the large official areas into which a country ...
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(Definition ofdistantandregionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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There were significantly fewer recombination events in the closer than the moredistantregion, supporting the above prediction, but showing that the low recombination region is very limited in size.
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For thatdistantregion, globalisation was both a threat and an opportunity.
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Often the affected population is transferred by force to adistantregion, perhaps not suited to their way of life, causing them substantial harm.
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The owner was interested in turning it into town, to call authorities for thatdistantregion.
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He also accepted the task of providing reliable information about distant regions, and presenting an artistic interpretation of urban landscape.
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The clothing of the freaks used elements of roleplay such as headbands, cloaks, frock coats, and kaftans, suggesting either a romantic historical era or adistantregion.
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Thus, select modal similarities have been used to indicate contemporaneity with sites from distant regions.
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The role of the royal gift is to solidify relations with prominent members in neighboring and distant regions.
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Dynasticism could shrink geography, providing influence in distant regions, as well as establishing claims to potentially valuable land.
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Furthermore, crickets from distant regions that were scarce in the past are now readily available in the cities, due in no small degree to improved transport facilities.
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It is also overkill, because changes in one region of the text are unlikely to affect the accentuation of the text in more or less distant regions.
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High-ranking clergy and soldiers who came from more distant regions or countries would have perceived the town respectively as a diocesan see and as a defensive site.
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Supplies for the great cities now come, for the most part, from distant regions.
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It still lacks the capability to project power into distant regions against opposition, or to fight a sustained war.
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It has opened up the world and given people easier access to distant regions, which once would have been impossible.
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If any benefit could have been derived from nationalisation, the greatest boon would have been some system by which electricity was taken to distant regions without heavy installation costs.
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One of the most important benefits that the tunnel will bring to the more distant regions is the opportunity of the provision of through rail freight services.
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It would be damaging to the more distant regions, such as the north-west, because the further one goes from markets, the more important road improvements become to lessen transport costs.
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It is necessary to train more specialists and to have them in distant regions of the country.
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It is the branch of astronomy and space technology which is involved with exploring the distant regions of outer space.
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