Example sentences of "in [adj] area [was/were] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The number of ‘ significantly disabled ’ people in each area was calculated using the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys Disability Survey . |
| 2 | Anderson , for instance , suggests that the strong family cohesion amongst some groups in rural areas was maintained by migrants into Lancashire cotton plants like Preston though largely for fairly calculative reasons rather than out of emotional loyalty to kin . |
| 3 | Thus provision in rural areas was concentrated in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire with some minor reconnaissance of possibilities and experimental pioneer short courses elsewhere . |
| 4 | Conditions in rural areas were described as " devastating " : |
| 5 | A spokesman for the ambulance service said 95pc of all emergency calls in rural areas were responded to within 19 minutes , the government guideline , and that this ambulance had taken 24 minutes to arrive . |
| 6 | In each case , London led the way , but was the first into recession , which meant in the long run that the relationship between the value of property in different areas was maintained . |
| 7 | Finance was a constant source of tension within the city , and increasingly the city 's problems in this area were seen to be the fault of the Poles . |
| 8 | Guidelines in this area were laid down in the case of Marshall v Harland & Wolff Ltd ( 1972 ) . |
| 9 | As matters of race and social work are so frequently dealt with through rhetoric , a valuable opportunity to gain some ‘ facts ’ in this area was missed . |
| 10 | It was clear from the responses of other staff members that the science department 's experience in this area was regarded as a valuable springboard for wider developments across the curriculum . |
| 11 | Using a questionnaire to collect data , a much fuller picture of the team 's work in this area was developed . |
| 12 | The success of JS in this area was recognised at the ‘ Britain Can Make It ’ exhibition when , in the Printing and Packaging Section , our coffee berries and semolina packs were selected as outstanding examples . |
| 13 | Some of the early work in this area was done in the 1970s by Schofield , who used a simple system of asking users to complete a slip of paper for each ‘ failure ’ to locate an item at the shelf . |
| 14 | In view of the number of changes in education , a fundamental strategic review of the Association 's role in this area was undertaken and approved by the Council in December 1992 . |
| 15 | The increasing diversity of studies in this area was reflected by the creation in the 1970s of new CNAA boards to cover such fields as Combined Studies ( Science ) , Computing and Informatics , Environmental Studies , Health and Medical Services , and Transport . |
| 16 | While such rural development in non-agricultural activity was also made eligible for aid from the ERDF and ESF , the overall level of funding in this area was set at a relatively low level , in relation to the other Objectives , and in comparison to the budget allocated to the CAP . |
| 17 | The persistence and weight of this criticism was no doubt one of the pressures that led the Auditing Practices Board to place ‘ going concern ’ high on its list of priorities , and in May 1992 an exposure draft proposing new auditing standards in this area was issued . |
| 18 | The productivity improvement programme launched in 1990 in the fibre and chemical businesses has also yielded positive results , while decreases in profitability in some areas were compensated by increases in profits within life sciences . |
| 19 | A strike by provincial journalists and social workers in some areas was added to the list . |
| 20 | Now , to political and economic repression in these areas was added cultural suppression . |
| 21 | When the 1955 files were released at the Public Record Office , Eden 's committee-making in these areas was interpreted as evidence of vacillation and lack of grip on the part of a premier of whom Kilmuir later wrote , ‘ no one in public life lived more on his nerves than he did ’ . |
| 22 | Starting on lo May , all male category B and category C Germans and Austrians living in these areas were detained , among them boys just past the age of sixteen who were taken from foster parents or schools without explanation . |
| 23 | His influence in those areas was complemented by the queen 's possession of the duchy of Lancaster estates in the east midlands and by the marriage of his nephew Richard duke of York to the Mowbray heiress , which gave Rivers a substantial role in the duchy of Norfolk . |
| 24 | His influence in those areas was complemented by the queen 's possession of the duchy of Lancaster estates in the east midlands and by the marriage of his nephew Richard duke of York to the Mowbray heiress , which gave Rivers a substantial role in the duchy of Norfolk . |
| 25 | Catholics and Protestants in marginal areas were burnt out of their homes and forced to move into their respective ghettoes . |
| 26 | This means that the taxation system in Britain became more regressive , since all those living in particular areas were charged the same , regardless of their ability to pay . |
| 27 | Roads and Traffic in Urban Areas was heralded by an HMSO flyer which , referring back to the volume 's antecedents , commented that : |