Example sentences of "area that was [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Eastern Pomerania , however , the area that was eventually to become the Polish Corridor was 60–100 per cent Polish , while the Pomeranian districts of Lębork and Słupsk were by this time only 0.5–10 per cent Polish . |
| 2 | A moorland parish will obviously be larger than a parish in a fertile area that was densely settled in early times ; a church that was an Anglo-Saxon missionary centre will usually have a larger parish than one that was founded later . |
| 3 | ‘ We presented a case for the whole of the HIE area that was fully supported by John Major , ’ said the agency 's spokesman . |
| 4 | Instead of staring blankly out at the world , or nervously striking at the fence , as some of the eagles did , he trekked back and forth in a figure of eight over an area that was only one tiny part of his caged area . |
| 5 | In 1974 the Iraqis came up with a detailed law for the autonomous area that was far more restrictive than the 1970 agreement and in no way reflected its accommodating spirit . |
| 6 | Once through the Gabes Gap there was no longer any empty desert to escape into and they were trying to operate in a densely populated area that was quite unsuitable for SAS methods . |