Cambridgeshire

American  

[keym-brij-sheer, -sher] / ˈkeɪm brɪdʒˌʃɪər, -ʃər /

noun

1. a county in E England. 1,316 sq. mi. (3,410 sq. km).

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Cambridgeshire British  

/ -ʃə, ˈkeɪmbrɪdʒˌʃɪə /

noun

1. a county of E England, in East Anglia: includes the former counties of the Isle of Ely and Huntingdon and lies largely in the Fens: Peterborough became an independent unitary authority in 1998. Administrative centre: Cambridge. Pop (excluding Peterborough): 571 000 (2003 est). Area (excluding Peterborough): 3068 sq km (184 sq miles)

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Example Sentences

Bridget Smith replied that when it adopted four-day working, South Cambridgeshire was "suffering more than most councils from problems arising from recruitment and retention challenges".

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In the South Cambridgeshire village of Arrington, repairs to four council homes took months to complete, some locals claimed.

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Eduah, 42, of Jaric Lane, Brampton, Cambridgeshire, had been employed as an agency worker at Suffolk County Council's adult social care team.

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The school takes in pupils from seven different local authority areas: North Northamptonshire, Central Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, Suffolk and Essex.

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"Somebody at some point will have to pay it, but at the moment it's sitting in a sort of strange financial black hole," says Lucy Nethsingha, Cambridgeshire County Council's Liberal Democrat leader.

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