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单词 area
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area
(riə )
Word forms: areas
1. countable noun A2
An area is a particular part of a town, a country, a region, or the world.
...the large number of community groups in the area.
She works in a rural area off the beaten track.
...mountainous areas of Europe, Asia, North and South America.
Synonyms: region, land, quarter, division  
2. countable noun A2
Your area is the part of a town, country, or region where you live. An organization's area is the part of a town, country, or region that it is responsible for.
Local authorities have been responsible for the running of schools in their areas.
If there is an election in your area, you should go and vote.
3. countable noun B1
A particular area is a piece of land or part of a building that is used for a particular activity.
...a picnic area.
...the main check-in area located in Terminal 1.
4. countable noun
An area is a particular place on a surface or object, for example on your body.
You will notice that your baby has two soft areas on the top of his head.
Synonyms: part, section, sector, portion  
5. variable noun
The area of a surface such as a piece of land is the amount of flat space or ground that it covers, measured in square units.
The islands cover a total area of 625.6 square kilometers.
Although large in area, the flat did not have many rooms.
Synonyms: range, reach, size, sweep  
6. countable noun B2
You can use area to refer to a particular subject or topic, or to a particular part of a larger, more general situation or activity.
...the politically sensitive area of old age pensions.
...the internationalization of the economy and all other areas of society.
She wants to be involved in every area of your life.
Synonyms: realm, part, department [informal], field  
7. countable noun [usually singular]
On a football pitch, the area is the same as the penalty area. [informal]
8.  See also catchment area, disaster area, grey area, penalty area
Idioms:
a grey area
a situation or subject that is nor clear or understood and that nobody really knows how to deal with
The court action has highlighted the many grey areas in the law affecting stolen animals.
Collocations:
affluent area
One option, according to sociologists, is to build social housing in affluent areas.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Restaurants and clubs have opened in many of the town's more affluent areas.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
The problem is worst in affluent areas.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
area encompasses
Established in 1992, the area encompasses 687 acres.
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This area encompasses both tropical and semiarid environments.
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The area encompasses a functioning desert ecosystem with an extraordinary array of biological, scientific, and historic resources.
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This area encompasses city, suburban and rural type settings.
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The area encompasses about and about 68,062 residents (2004).
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area map
The player can enter a pause menu that includes a three-dimensional area map, current objectives, and more.
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Developed parking areas are shown on the wild area map.
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Players can view an area map in addition to a larger world map that states their position within the entire game.
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These include color-coded thematic drainage area maps, time series graphs and tables, profile plots, scatter plots and statistical frequency analyses.
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The museum also has a library, which has collections of newspaper files, area wide genealogies, area maps, reference books and microfilm.
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area of concentration
This area of concentration trains students in the use of basic computer science tools (databases and algorithms, internet systems) and system analysis.
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Each section of the school focuses on its area of concentration.
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A student may select an area of concentration in the fifth grade; it may be band, chorus, and/or orchestra.
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This program provides an avenue of development for computer engineers to have an area of concentration not primarily under computer science or electrical engineering.
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In 1992, the law school established certificate programs allowing students to select an area of concentration within the traditional law school curriculum.
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area of expertise
He was also influential beyond his own area of expertise, notably with his argument that no single academic discipline could describe reality fully.
Times,Sunday Times
Is my question in this person's area of expertise?
Christianity Today
Have both parties been given the opportunity to help determine corporate goals, particularly in their own area of expertise?
Christianity Today
Logically, given its area of expertise, staff were last year invited to design their own breakout and meeting rooms free of influence from managers.
Times, Sunday Times
I launched into a lecture on relative dosage, my area of expertise.
Smithsonian
area of inquiry
A third area of inquiry was to be his drinking, sources claim.
Times, Sunday Times
Less comfortable was how much it was fuelled by her new school, not as an area of inquiry, but as a fact.
Times, Sunday Times
With no area of inquiry ruled out.
The Sun
It was established in 1955 as a formal area of inquiry and practice.
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Another area of inquiry concerns future generations and the burden that nuclear waste and pollution imposes on them.
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area surrounding
The legacy of the last government was a contested marine protected area surrounding the Islands.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The tents of their army covered a vast area surrounding the old ruin.
Jennifer Fallon TREASON KEEP (2001)
big area
Kazakhstan's population is about the same as that of the Netherlands across an area bigger than western Europe.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
From noodle stalls to high-end restaurants, there are nearly 7,000 eating places in an area not much bigger than the Isle of Wight.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
If so, the proposed area is not big enough.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
border area
Several congressional groups are expected to visit the border area next week to assess the project.
Times, Sunday Times
Yesterday a wary calm was broken by sporadic protests in the border area.
Times, Sunday Times
Meanwhile, significant military reinforcements were sent to the border area.
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The entire border area was mapped in 1:20,000.
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In 1953 the two sides agreed to a return to the pre-war borders and a de-militarization of the border area.
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built-up area
The speed limit is 20mph in built-up areas.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
So if you live in a flat in a built-up area, how can you get to a green place?
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Most people nowadays live and work in built-up areas, which tend to be less exposed.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
central area
They could not afford to live in the central areas, and were looking for places to live on the outskirts.
Smithsonian Mag (2018)
Rain in central areas will spread eastwards.
The Sun (2006)
Drivers have been warned to avoid the central area as a number of major roads will be shut.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
coastal area
Last night 28 flood warnings were in place, mostly for coastal areas in the South West and Wales.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
A study found coastal areas had least vehicle crime per head of population.
The Sun (2014)
There will be some showers across eastern coastal areas.
The Sun (2012)
communal area
It has two sleeping compartments designed for two adults in each and a central communal area.
The Sun (2013)
The communal areas give the house the look of a college or university building.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
They also want communal areas where they can mingle with other tenants.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
control an area
There was no violence yesterday in the south of the country - the area controlled by British troops.
The Sun (2006)
Each pride only controls a small area of grassland - they can only hunt animals that come into their territory.
The Sun (2009)
The army has been told not to go into areas controlled by gangs, which could provoke clashes.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
core area
A lot of people don't realise that running helps to tone up your core area.
Times, Sunday Times
Both are well within its core area of operations.
Times, Sunday Times
They include the six-pack muscles, the internal and external obliques that wrap around the trunk and the transversus abdominis, which compresses the ribs and keeps the core area stabilised.
Times, Sunday Times
The company would consider businesses that could add to its core area of buy-to-let mortgages or loans to customers for other purchases, boosting its growing consumer finance unit.
Times, Sunday Times
There had been concern that the two acquisitions were taking the company away from its core area of expertise.
Times, Sunday Times
cover an area
Five million years ago, a river estuary covered the area.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
Growing out your hair to cover the area actually makes patches look worse.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Jump in the snow pit and make a snowman in this covered area of real snow.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
designate an area
A council may designate an area for selective licensing if various conditions are met.
Times, Sunday Times
The term activity centre can also be used to designate an area for mixed-use development, whatever its current land use happens to be.
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He became thoroughly familiar with the 'green line' drawn to designate the areas occupied by the two communities in the capital, how-ever.
Times, Sunday Times
The conservation plan involves designating some areas of reef where all fishing will be banned.
Times, Sunday Times
downtown area
Pest is the downtown area where most hotels and shops are.
The Sun (2008)
Four or five of us walked through the downtown area.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
The derby match between the teams in December last year sparked fighting in the downtown area.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
The main financial district is northeast of Union Square in the main downtown area.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
He lives and works in the downtown area of the city Downtown is vintage and cultural Vegas at its best.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
evacuate the area
Officers were unaware paramedics had been told by armed cops to evacuate the area.
The Sun
Residents were later ordered to evacuate the area amid fears of renewed fighting.
Times, Sunday Times
Fourteen people were hospitalised with burns and poisoning as emergency workers rushed to evacuate an area within a 1½-mile radius of the plant.
Times, Sunday Times
At least 140 campers had to evacuate the area.
Times, Sunday Times
About 30 residents were expected to return home last night after being earlier told by police to evacuate the area.
Times, Sunday Times
explore an area
I go to France a lot and each time I try to explore an area I haven't been to before.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
This is exciting since I thought I had explored the whole area.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
The hotel is great for relaxing and exploring nearby areas.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
flood the area
Under the plan, between 3,000 and 6,000 riot-trained officers could be summoned within hours to flood an area and deal decisively with public disorder.
Times, Sunday Times
Police couldn't flood the area because they only have a handful of officers for the whole region.
The Sun
Each spring the water would rise and flood the area, many times taking the poorly constructed houses with the receding waters.
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The original section of the highway was abandoned so the dam could flood the area.
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In what appears to be desperation, police flooded the area with armed officers, but for what?
Times, Sunday Times
forest area
Which country has the most forest area the world?
Times, Sunday Times
He revealed that her mobile phone signal had been traced to a remote forest area 10 miles south of the nightclub.
Times, Sunday Times
The forest area will be used for walking, camping, woodland crafts and equestrian events.
Times, Sunday Times
About 1,000 illegal miners operate in the forest area.
Times, Sunday Times
Artisanal logging takes place under community forest area.
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forested area
I continually had this image in my head of this forested area across the street from the house where my parents live.
The Sun (2012)
In a mountainous, forested area, this threebedroom house also has sea views.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
geographical area
Local unions represent employees within a particular geographical area.
A Conceptual View of Human Resource Management: Strategic Objectives, Environments, Functions
Large cities mean that there's a lot of young players in a relatively small geographical area.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
We are looking at big, stable multinationals with decent dividends that have exposure to a wide geographical area.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
This will be done by considering the nature of the restraint, the geographical area and the length of time it will run.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The circular could be misleading when it referred to a locality being'a broad geographical area '.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
highlight an area
If you have a little lid visible above the lash line, you can use a pale shimmery shadow to highlight that area.
Times, Sunday Times
Concerts, boat tours and other events highlight this area in the warmer months.
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Each looks at life and ministry through a slightly different filter, highlighting some areas while ignoring others.
Christianity Today
The planets seem determined to highlight any areas of your life where you're making compromises.
Times, Sunday Times
This highlights an area of confusion for bank customers, as policies vary.
Times, Sunday Times
huge area
It runs hotels and construction companies and owns huge areas of land.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
If properly protected, those rights would save huge areas of rainforest in one go - at no cost.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
It came as huge areas of the country yesterday ground to a halt after overnight snow and freezing temperatures.
The Sun (2017)
identify an area
Identify the area of law you are really interested in and do it.
Times, Sunday Times
Applicants are also required to identify an area of law in need of reform that could serve as the basis for a note.
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The first two number from right to left identify the area do residence.
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Divisional area codes are still used to identify the areas themselves, together with the police station and vehicles (if any) nominally covering them, but not officers.
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Experts will use fluorescent disinfectant to help identify the areas touched most frequently by fans.
The Sun
immediate area
Chances are, on most days, you won't want to leave the immediate area.
Times, Sunday Times
The committee's refusal to back the plans overturned the earlier approval by councillors from the immediate area where the resort would be located.
Times, Sunday Times
Activities in the immediate area include horse riding, walking, and shopping in local markets.
The Sun
Residents who live in the immediate area described seeing large numbers of emergency vehicles in attendance.
Times, Sunday Times
However, some recruit on a national basis so you needn't be confined to your immediate area.
The Sun
improvement area
However, only the organizational improvement area of the target was met.
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The boundaries and names often do not conform to the usage of the general population or designated business improvement areas.
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In the end, the relationship between changes in a converter circuit's flow-patterns and the efficiency of a torque-converter can then be used to identify potential improvement areas.
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industrial area
He joked that his restaurant was unfashionably located in an industrial area near a motorway exit.
Times, Sunday Times
It has to be in an industrial area, because it would not be acceptable in a residential area.
Times, Sunday Times
It was an industrial area.
Times, Sunday Times
The 17-year-old's body was found in a field in the north industrial area.
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The bridge was near the sea and in an industrial area.
Times, Sunday Times
inhabit the area
Once you are on solid ground, explore the shady glens and highland hills, spotting the hundreds of birds that inhabit the area and the rare wildflowers.
Times, Sunday Times
Keep your eyes peeled on the foreshore for birds — oystercatchers, redshank, dunlin, turnstones and curlews all inhabit the area.
Times, Sunday Times
Skylarks, fallow deer and hares inhabit the area.
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Bobcats, coyotes, grey foxes, and rarely, mountain lions, also inhabit the area, but are seldom seen by visitors.
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The possibility therefore can not be ruled out of at least some of the same people having continued to inhabit the area for thirty millennia.
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isolated area
It would be helpful to designate an isolated area — ideally a small island — as a place of early voluntary exile.
Times, Sunday Times
Meanwhile, an opportunity has arisen for leadership to be shown in an isolated area that the governing body can call its own.
Times, Sunday Times
I was approaching a light in an isolated area where there was rarely traffic even in the busiest of times.
Christianity Today
In 1902, a railroad connected the isolated area to industrial cities on the plain.
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Restoration has turned what was a small, isolated area into a wildflower haven teeming with life.
Times, Sunday Times
key area
The report cited the lack of price transparency and liquidity in the forward market for gas as a key area of concern.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Teaching excellence is to be found in the key area of education and teacher training, as well as three other areas.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
The defence was the one key area they needed to strengthen in the summer and they didn't address that properly.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The role of electronic surveillance and unmanned aerial vehicles is well documented, but a key area of advance is in the collection of biometric data.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Another key area in the future is biological engineering — particularly understanding the biological basis of personality and cognition, personalised medicine and com-computational and synthetic biology.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
know the area
I know the area well and it has a major road, a motorway and a local airport.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
He knew the area and he led me into it!
FIGHTER BOYS: Saving Britain 1940 (2003)
The couple knew the area well from holidays.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
landing area
The landing area is small and hard to hit.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
This demanded an extensive broadening of the landing area.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
With its own helicopter landing area and exclusive private bar between both main stages, it is perfect for keeping a low profile.
The Sun (2015)
large area
Persicaria vacciniifolia is smaller but will still cover a large area.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Surrounded and escorted by armed soldiers, we moved to a large area of brown earth, overflown by large white butterflies.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
There is a large area where it is not safe for people to be out.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
He began by telling them what had happened five years ago as the ship passed through a gravity sink near a very large area of cosmic dust.
Ursula K. Le Guin THE BIRTHDAY OF THE WORLD (2002)
Growth of large area and defect-free two-dimensional semiconductor layers for high-performance p–n junction applications has been a great challenge.
Tiefeng Yang, Biyuan Zheng, Zhen Wang, Tao Xu, Chen Pan, Juan Zou, Xuehong Zhang, Zhaoyang Qi, Hongjun Liu, Yexin Feng, Weida Hu, Feng Miao, Litao Sun, Xiangfeng Duan, Anlian Pan 2017, 'Van der Waals epitaxial growth and optoelectronics of large-scale WSe2/SnS2 vertical bilayer p–n junctions', Nature Communications
living area
The contemporary interiors include an open-plan living area and fully fitted kitchen.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
It was basically furnished with two casement windows facing from the living area onto the street below.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
The living area, with its high-vaulted roof and lancet windows, is cosy.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
With larger 'coach-built' motorhomes - usually two- to six-berth - the living area is built around an existing chassis and cab.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
The floors of the main living area are made from Douglas fir planks with a light lye and white-soap finish.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
low-lying area
The city was built in a low-lying area subject to flooding.
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The region receives an annual average of 2000 mm of precipitation, which often causes flooding in the low-lying area.
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The low-lying area had never been developed because of drainage and sewerage problems.
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The new structure proposed to be constructed in the low-lying area abutting the highway will have nearly 20 additional platforms.
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The residents started adding fill along the neck in the late 18th century because the low-lying area was prone to erosion.
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metro area
East of that interchange, the freeway begins to exit the metro area as the landscape transitions back to farm fields.
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Parts of the metro area are seeing hyper growth.
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The initial store opened next to the theatre, however, four additional locations were added throughout the metro area.
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Some areas in the southern metro area recorded 11in mm of rain.
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Satellite cities are sometimes listed as part of the larger metro area, and sometimes listed as totally independent.
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metropolitan area
Proximity to a metropolitan area where she could attend the symphony, go to a play, or take advantage of educational opportunities also attracted her.
Christianity Today
The average monthly rent in this 'outer metropolitan area' was 1,250.
Times, Sunday Times
If you are in or close to a major metropolitan area with pro teams, your chances are multiplied.
Christianity Today
But these centers, some 200 of them scattered around the metropolitan area, are in a class by themselves.
Christianity Today
The metropolitan area now has a population of 20m, and will likely gain another 3m by 2025.
Times, Sunday Times
occupy an area
The solar panels, which occupy an area equivalent to 50 football pitches, generate 9.5 megawatts of peak power, the same as six wind turbines.
Times, Sunday Times
About 500 birds from all parts of the world occupy the area of the aviary.
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The ruins occupy an area of about 20,000 m.
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Often, protestors occupy an area for a short time instead of being forced to leave by the police.
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The complex was built with red bricks and its ruins occupy an area of 14 hectares.
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outdoor area
Down the centre of the covered outdoor area, makeshift tables were groaning with shoppers, who were snacking on the fine fare sold at the market.
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The chickens are located in an outdoor area within the prison's grounds, with sheds used to house them at night.
The Sun
New this year are four lodges with similar design quirks and their own outdoor area.
Times, Sunday Times
With a typical cost of 7,000-13,000, such systems are relatively expensive, and require a decent-sized outdoor area.
Times, Sunday Times
The two-way speaker easily fills any outdoor area, and the sound has real finesse to it.
Times, Sunday Times
parking area
Be prepared for the 15- minute walk from the parking area.
The Sun (2016)
There's a large parking area by the bridge.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
There will be snow and ice on the parking areas and some of the smaller roads.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
patrol the area
Police have now arranged for a community support officer to patrol the area.
The Sun
The court was not told if the clampers were legally entitled to patrol the area.
The Sun
More gendarmes will be assigned to patrol the area, enforcing reservations at overnight refuges on the mountain.
Times,Sunday Times
They need to be planted at three times their depth (with chicken wire over the pots if squirrels patrol your area).
Times,Sunday Times
Vigilante groups now patrol the area at night.
Times, Sunday Times
picnic area
Pass the car park and picnic area and take left fork along the south bank of the loch (1).
Times, Sunday Times
The last remaining river swimming club in the country, with a big picnic area, weir, shallow area for little ones, and rope swings.
Times, Sunday Times
There are also adventure playgrounds, a picnic area and cafe, and study centre.
The Sun
Although he had the picnic area to host two hundred people, he couldn't park their cars.
Christianity Today
A few yards away, there's a picnic area with benches and a pergola on which there are plans to grow climbers and vines.
Times, Sunday Times
populate an area
This would populate the area with students, and could even become a national sporting academy.
Times, Sunday Times
The first families started to populate the area, mainly families of the railroad construction workers or their management staff.
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Retail, professional, service, wholesale, and industrial type businesses populate the area.
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In 1860, graziers began to populate the area and farm sheep and cattle.
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By the 17th and 18th centuries small farmers began to populate the area.
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populated area
Quite a challenge for a highly populated area with a large construction and manufacturing industry.
Times, Sunday Times
Park in a locked garage or in a well-lit, densely populated area.
Times,Sunday Times
She said the second option of building another runway would cause unfair noise and air pollution, and upheaval in a populated area.
Times, Sunday Times
It said that the street, in a densely populated area, was only 16 feet (5 metres) wide.
Times, Sunday Times
In this relatively sparsely populated area people like to live in the countryside.
Times, Sunday Times
protected area
The legacy of the last government was a contested marine protected area surrounding the Islands.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
This is a beauty spot and protected area for wildlife.
The Sun (2016)
It's a protected area because of the turtles and there are very few buildings in sight.
The Sun (2010)
It's a nature reserve and a protected area.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The plant is not in a protected area, but the business case for it depends on the technology being rolled out to other areas which are protected.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
remote area
But locals in the remote area are battling to stop the plan.
The Sun
For example, an overseas doctor then practising in a remote area was seconded to me for an update in genito-urinary medicine.
Times, Sunday Times
Relatives who saw them chatting assumed the worst and drove the two of them to a remote area.
Times, Sunday Times
And when he passed out, they loaded him into a car and drove him out of the city into a remote area to a graveyard.
Christianity Today
He had no phone and lived in a remote area, so communication was a problem.
Times, Sunday Times
research area
Stem cells have enormous therapeutic potential, and consequently erasure has become an intensely active research area, as well as attracting interest from the pharmaceutical industry.
The Times Literary Supplement
In fact, it will probably be two to three years before either research area produces a workable device.
Globe and Mail
It was an exceptionally rich research area first for fundamental physics and then three, four years later the applications started to come quicker than mushrooms after rain.
Times, Sunday Times
The potential for new media to shape practices of social care both organisationally and individually has been a longstanding research area.
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He was considered a pioneer in establishing international business as a research area.
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residential area
This reasonably priced little villa is in a quiet residential area and built in a French colonial style.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The area is now being rebuilt into a rather fascinating residential area.
Gagman, Maurice DOUBTFUL MOTIVES
And since it was not in a residential area, meetings could go all night.
Christianity Today (2000)
There were claims that government forces had sought to force their way into the city to shelter from Western air strikes in a residential area.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
resort area
A retreat for ministers and spouses in a mountain resort area.
Christianity Today
The access road passes the resort area and continues partway up the mountain, switchbacking most of the way.
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When its use as a port waned, the village became a resort area.
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As a result, the area quickly was built up as a resort area.
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The resort area accommodates approximately 8 million visitors per year.
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rural area
If you live in a rural area without access to mains gas, this could be for you.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
The search yesterday focused on a rural area near the university that is popular with walkers and mountain bikers.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
It is a poor, rural area and is already housing more than 700,000 people displaced by fighting in other regions.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
My first attempt at taking the test in a rural area was unsuccessful.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
The bodies of the three men were discovered in a rural area of Cambridgeshire.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
search an area
Police who were searching the area were increasingly concerned for her safety.
The Sun (2009)
The body was spotted while planes were searching an area 260 miles west of the city.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Yesterday officers searched the area with dogs looking for the murder weapon.
The Sun (2016)
seating area
It was a tiny log cabin with a wood-burning stove and seating area downstairs, and a single bedroom above.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
We might add two standing areas in-between a seating area.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
They were given a special seating area just yards from the stage.
The Sun (2010)
secure area
Video-imaging technology would plot the movements of every tag and alert staff if anyone went into a secure area.
Times, Sunday Times
A path led me towards the gatehouse and the main secure area of the prison, guarded by a 12ft fence topped by razor wire.
The Sun
The containers should be approved for the storage of petrol and should be stored in a well ventilated, secure area of the garage.
Times, Sunday Times
The comedians were charged with breaching a secure area, for which they could face up to six months in jail.
Times, Sunday Times
After changing out of their gowns, workers must then shower before leaving the secure area.
Times, Sunday Times
sensitive area
In this sensitive area, the law should reflect the widespread sense of compassion and humanity and provide legal certainty.
Times, Sunday Times
Payments to the relatives of officials are a sensitive area in world sport.
Times, Sunday Times
But in this sensitive area, less darkness and more light are needed.
Times, Sunday Times
Workplace romances, particularly involving bosses and employees, have become an increasingly sensitive area in recent years.
Times,Sunday Times
It took two years to build a case for the planners because it's in an ecologically sensitive area, but it went at auction for 250,000.
Times, Sunday Times
shopping area
The Windsor Royal Station shopping area has boutiques, designer shops, coffee shops and restaurants.
The Sun (2009)
To get through the night I amble around the main shopping areas.
The Sun (2013)
The location is close to the shopping area and ideal for exploring the city's impressive art museums.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
sitting area
The sitting area has two sofas facing each other across a low coffee table.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
One of the highlights is the roof terrace, which has a dining area, bar and sitting area with an open log fire.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Maybe you could make a raised sitting area at the end of that path or in a patch of meadow grass?
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
A wooden walkway snakes out from the house under a tunnel of drunken tree ferns, then opens up to a sitting area.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
ski area
They were in a relatively easy ski area and the conditions were good.
Times, Sunday Times
It's a much-loved service, a useful and sociable way to unlock the secrets of an unfamiliar ski area.
Times, Sunday Times
Méribel lies at the heart of the vast ski area.
Times,Sunday Times
We soon realised we would need every inch of the huge ski area to work off the calories on offer.
The Sun
In those resorts where no lifts are operating, we offer them a complimentary bus service to another ski area for the duration of their holiday.
The Sun
storage area
Beyond that, near the entrance, a chain-link fence enclosed a utilities storage area.
Gregg Andrew Hurwitz DO NO HARM (2002)
A Sixties storage area will become office blocks ranging between two and four storeys in height.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The parcel shelf has a covered storage area to hold an umbrella.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
She has transformed the spare room into a dressing room and storage area for her shoes.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
The liver is the main storage area for this vitamin.
Martlew, Gillian & Silver, Shelley (ed) The Medicine Chest - your family's guide to prescription drugs (1988)
subject area
Even with my former background as an accountant, pensions to me are a very dry subject area.
Times, Sunday Times
Begin by spreading the word on social networking services and blogs related to your subject area.
Times, Sunday Times
The impetus he generated led the subject area to gain widespread academic recognition.
Times, Sunday Times
No subject area shall be left unfestive, no corner of the nation left un-marqueed, and no member of the public denied enforced jollity in a tent at an inflated price.
Times, Sunday Times
The allocation of money for specialisms was based on a school's future plans to become master of a particular subject area, rather than on any particular prowess already achieved.
Times, Sunday Times
suburban area
And they don t pay that in the suburban area.
Chicago Sun-Times
We're an inner ring suburban area and are facing a lot of pressures.
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Being located close to a major urban area and in a rapidly developing suburban area increases its significance as a nature reserve.
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Families moved out to this rural suburban area as ownership of automobiles increased dramatically.
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It houses an impressive number of horses and stables for the suburban area.
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surround the area
As well as friendly service and a good environment, we act as a bridge between customers - who love the chat - and producers who surround the area.
Times, Sunday Times
Valleys and hills surround the area, while there are no mountains.
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Coyotes and an occasional bobcat can be seen in the hills that surround the area.
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Planters, trees, shrubs and wooden benches surround the area.
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Various cattle ranching operations surround the area.
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surrounding area
Expect expert tuition and a bird's eye view of the surrounding area - plus it's free!
The Sun (2018)
It was sealed off yesterday as officers searched the buildings and surrounding area.
The Sun (2014)
The disease spreads outward causing inflammation in the surrounding area.
Holford, Patrick The Family Nutrition Workbook (1988)
UPSIDE The surrounding area is a magical landscape of low wooded hills and sheltered grassy areas.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Dry the wound by patting it with clean pieces of gauze and apply a plaster large enough to cover the surrounding area.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
survey an area
These sturdy goggles immerse you in the game and let you survey the area — essentially creating the look-around mode calibrated to the right stick.
The Sun
He ordered his artillery troops to survey the area and prepare targets and firing tables.
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The hotel hired a private company to survey the area for more ordnance with metal detectors but found none.
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They could survey the area with taste and smell of the soil and rock to locate the copper ore.
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Priestly was in constant contact with the gang via a mobile telephone as he rode around on a motorcycle surveying the area.
Times, Sunday Times
tourist area
It's the main tourist area of the city but no less funky for that.
The Sun
But they are crucial to the economy in a tourist area.
Times, Sunday Times
I want a safe hotel in the main tourist area, costing about 100 per night.
Times, Sunday Times
A former open-pit coal mine, it was flooded in 1999 with groundwater and developed in 2006 as a tourist area.
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Redevelopment of the property was necessary, as many more shops were preferring on-street access in the burgeoning tourist area.
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tribal area
The protests began amid rumours, which were later denied by the authorities, that the regional phosphate mining company was secretly recruiting in a specific tribal area.
Times, Sunday Times
The province comprised three groups of areas the settled districts, the political agencies and the tribal area.
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The extent of railways network has ever since defined the limits of the settled area bordering the tribal area to its west.
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Within the tribal area, wells and springs were found and developed.
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Most of them, including their top commanders, are believed to have fled to other tribal areas, raising fears of a protracted guerrilla war.
Times, Sunday Times
vast area
Vast areas of the Libyan Sahara remain unexplored.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Asian elephants once numbered in the hundreds of thousands and ranged over a vast area from the Iranian coast through India and southeast Asia.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Downpours have flooded vast areas of farmland and destroyed thousands of homes.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
visit an area
My grandfather fought at El Alamein and I would like to go and visit the area.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
It is probable that when the UN team visited the area in the autumn they were shown no evidence of it.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Police officers have visited the area but there is no suggestion there will be a formal search.
The Sun (2007)
wooded area
My brother dropping it off, after a circuitous route, in a wooded area.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Then she pointed to the wooded area in the central reservation of the road.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
He said:'It was found in a densely wooded area that is difficult to access.
The Sun (2016)
This may be a wooded area near your home or your backyard.
Christianity Today (2000)
It overlooks a small wooded area to the front and has been extended to the rear.
The Sun (2012)
Translations:
Chinese: 区域
Japanese: 地域
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