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- proper noun A street in
Westminster having manyphysicians 'practices . - proper noun by extension The
English medical profession (especially theprivate sector ) as a group.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Now, though, British women like the ones in the Newsnight studio are facing the nightmare that they were never informed of the dangers of silicone by any government body, even as private, Harley Street doctors made fortunes continuing to push implants.
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Ben ArnoldSylvie was one of Britain's first egg donors – in 1991, her eggs were used in a fertility treatment at a Harley Street clinic.
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We put our walking boots on and dodge the traffic, as we take a tour around some of the most famous roads in medicine, a historical walk around London's Harley Street.
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While watching Tamara take a tiny pimple to a top Harley Street dermatologist and demanding he inject it with chemicals, and then being booked in for a laser treatment, I feel the same way as I do observing the red panda at Blackpool Zoo.
Tamara Ecclestone: Billion $$ Girl – Grace Dent's TV OD 2011
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Yet, with astonishing self-confidence, he rented an office on Harley Street --- home to all the chic doctors --- and began trolling for business.
Jesse Kornbluth: A Book About 'The King's Speech' Is An Eloquent Addition To The Film Jesse Kornbluth 2011
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The benefits of The Earth being hit by a meteor; a medical tour of Harley Street; the secret world of turtles; legal highs; and the effect of women's tears on the sex drive of men
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Turner, who used both watercolour and oils, hung both media side by side in his own Harley Street gallery.
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Yet, with astonishing self-confidence, he rented an office on Harley Street --- home to all the chic doctors --- and began trolling for business.
Jesse Kornbluth: A Book About 'The King's Speech' Is An Eloquent Addition To The Film Jesse Kornbluth 2011
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The only two CyberKnifes in use in the UK are at private hospitals in Harley Street, London, where patients pay more than £20,000 for a course of treatment.
Doctors barred from using new cancer treatment equipment Health Correspondent 2010
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About Dad, and his headaches, and this Harley Street neurologist?
Confetti Confidential Holly McQueen 2010
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