Example sentences of "rural areas it " in BNC.
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| 1 | In rural areas it might be that people will tell the parents of youths whom they see committing some offence ; and although crimes may be committed they will often be dealt with informally and so will not figure in the criminal statistics . |
| 2 | In rural areas it was often labelled the most important crime . |
| 3 | Women can expect to have between live and eight children as a general rule , and in rural areas it is not uncommon for women to have up to I5 pregnancies . |
| 4 | In rural areas it assumes a greater significance , comprising , in 1971 , 24 per cent of the total housing stock compared with 21 per cent nationally , although this proportion is falling quite rapidly everywhere . |
| 5 | Given the lack of development in many rural areas it is not surprising that the dependency of rural workers on agriculture for employment has remained , nor that so many school-leavers take a job on the land even though they have no intention of remaining there if the choice to leave should present itself . |
| 6 | In many rural areas it has therefore been usual for local farm workers to work on the land ‘ man and boy ’ . |
| 7 | In the rural high oil category , where incidence increased significantly in 1979–83 ( table II ) , the peak moved during that period to age 2 as in urban areas , remaining there in 1984–8 ; in other rural areas it continued to be at age 3 . |