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- proper noun A
county in north eastEngland , comprising theNorth Riding of Yorkshire as well as parts of the West and East Ridings.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a county in northern England
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Examples
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Shipton's Cave in North Yorkshire, which is advertised from about Watford onwards as you head up the M1.
Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010
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The Drax plant in North Yorkshire, which is the single largest source of carbon in the UK, has invested £80m installing co-firing technology that was expected to help cut its carbon emissions 17 per cent.
EcoEarth.Info Environment RSS Newsfeed info@ecologicalinternet.org (Business Green: none 2010
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The Drax plant in North Yorkshire, which is the single largest source of carbon in the UK, has invested £80m installing co-firing technology that was expected to help cut its carbon emissions 17 per cent.
EcoEarth.Info Environment RSS Newsfeed info@ecologicalinternet.org (Business Green: none 2010
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Shipton's Cave in North Yorkshire, which is advertised from about Watford onwards as you head up the M1.
Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010
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In rural areas, such as North Yorkshire, they want to know a bit about what's going on in neighbouring villages.
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According to a spokesman from the Federation of Music Services, those such as North Yorkshire are planning to remove all their contributions to music services over a three-year period.
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Roger PerryWighill, North Yorkshire• I want to know what happened to the kitten Who's that girl?
Letters: Papal view 2011
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The bleak warning came as one of two Britons confirmed dead in the quake was named as Gregory Tobin, 25, a chef, from Tadcaster, North Yorkshire.
New Zealand earthquake: 'slim chance' of further survivors | Toby Manhire 2011
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Peter NewsamPickering, North Yorkshire• Julian Glover concludes that the difference between independent schools and state-funded academies will diminish to the point where Eton becomes the exception.
Letters: Likely effects of Michael Gove's academy schools programme 2011
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Dr John DaviesKirkby in Cleveland, North Yorkshire • While welcoming the further consultation period for the health bill I fear irrevocable damage has already been done to the NHS.
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