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Large areas of land tend to collapse in stages after periods of heavy rain.
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Large swaths of the city's residential areas away from the lake are characterized by brick bungalows built from the early 20th century through the end of World War II.
Large areas, including most of those around Trujillo, were abandoned, and thousands of Hondurans were thrown out of work.
Large reserves of hydrocarbons are being tapped in the offshore areas of Saudi Arabia, Iran, India, and Western Australia.
Large areas adjacent to the already excavated ones remain to be explored, as they lie under the fabric of modern-day downtown Athens.
( Note: Revenue collected from Karachi includes revenue from some other areas since the Large Tax Unit ( LTU ) Karachi and Regional Tax Offices ( RTOs ) Karachi, Hyderabad, Sukkur & Quetta cover the entire province of Sindh and Balochistan ).
Large areas beneath the ocean surface still remain effectively unexplored.
Large areas in the capital area region in the Governorate of Muscat and in Amerat and Quriyat were severely affected.
Large numbers of Ghazi warriors, Islamic scholars and dervishes began settling in Osman-controlled areas, and migrants composed the bulk of his army.
Large areas of apartment blocks, built from the 1960s onwards, include Rataje in the east, and Winogrady and Piątkowo north of the centre.
Large parts of the population of both areas also embraced Calvinism.
Large areas of Siberia ’ s taiga have been harvested for lumber since the collapse of the Soviet Union.
" Large radio stations such as Westinghouse advocated that only 25 larger radio stations in large metropolitan areas be allowed to broadcast while smaller stations would be given limited power.
Large areas of the state's wheatbelt region have problems with dryland salinity and the loss of fresh water.
Large areas are kept free of buildings to provide a flood plain.
Large areas in the southern hemisphere contained branched stream networks, suggesting that rain once fell.
Large private developments have sprung up around the village, as with most areas of Dublin's north west ( e. g. Glasnevin ) and west ( e. g. Castleknock and Blanchardstown ).
Large areas of Europe had previously been united by empires built on force, such as the Roman Empire, Byzantine Empire, Frankish Empire, Holy Roman Empire, Ottoman Empire, the First French Empire and Nazi Germany.
Large areas of private lands have either been subdivided into subdivisions of small " ranch " lots or have been sold or donated to the Federal government and make up portions of the Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve, other wildlife preserves, and various state wildlife sites.
Large towns and the areas where Ottoman power predominated remained severely depopulated until the 19th century.
Large areas of Belarus, Ukraine and Russia were contaminated, resulting in the evacuation and resettlement of roughly 200, 000 people.
It was adopted as a theoretical framework for analyzing redevelopment processes in large urban distressed areas in European cities ( see “ LUDA: Improving quality of life in Large Urban Distressed Areas ” project – Research funded by the European Commission, EVK4-CT2002-00081 ).
Large areas in northern Canada and northern Alaska have tundra climate, changing to ice cap climate in the most northern parts of Canada.
Large chiefdoms began to dominate considerable areas of the island.
Large areas of the western plain were subject to large land rents called Huan Da Zu ( 番大租 — literally, " Barbarian Big Rent "), a category which remained until the period of Japanese colonization.
Large populations in forested areas are rare.
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Large piscivore amphibians were the first vertebrates to conquer land, they evolved 400 million years ago.
Large amounts of previously glaciated land become habitable again.
Large application rates of milk onto land, or disposing in a hole, is problematic as the residue from the decomposing milk will block the soil pores and thereby reduce the water infiltration rate through the soil profile.
Large tracts of this worn-out land, many of them on hilly terrain, have been reforested for the lumber, especially for the cellulose and paper industries.
Large fruit bats must land in order to eat fruit, while the smaller species are able to hover with flapping wings in front of a flower or fruit.
Large tracts of land belong to companies such as WestVaco that sell pulpwood and other timber products to the paper mills and wood product producers.
Large land purchases from Native Americans occurred in 1703, 1709 and 1710.
Large amounts of land were purchased to build the railway, which can still be seen today.
Large areas of land, mainly around the meanders, are unsuitable for development and were developed into large, green open areas, walking routes and parks.
Large areas of vacant land in Ocean Acres were even set aside for other individual subdivisions, such as The Oaks at Stafford development.
Large tracts of land were allocated to Marathon Realty for the purpose of gathering and controlling lands along the railway for commercial and development purposes.
Large areas of land were confiscated from the Māori by the government under the New Zealand Settlements Act in 1863, purportedly as punishment for rebellion.
Large tracts of Pará state suffer from illegal deforestation and land occupation, mostly due to cattle ranching and soya farming.
Large areas of land around Opotiki were confiscated under the New Zealand Settlements Act of 1863 and sold to settlers.
Large meetings were held monthly, where Te Whiti warned of increasing levels of bribery and corruption to coerce Māori to sell their land, yet European visitors continued to be welcomed with dignity, courtesy and hospitality.
Large areas of this land are protected by the National Trust.
Large tracts of industrial land adjacent to the river were added to the regulatory floodplain.
Large percentages of the city's farming land was confiscated by Israeli authorities and allocated to farming cooperatives and nearby Jewish settlement towns such as Mitzpe Aviv.
Large areas of land were released for development from the 1850s onwards.
Large pieces of land were given to the great lords by the Norman Crown.
Large scale wood clearing resulted in the " land of open spaces " ( Land der offenen Fernen ), 30 % of which, today, is forested.
Large numbers of Fowler ploughing engines had been constructed in order to increase the land under tillage during the war and many new light Fordson F tractors had been imported from 1917 onwards.
Large dune seas known as ergs cover much of the remaining land.
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