nursery area

collocation in English

meaningsofnurseryandarea

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nursery
noun[C]
uk
/ˈnɜː.sər.i/us
/ˈnɝː.sɚ.i/
UK
a place where young children and babies are taken care of while their parents are ...
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area
noun
uk
/ˈeə.ri.ə/us
/ˈer.i.ə/
a particular part of a place, piece of land, ...
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(Definition ofnurseryandareafrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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We have increased ournurseryareafrom 1,000 acres to 1,500, and at the moment we have in those nurseries 230,000,000 seedlings and 76,000,000 transplants.
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We look forward to the comments of interested parties on ournurseryareaproposals.
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I checked thenurseryareaand found the hut/storage unit had been broken into over the weekend, which explained the toys all over the site.
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Parturition may occur in a yet-unknownnurseryarea, as newborns are rarely ever caught.
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Having transported the newly emerged juveniles to anurseryarea, the female stays with them for a few weeks after which time they disperse.
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They provide habitat for fish and invertebrates, and may serve as an importantnurseryareafor these animals.
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The estuary is also an important fishnurseryarea.
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They also act as anurseryareafor juvenile migratory fishes.
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The school accepts children from the age of three months in thenurseryarea, up to the age of sixteen.
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Plans included: (1) retiring the debt, (2) replacing the roof on the multipurpose building, (3) repairing the sanctuary ceiling and (4) renovating thenurseryarea.
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While the female is transporting some to thenurseryarea, others are picked off by predators that lurk near the nest.
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It is important for supporting large nesting colonies of herons and cormorants, and is a meaningfulnurseryareafor fin and shell fishes.
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This illustrates the differences in parasite faunas between juveniles in adjacent nursery areas.
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In addition, they serve as nursery areas and habitats for commercially valuable shrimp and prawns, and for locally consumed fish species and mangrove crabs.
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Final decisions on the establishment of nursery areas will then be taken in the light of these consultations.
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Young stocks in the nursery areas should be afforded protection.
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We have circulated for comment also our initial proposals for static gear reserves and fish nursery areas.
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We clearly must take very seriously the scientific recommendation that the important nursery areas in the south-west require protection.
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There will be further consultations with local interests about establishing nursery areas to protect juvenile bass stocks.
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Will he therefore consider the matter rather more urgently and designate nursery areas for these fish to come into effect before 1990?
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