Example sentences of "by [art] [adj] rivers " in BNC.
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| 1 | Excellent examples are provided by the main rivers crossing the South Downs , the Arun , Adur , Ouse and Cuckmere . |
| 2 | The association 's concerns have been backed by the National Rivers Authority who said in a letter : ‘ The site and building is on the flood plane of the River Eden and the flooding of the area and the building can not be discounted . ’ |
| 3 | The weir will be the second of its kind on the river and was designed by the National Rivers Authority to keep gravel spawning beds clear of silt . |
| 4 | Instead of all the new controls being policed by the National Rivers Authority some of the responsibility was being handed over to Her Majesty 's Inpsector of Pollution , with decisions being taken by the Department of Environment . |
| 5 | A warning was issued by the National Rivers Authority in Shrewsbury that the swollen River Severn was expected to burst its banks overnight for the second time in a week . |
| 6 | However , it was not on the priority list of 20 rivers singled out for urgent action by the National Rivers Authority . |
| 7 | Altogether 63 waters containing toxic algal blooms were identified by the National Rivers Authority , 37 of them in Anglian Region and 10 in the South West . |
| 8 | This proposed setting up ‘ nitrate sensitive areas ’ ( NSAs ) in which sources are at or over 50 mg/litre , to be identified by the National Rivers Authority . |
| 9 | An investigation was immediately launched by the National Rivers Authority following a tip-off from a member of the public . |
| 10 | If necessary flood warnings will be issued by the National Rivers Authority and police will try to warn residents using local radio , television and loud hailer vans touring risk areas . |
| 11 | A barrier designed to stop vehicles gaining access to Orford Ness and damaging flood defences and wildlife habitat was put up by the National Rivers Authority last year and is controlled by the FCO . |
| 12 | I enclose details of a new forum being set up by the National Rivers Authority to try to reconcile and manage the competing range of interests that value the river Wye as a resource . |
| 13 | To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will make a statement on the condition of Britain 's rivers following the 1990 river quality survey conducted by the National Rivers Authority . |
| 14 | The tests done by the National Rivers Authority are different from those that we are doing . |
| 15 | The scheme proposed by the National Rivers Authority is designed to prevent flooding caused by a repeat of the 1947 event . |
| 16 | An investigation is being carried out at the moment , not only by Her Majesty 's inspectorate of pollution but by the National Rivers Authority . |
| 17 | The corporation may argue that a direction given to it by the National Rivers Authority to improve water is unreasonable . |
| 18 | A serious problem has emerged in the area over a period of months , and a series of reports have been issued , concluding with a report by the National Rivers Authority on effluent that is poured into the lagoons at Grassmoor 40,000 tonnes of it a year . |
| 19 | A report published by the National Rivers Authority ( NRA ) warns that toxins produced by blue-green algae could prove a hazard to human health should water become contaminated . |
| 20 | The increased fines are likely to be in evidence shortly as a result of prosecutions planned by the National Rivers Authority of all 10 privatized water and sewage companies . |
| 21 | Plans to charge businesses for the pollution of Britain 's waterways have been drawn up by the National Rivers Authority ( NRA ) for implementation in July . |
| 22 | The second prosecution was brought by the National Rivers Authority after a mistake had caused chemicals to overflow from a storage tank , leading to a concentration of copper in the works discharge pipe of more than 17 times the legal limit . |
| 23 | Evidence from inspections carried out by the National Rivers Authority ( NRA ) has suggested that in some areas up to 42 per cent of Britain 's farms could be polluting rivers and groundwater . |
| 24 | Measurements carried out by the National Rivers Authority revealed 10 times the permitted level of 6 micrograms per litre in the brook , where waste water from the sewage works is discharged after being treated . |
| 25 | The increases have been introduced as part of the " polluter pays " principle and are intended to cover the costs incurred by the National Rivers Authority ( NRA ) in controlling water pollution . |
| 26 | For example , of the 590 companies in the Index , 75 have been " convicted following a prosecution by the National Rivers Authority or by a River Purification Board " . |
| 27 | A report published by the National Rivers Authority ( NRA ) says there is an underlying trend of real and sustained improvement in the quality of coastal bathing waters , which appears to be the result of the extensive capital schemes for sewage treatment currently being undertaken by the water companies . |
| 28 | The number of " major " incidents of water pollution declined by 41 per cent in 1991 , from 658 to 386 , according to figures contained in the second annual report by the National Rivers Authority ( NRA ) . |
| 29 | Evidence collected by a new computer-controlled water monitoring and sampling device developed by the National Rivers Authority ( NRA ) has been used for the first time to prosecute a company for polluting a waterway . |
| 30 | A study of bathing beaches in England and Wales conducted by the National Rivers Authority ( NRA ) has shown that they are getting cleaner . |