outer suburb
collocation in Englishmeaningsofouterandsuburb
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outer
adjective[before noun]
uk/ˈaʊ.tər/us/ˈaʊ.t̬ɚ/
at a greater distance from ...
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suburb
noun
uk/ˈsʌb.ɜːb/us/ˈsʌb.ɝːb/
an area on the edge of a large town or city where people who work in the town or city ...
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(Definition ofouterandsuburbfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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I feel sorry for some of myoutersuburbconstituents because they do not experience the joyful aspects of inner city life.
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This could include a speciality in the city that is experiencing a shortage, or anoutersuburbof a large metropolitan city.
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The almost entirely residentialoutersuburbis dominated by large acreage blocks, many with extensive gardens and prestige housing built on them.
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Notorious demographics which fell in 1996 wereoutersuburbmortgage belt areas.
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Literal translation is the 'outer suburbs of detached houses'.
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Dingle's second key phase occurs when the children leave home, often to become a new generation of suburban pioneers in outer suburbs.
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We need the suburban railways with their high speed and stopping trains to connect the outer suburbs with the centre.
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Schools in the outer suburbs have been encouraged to form partnerships and networks.
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There is growing disillusionment in the outer suburbs about the way in which the planning system operates.
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Many of those who have businesses in those places live in the outer suburbs, but those suburbs are resisting amalgamation with those cities.
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Well, as regards the outer suburbs there may be some materiality in that paint.
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There is a greater attendance for religious worship in our inner city areas than in the outer suburbs.
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Therefore, they have set off for the outer suburbs or the smaller towns and villages.
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In most inner cities they have greater frailty than elderly people living in the posh outer suburbs.
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That is happening not only in the inner cities but also to some extent in the outer suburbs.
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Paradoxically, we are simultaneously receiving representations to the effect that development pressure within urban areas is resulting in unsympathetic development that is changing the character of outer suburbs.
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It is obvious that in the outer suburbs in particular it is not practical to provide a public transport system that can ever compete with the convenience of the motor-car.
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Meanwhile, in the outer suburbs there is open space provision which frequently exceeds minimum planning standards, and far exceeds the standards to be found in the inner cities.
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The inner cities are areas of tension, poverty and decline but there is a vibrancy of life within them which is missing from the outer suburbs.
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