Example sentences of "[adj] area be [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once again the rural areas are being treated less favourably that the towns . |
| 2 | The development work in these subject areas is being carried forward by teams of National Development Officers , seconded from colleges . |
| 3 | A separate area is being given to modern day Stoddard , this time representing a thriving Company of significance with a long established history . |
| 4 | Wooded areas are being planted and new ponds created in the hope of attracting more wildlife to the area . |
| 5 | Studies ( 1 ) show that considerable areas are being abandoned and around 2.3 m ha in Italy and 1.5 m ha in France have gone out of agricultural production whereas in Great Britain the main loss of 36,000 ha per annum ( 2 ) is to afforestation ( 30,364 in Scotland ) . |
| 6 | Damage to the water supply , food chain , forests and soil of this once rural and beautiful area is being intensified by a natural phenomena known as " autumn inversion " which is trapping pollution and sending air pollution levels up ten times higher than international safety limits . |
| 7 | for some the high cost of machinery could not be justified when only relatively small areas were being cropped and contractors were not readily available . |
| 8 | People living in remote areas are being urged to make a note of the map references of their homes — because it could save their lives . |
| 9 | A ‘ Come and Try It ’ /pre-training day has been arranged in Cambridge on 8 April 1990 and venues in two other areas are being negotiated . |
| 10 | Similarly , the number of spills has fallen by [ 20% ] and the impact of our operations in sensitive areas is being reduced by the application of technology . |
| 11 | By mid-century , responsibility for burial in urban areas was being progressively removed from the vestry and parish into the hands of representatives of the ratepayers . |
| 12 | Four main areas are being studied : |