Example sentences of "areas have [be] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Considerable exploration effort in those areas has been felt by the industry to be worthwhile , and in the United States has already met with some commercial success . |
| 2 | The type of employment offered by manufacturing industry in rural areas has been questioned for a number of reasons . |
| 3 | Some of the most intractable problems in Scottish geology relate to the structural and metamorphic history of the Moine Series rocks of the North West and Grampian Highlands , the ages of which have been matters of controversy and speculation since the early nineteenth century because of their structural complexity , and the lack of incontrovertible and unequivocal evidence of their absolute age , and it is noteworthy that research in these areas has been led by Geological Survey scientists , sometimes with university collaboration , and sometimes without . |
| 4 | The shift from rural to urban areas has been marked in England , the proportion of the population living in nonurban areas declining from a little over 35% in 1951 to not much more than 20% 20 years later . |
| 5 | In the despatch area new racking is about to be erected , meeting the demand for more warehouse space and nearby the returns areas has been shifted with two inspection floors being placed adjacent to one another in a new location . |
| 6 | It is most unlikely that either of these areas has been used for arable in the last 1500 years , and this is confirmed to some extent by field names recorded on the earliest maps ( of the early nineteenth century ) and in medieval documents . |
| 7 | Financial support to help restore damaged upland areas has been agreed in principle by the Camping and Outdoor Leisure Association ( COLA ) , the umbrella body representing outdoor gear manufacturers and retailers . |
| 8 | The employment and training provision available in West Belfast and other areas has been outlined by other speakers . |
| 9 | In these circumstances , it is not surprising to find that population loss from inner areas has been running at a lower rate in the 1980s and that the government 's efforts at introducing more private investment have met with some measure of success . |
| 10 | That is a large number of people in those two areas to have been entered on the computer . |
| 11 | Population and housing growth in the more pressurized areas had been channelled into the key settlements , but the selected villages in the more remote areas were simply too small to function as foci for growth . |
| 12 | People living in the areas had been exposed to three times the acceptable level of ionising radiation . |
| 13 | Both these areas had been proposed for SPA status by the Nature Conservancy Council , in August 1990 and July 1988 respectively , but no progress has been made . |
| 14 | There was also concern that several areas had been reoccupied by UNITA and that troops from both sides were involved in criminal acts . |
| 15 | Sleeping , sitting , eating and working areas had been divided into 2.4m ( 8ft ) steps , each 23 cm ( 9in ) higher than the other . |
| 16 | Two subject areas have been energised by this very physical application of paint ; garden scenes and old women . |
| 17 | A number of areas have been surveyed with airborne methods as part of the MRP , including various combinations of magnetic , EM , VLF and radiometric methods . |
| 18 | Several 3(5) areas have been designated in France , some of them quite large ( see Figure 8 ) . |
| 19 | The accident records at these schools have been examined in considerable detail by the Departments of Highways and Education and the Police and four areas have been highlighted for further action and detailed investigation . |
| 20 | Once subject areas have been decided upon , the librarian needs to fix precise boundaries for revision purposes . |
| 21 | Large areas have been ruined by nuclear testing , which exposed millions of people to radiation . |
| 22 | Flows of people from metropolitan to non-metropolitan areas have been observed in a number of developed countries in recent years , and the term ‘ counter-urbanization ’ has been applied to this process ( Berry 1976 ; Bryant et al . |
| 23 | The two areas have been twinned for 35 years . |
| 24 | To achieve this recognition , the modules in these areas have been matched against the Lead Bodies ' standards and amended where necessary . |
| 25 | Walls and ceilings in the germination rooms and steeping areas have been clad with plastic panelling to facilitate cleaning . |
| 26 | Two key areas have been selected for initial study , the office of Chairman and Managing Director and that of the Finance Controller . |
| 27 | New storage areas have been created by raising the Planning floor to mezzanine level . |
| 28 | High crime areas have been targeted for measures aimed at tightening security at business premises and homes . |
| 29 | Small amounts of native silver were produced from veins cutting Devonian volcanics and Dinantian sediments in Central Scotland at Alva and Hilderstone respectively ; these areas have been investigated by the BGS ( MRP 53 and 68 ) . |
| 30 | Large areas have been planted by the Government as coniferous forest , some of which is about ready now for harvesting after 50 60 years of growth . |