Example sentences of "of [adj] [noun] [prep] wales " in BNC.
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| 1 | The last few years have witnessed an unprecedented period of economic depression for Wales accompanied by massive youth unemployment . |
| 2 | There has been a fair amount of half-hearted canvassing by Wales to try to persuade members of other unions that South Africa is not really stable enough as a country to host the 1995 World Cup . |
| 3 | With its polygonal towers and decorative banding in the imperial style of Constantinople , Caernarfon was envisaged as the state capital of a future dynasty of English princes of Wales , and was designed on an altogether grander scale than its contemporaries . |
| 4 | They both go about the Principality boasting about their actions in terms of foreign investment in Wales . |
| 5 | Will the Secretary of State please ask the chairman of British Rail to report to him as a matter of urgency on the state of British Rail in Wales an on its financing ? |
| 6 | With this it will be convenient to take the following : New Clause 4 — Power of Chief Inspector for Wales to promote studies for improving efficiency etc. — |
| 7 | One of the great pleasures of the north-east is that we attract the second-largest amount of outside investment after Wales . |
| 8 | It is also an echo of early Princess of Wales , although she herself — having a much more down-market nose for fashion — moved on long ago . |
| 9 | Mr. Walker : Tourism is of incredible importance to Wales in bringing in people who will look at the commercial and industrial prospects of Wales and , of course , in providing jobs and opportunities in rural and coastal areas . |
| 10 | However , the last few years have seen a major closure programme of deep mines in Wales as elsewhere . |
| 11 | Most recently the Welsh Affairs Select Committee vividly described the appalling burden borne over many decades by communities surrounded by opencast workings ( ‘ The Future of Opencast Mining in Wales ’ , 1991 ) . |
| 12 | It recommended a considerable increase in the advisory staff employed by LEAs , and in in-service training for teachers ; improved co-ordination of primary education in Wales ; and the fostering of both Welsh and English , especially Welsh as a second language in predominantly English-speaking areas . |
| 13 | The booklet contains advice on how to organise a local project , where to go for help , ( there is a comprehensive list of useful organisations in Wales ) and a section on helpful publications . |
| 14 | What comes to mind is a series in the Seventies between South Africa and New Zealand , a couple of unhappy England versus Wales matches , the crowd emotion at the Grand Slam decider at Murrayfield and the World Cup quarter-final in Paris . |
| 15 | We strongly support CCW 's efforts to give greater impetus and direction to the provision of environmental education in Wales — this is badly needed . |
| 16 | When the Minister considers the proposed closure of research vessel support services at Barry , the destruction of the environmental research centre at Bangor , the threat to the environment from the Water Bill and the failure of Government Ministers to obtain a separate water authority for Wales , does he agree that the Secretary of State is presiding over the destruction of environmental research in Wales ? |
| 17 | Setting for Investiture of present Prince of Wales . |
| 18 | Concern over the future of broadleaved woodlands in Wales , stimulated by the threat from grazing to the oakwoods of the uplands , has led NCC to set up a Welsh Wildwood campaign with representation from a wide range of statutory and voluntary bodies plus local Authorities . |
| 19 | Seven reports were published during the year , describing the results of multidisciplinary surveys in Wales , south-west England and Scotland . |
| 20 | 1949 Evans/Aaron — The Future of Secondary Education in Wales ( CACE Wales ) |
| 21 | The report from this investigation made detailed recommendations for the organisation and curriculum of secondary education in Wales under the 1944 Education Act , and its relationship with primary and further education . |
| 22 | I need no more than 1,000 words , together with two or three good photographs of successful schemes in Wales . |
| 23 | When the Strategic Planning Forum of Welsh local authorities published a consultation paper on the future of strategic planning in Wales last year , CPRW was disappointed to see the tired old economic-growth-based formula emerging once again . |
| 24 | We took advantage of a comprehensive review of strategic guidance in Wales to press home our view that land use planning must play a central role in reducing society 's demands for finite natural resources . |
| 25 | By contrast , some 6 per cent of small farmholders in Wales are more than 50 years old , 33 per cent are more than 65 years old and many are in poor health . |
| 26 | It 's one of the largest areas of common reed in Wales and an important breeding area for otters and wetland birds . |
| 27 | The main sources to be used include census enumerators ' books and a wide range of archival data relating to the characteristics of Welsh communities in Wales and England . |
| 28 | This was caused by the sudden interest of the water authorities in privately owned schemes using waterpower which , owing to the abundance of steep-flowing rivers in Wales , were proliferating at quite a rate . |
| 29 | Mindful of recent events in Wales and following publicity for the scheme in your pages , I contacted the Tactical Booking Cell four days before a planned photographic detail in Northumberland , to be conducted with a friend . |
| 30 | The calendar year just finished , 1991 , brought new record levels of inward investment to Wales from overseas and the rest of the United Kingdom . |