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British a network of high-voltage power lines connecting major power stations

a grid of metric coordinates used by the Ordnance Survey in Britain and Ireland, and in New Zealand by the New Zealand Lands and Survey Department, and printed on their maps

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Words nearby national grid

National Formulary, National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities, National Front, National Gallery, National Gallery of Art, national grid, National Guard, National Guardsman, National Health Service, national holiday, national hunt

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Example sentences from the Web for national grid

The scheme has been condemned by civil liberties groups and queried by the National Association of Head Teachers.
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Portraits of Lincoln and Eisenhower were removed from the offices of the Republican National Committee.
Ed Brooke: The Senate's Civil Rights Pioneer and Prophet of a Post-Racial America|John Avlon|January 4, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Whether he can do it on the national stage is the unanswered question.
Can Huckabee Convert the GOP’s Moneymen?|Lloyd Green|January 4, 2015|DAILY BEAST
We face a lot of problems at this moment in our national and global history.
In 2015, Let’s Try for More Compassion|Gene Robinson|January 4, 2015|DAILY BEAST

The sound of birds, quail, even doe, make a wild grid of noise.
The Story Behind Lee Marvin’s Liberty Valance Smile|Robert Ward|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST
He was long a correspondent of the National Intelligencer and other papers, residing in Virginia.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
He has come to believe in such things as old age pensions and national insurance.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice|Stephen Leacock
I must make no mistake, and blunder into a national type of features, all wrong; if I make your mask, it must do us credit.
Checkmate|Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
Opening of the national assembly of France, after the abdication of Louis Philippe.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
The courts in every state must also follow the decisions of the federal courts in all matters of a national character.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman|Albert Sidney Bolles

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