Example sentences of "a few [adj] areas " in BNC.
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| 1 | Due to the pilot nature of the scheme it is only operating in a few selected areas initially , which is why your parish has not been contacted . |
| 2 | The bulk of reviews in these papers cover just a few subject areas . |
| 3 | Because ‘ communication ’ is such a wide-ranging subject , this essay can do little more than survey a few distinct areas of study . |
| 4 | Moreover , large-scale manufacture tended to be concentrated in a few industrial areas , of which St Petersburg , Moscow , and the major cities of Poland , the Ukraine and the South were the most significant , and the plants themselves tended to be markedly larger than in the West . |
| 5 | Only a few rural areas , isolated by bad roads and non-existent railways , remained relatively untouched , but even these , by virtue of their isolation , were often gobbled up by the equally voracious demand for holiday homes and weekend cottages . |
| 6 | The major industrial developments were heavily concentrated in a few key areas of the Empire . |
| 7 | In the same year 20 per cent of the population was concentrated in a few metropolitan areas each with a population of over half a million . |
| 8 | A few phylloxera-free areas , like this small patch outside Bouzy ( right ) which belongs to Bollinger , do exist , however . |
| 9 | Produced by TVS , Men of Science is now being shown in a few other areas for those not already suffering exophthalmos after an evening of Rising Damp , Cuffy , The Avengers and Pro-Celebrity Golf |
| 10 | In the South Midlands and a few other areas where farm labourers could earn only a pittance crafts that employed mothers and daughters provided welcome extra income . |
| 11 | Thus it is pointed out that support for microelectronics has been biased towards the south of the country , and it is argued that emphasis on a division between sunrise and sunset , on finance at the expense of manufacturing , on entrepreneurship and new firms as opposed to restructuring existing industries , will all encourage the confinement of the fifth wave of economic growth to a few small areas of the country . |
| 12 | And there are a few special areas called ‘ Noise Abatement Zones ’ where local authorities keep statutory registers of permitted noise levels . |
| 13 | Collection of a few of the mostly common species for the home aquaria is unlikely to diminish the local fauna , except in a few special areas , which need to be respected . |
| 14 | The drains were at last able to carry the surface water and only a few isolated areas remained flooded . |
| 15 | ‘ The only difference between the lineouts this year and last is that you can get penalised in a few more areas . |
| 16 | In addition , smoking in the stores will be restricted to a few designated areas . |
| 17 | Moreover , expeditions tend to congregate in a few favoured areas which provide rapid access to peaks as well as adequate water supplies and shelter from natural hazards like avalanches . |
| 18 | There are only a few coastal areas in Britain today still frequented by this attractive member of the corvine family . |