Example sentences of "in [adj] area had [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jim and Fred Rodgers maintained that the RUC 's presence in loyalist areas had doubled since SDLP and Alliance Party delegations met the Security Minister , Sir John Wheeler , earlier this week . |
| 2 | A higher proportion of patients with diabetes in rural areas had advanced retinopathy identified by the screening unit compared with urban patients . |
| 3 | And that the lack smack addict treated in this area had arrived in the area already addicted . |
| 4 | Although Reith was dismissed in February 1942 , his initiative in these areas had set in train a series of plans for comprehensive redevelopment . |
| 5 | An unprecedented upsurge of violence in Kurdish-populated areas had begun even before the celebrations for the Kurdish New Year ( Nevros ) on March 21 . |
| 6 | Rural living standards in most areas had improved significantly in the 1980s , but last year for the first time they fell back . |