Bedfordshire

American  

[bed-ferd-sheer, -sher] / ˈbɛd fərdˌʃɪər, -ʃər /

noun

1. a county in central England. 477 sq. mi. (1,235 sq. km).

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Bedfordshire British  

/ -ʃə, ˈbɛdfədˌʃɪə /

noun

1.  Beds.  a county of S central England, administered since 2009 by the unitary authorities of Bedford and Central Bedfordshire: mainly low-lying, with the Chiltern Hills in the south: the geographical county includes Luton, which became a separate unitary authority in 1997. Area (excluding Luton): 1192 sq km (460 sq miles)

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Example Sentences

Mark Ashley, 55, of Bedfordshire, Elena Walsh, 64, from Birmingham, Karen Pooley, 64, of Gloucestershire, and a 56-year-old man from Watford all died last year after contracting stomach bugs while in Cape Verde.

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Mark Ashley, 55, of Bedfordshire; Elena Walsh, 64, from Birmingham; 64-year-old Karen Pooley, from Gloucestershire, and a 56-year-old man all died last year after contracting severe gastric illnesses while on the islands off the coast of west Africa.

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But the water treatment works close to Universal's planned site in Bedfordshire is already at capacity, and there are warnings that upgrade plans will need to be "sped through".

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Gerry Sansom, a former chair of the Bedfordshire branch of the Campaign to Protect Rural England, is even more blunt than White.

From BBC

Sansom, 75, also wants to see Universal come to Bedfordshire, but says: "Our concern is sewage capacity and the protection of this wonderful environmental asset of ours: the River Great Ouse and the valley area."

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