Example sentences of "in [adj] areas [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In rural areas it might be that people will tell the parents of youths whom they see committing some offence ; and although crimes may be committed they will often be dealt with informally and so will not figure in the criminal statistics . |
| 2 | In rural areas it was often labelled the most important crime . |
| 3 | Women can expect to have between live and eight children as a general rule , and in rural areas it is not uncommon for women to have up to I5 pregnancies . |
| 4 | In rural areas it assumes a greater significance , comprising , in 1971 , 24 per cent of the total housing stock compared with 21 per cent nationally , although this proportion is falling quite rapidly everywhere . |
| 5 | Although tripodding involves an additional operation ( and unnecessary extra work in good weather ) , in high-rainfall areas it will often reduce the need for extra turning and tedding and the risk of crop loss or damage . |
| 6 | Given the amount of calls and the fact that they 're telephoned in different areas it seems a lot of trouble to go through if it was a hoax . |
| 7 | ‘ In mature areas they can affect the fiscal terms under which we operate . |
| 8 | At Chesterfield Inlet , northern Canada , in these conditions , Savile and Calder ( 1952 ) found willow shrubs ( Salix spp. ) and dwarf birch Betula glandulosa growing only 15 cm high on open ground ; in the shelter of boulders the willows grew to 1 m or more , but in exposed areas they became completely prostrate , with horizontal laterals close to the ground . |
| 9 | Such testimonies could be repeated over and over again as team members have had to take the lead in new areas they have found quite frightening . |
| 10 | In other areas we find it very difficult to learn . |
| 11 | You may not be aware that excessive usage of the lifts does in fact cost the company a great deal of money , and in line with our cost-cutting efforts in other areas I have drawn up the following guidelines , which must be strictly adhered to from now on . |
| 12 | I 'm not sure how well that would wash with some people they 're i in an area that , like yeah which was very er oppressed and where the , the warlords and the landlords were screwing the peasants I can see that there 's enough pent up er fear er and angers so that this might work but in other areas I do n't know effective this would be , that you |
| 13 | That worked , temporarily at least , with the replacement of the poll tax , but in other areas it failed . |
| 14 | Ironically , the government really has been true to its policy of noninterference in the ‘ free market ’ where women 's opportunities are concerned , though in other areas it has often recognised the paradox that non-interventionist policies require intervention to make them work . |
| 15 | In other areas it must be stacked away in sheds or classrooms to avoid the attention of vandals . |
| 16 | While third party analysis in the context of international organisations gives this distinction some validity , in other areas it is less significant , as it is difficult to assert that a State is completely foreign to the effects of an agreement to which it is not a party . |
| 17 | In the Western area , half are needed for a quorum ; in other areas it is a third . |
| 18 | For more definition in certain areas I allowed the cutter to stay in one place long enough to burn the surface of the timber . |
| 19 | Rather than organizing mass midnight meetings to confront the evil in working-class areas she judged it more effective for women to go into the ‘ dens of infamy ’ in the morning as friends and advisers . |
| 20 | If jobs are to be created in Welsh-speaking areas it is as well to prepare the ground well beforehand . |