Example sentences of "a area the " in BNC.
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| 1 | An area the size of two football fields disappears from the Brazilian rainforest every four hours . |
| 2 | On the other hand , Iran was not an area the CIA knew much about . |
| 3 | So great and rapid is the devastation that some have feared that the entire reef might disappear — even though it contains 3000 separate coral islands , stretched 2000 km along the Queensland coast , and covering an area the size of Great Britain . |
| 4 | It would result in building sites that would cover an area the size of Pfunds ( the largest town ) . |
| 5 | An area the size of Berkshire , Buckinghamshire , Oxfordshire and Bedfordshire has been put in a concrete overcoat . |
| 6 | A blend of grass seed , fertiliser and cellulose glue , it was being spread over the paths as a last ditch attempt to save an area the size of four football pitches from irreversible soil erosion caused by the 250,000 walkers who tramp around the area every year . |
| 7 | Bags booted , she opened the rear door on an area the size of your average lounge and bowed us inside . |
| 8 | ‘ in a zebra controlled area proceeding towards the limits of an uncontrolled zebra crossing ’ 'Zebra controlled area' means in relation to a zebra crossing , the area of the carriageway in the vicinity of the crossing and lying on both sides of the crossing or only one side of the crossing , being an area the presence and limits of which are indicated in accordance with schedule 3 ( i.e. the general layout of the zig-zag lines , terminal lines where the zig-zag lines begin and give-way lines where the zig-zag lines end next to the crossing ) . |
| 9 | The loft covered an area the size of the house , with unused and shadowy places under the eaves which were unlikely to be investigated — particularly by Nigel , who , sadly , even if he came out of hospital would nevermore be able to climb the ladder . |
| 10 | In general however the greater the number of people entering an area the greater the risk of the introduction of an infection . |
| 11 | Shildon said mail order lingerie was an area the business section had too long ignored , Rain insisted that knickers were gossip column fodder and Harbury remarked that it could probably be shown there had been offences under the Post Office Act . |
| 12 | An area the size of western Europe was flooded in sparsely populated regions of southern Queensland and northern New South Wales after a week of rains in April 1990 . |
| 13 | Roll out the red , blue and green fondant separately on non-stick paper , each to an area the same thickness as the little yellow squares . |
| 14 | The UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has suggested that an area the size of Europe would have to be planted every year to balance emissions of carbon dioxide . |
| 15 | It 's claimed there 's still an area the size of a town left to be built on . |
| 16 | ( WES TO READ NEXT ) That 's the conclusion of a new report which says an area the size of four counties has been lost to development since the war . |
| 17 | The amount of rubbish we produce a year would cover an area the size of |
| 18 | ( It is true that we are all equally well-versed in the tedium of everyday existence ; but , unlike sex , this is an area the cinema generally avoids ) . |
| 19 | An area the size of England , Scotland and Wales . |