| 词汇 | shire-county |
| 释义 | shire county noun[ C ] uk / ˈʃaɪə ˌkaʊn.ti/ us / ˈʃaɪr ˌkaʊn.t̬i/ a county(= area with its own local government) in England that is in the countryside, not a metropolitan county: 乡郊郡（与都市郡相对） The ceremonial county boundaries of Kent include the shire county of Kent and the unitary borough of Medway.肯特郡形式上的郡界包括肯特郡这个乡郊郡和梅德韦单一行政区。 Synonym non-metropolitan county In local government, many of our shire counties and districts have led the way in raising the quality of public service. In the more rural shire counties, the provision of education and welfare services was allocated to the counties, not to the second-tier authorities. the long-term drift of population from the cities to the suburbs and the shire counties In London and the shire counties, the bill per home will exceed £1,000 for the first time. UK politics: local government & politics administrative alderman alderwoman anti-city authority councilmember councilwoman county borough county council development area enterprise zone municipality parish parish council parochial prefecture shire the North-South divide unitary unitary authority You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Towns & regions: parts of countries Examples of shire countyshire county An average of over £1 million per shirecounty can do an awful lot. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The information requested is given in the table, which includes combined county forces and joint metropolitan areas, as well as single shirecounty forces. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That is by no means the lowest for a shirecounty. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Details of funding for each shirecounty is not collected as many projects operate across boundaries. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 One cannot compare a metropolitan district with a shirecounty. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That will be 4p in the shirecounty areas that the districts can have. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 One typical shirecounty estimates that at present even its principle roads are only being surface dressed every 10–12 years. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is not as if the fire authority's spending or council tax levels are out of line with shirecounty averages. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 What would happen in a shirecounty where there was one district that became an authority which was responsible for its education and social services? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The shirecounty average is £148 per head, and the national average is £178 per head. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I say "shirecounty" because it is a strictly comparable unit. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 One shirecounty alone has a backlog of repairs amounting to £35 million. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 An authority such as mine, once part of a large shirecounty with historically low spending patterns, never catches up. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The case for having targets relating to a specific urban area will often be entirely different to that for a shirecounty. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A report identified serious problems that the old shirecounty social services departments had created over the years. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of shire county These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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