Example sentences of "an area of [noun] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | An attempt has been made by Nightingale to show that Rochester was the centre from which an area of land to the north had been centuriated on the regular basis of 20 by 20 actus squares . |
| 2 | By the generosity of the Duke of Devonshire , an area of land on the southern side of Burlington Lane , not far from the Southern Railway Station , was made available to the Chiswick Parochial Charities , and a number of Memorial Homes were erected for housing ex-service men and their families . |
| 3 | The government in July 1992 proclaimed an area of land as the permanent possession of the Awa , but the land has still not been physically demarcated . |
| 4 | India claimed an area north of Kashmir , seized by the Chinese in 1962 , while the Chinese claimed an area of land in the state of Arunachal Pradesh [ see p. 34947 ] . |
| 5 | The Wallace Clan Trust for Scotland hopes to raise £1 million to purchase an area of land in the West of Scotland , to be used as a new clan seat . |
| 6 | The presence or absence of political business cycles is an area of contention in the realm of macroeconomic policy . |
| 7 | Children can search an area of sea for the wreck of the Mary Rose , for instance , decide on a site for a medieval castle , or play the part of archaeologists excavating an archaeological site , deciding where to excavate and evaluating the evidence of the finds . |
| 8 | The process may involve a critical reconsideration of an area of law in the light of changing social conditions or an authoritative interpretation of a statutory provision . |
| 9 | On an area of heath to the south , we found the scented bog myrtle and , on a newly constructed bank , grew the very rare ten violet . |
| 10 | Ministers won a vote to give a private company , Scallop Kings , exclusive rights to farm shellfish over an area of seabed along the shore south- west of Fort William . |
| 11 | Over last winter all the stud holes were drilled out and re-tapped and recently volunteers were busily repositioning support timbers to work on an area of rust on the front ring . |
| 12 | What appeared to be merely an area of shrinkage on the edge of the village has , therefore , turned out to be very important in the history of settlement in the area — a small independent hamlet with its own church which was eventually abandoned . |