Example sentences of "road [noun] through the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most of this happens in three dimensions and is best seen from this canal as roads snake through the air in all directions . |
| 2 | Laid for white tourists , this road hugs the flat land by the lakeside , going nowhere in particular , while the road south through the communal area which I soon turn onto is much busier , yet is untarred and in many places steep and treacherous . |
| 3 | The council , backing the " polluter must pay " argument , says it is unfair for householders to bear the brunt of the cost ; a tax should be levied on pesticide manufacturers , it argues , and motorists should pay for road drainage through the car licence duty . |
| 4 | These include : * a new road tunnel through the Pyrenees , which will disrupt the habitat of France 's last remaining brown bear colony ; * the eastern Dublin by-pass , which will cut through an important wetland nature reserve ; * the Lisbon to Oporto motorway , which will disrupt local water flows . |
| 5 | French government plans to build a road tunnel through the Pyrenees have been blocked by a court ruling . |
| 6 | Last year a court blocked government plans to build a road tunnel through the Aspe valley , which would have threatened the bears ' habitat [ see ED 65/66 ] . |
| 7 | The UK government has deferred funding support for a major road scheme through the rainforests of the Central African Republic , and is calling instead for a thorough environmental impact assessment . |