neighbouring town

collocation in English

meaningsofneighbouringandtown

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neighbouring
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈneɪ.bər.ɪŋ/us
/ˈneɪ.bər.ɪŋ/
Neighbouring places are next to or near ...
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town
noun
uk
/taʊn/us
/taʊn/
a place where people live and work, containing many houses, shops, places of work, places of entertainment, etc., and usually larger than a village but smaller than ...
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(Definition ofneighbouringandtownfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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In aneighbouringtownthe medical personnel has not been diminished at all.
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In these cases help is obtainable from aneighbouringtown.
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The notice was in aneighbouringtown, not in my constituency.
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The nearest reception centre is in aneighbouringtown, about 10 or 12 miles away.
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He has now raised the question of transportation to aneighbouringtown.
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Therefore, if one town has the holiday itsneighbouringtownhas not.
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I understand that it includes a bizarre proposal to cut and cover through aneighbouringtown.
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I am not sure that it is not a mistake, in many respects, to expect the rural child to attend a central school in aneighbouringtown.
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The men, instead of staying in camp, went to theneighbouringtownwhere they could get drink, and they brought liquor into the camp.
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The question was asked about a man serving abroad who was on leave, even though he went into someneighbouringtownor city and met with an accident.
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Some are shopping, or are about their business in aneighbouringtown, or are perhaps at work.
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The village around us, at any rate, now consists largely of commuters who find their work in theneighbouringtown.
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The percentage is diluted because we are linked with aneighbouringtownwith a lower unemployment rate.
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Any self-respecting locality would object very much to itsneighbouringtown, possibly its rival, sending auxiliary police to keep order in their district.
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We all know the reasons why young people who have been brought up in villages often prefer to work in theneighbouringtown.
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A return from aneighbouringtownwhich came to me this morning and which deals with a small seaside resort, shows that the proportion there is about the same.
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Theneighbouringtownis growing and the landlord has not spent one penny to develop the area.
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Also, if everyone who works or shops in aneighbouringtownis to be transferred, the whole of the urban district should be transferred.
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Already numerous bus services take the farmer's wife shopping to theneighbouringtownand allow her family to go to the cinema.
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He sent his produce by motor to aneighbouringtownand appeared to be satisfied with his success.
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