noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a border area/region
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The Afghan border area is open and wild.
a broad area/field (= including a lot of different things )
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Psychobiology is a broad area covering many different topics.
a conservation area (= an area where animals and plants are protected )
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a wildlife conservation area
a danger area/zone (= an area that could be dangerous )
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People living in the danger area have been told to leave.
a desert area/region
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A hot dry wind blows from the desert areas of North Africa.
a disaster area/zone (= area where a disaster has happened )
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Military planes flew food supplies to the disaster area.
a fashionable resort/area/address etc
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He runs a fashionable restaurant near the Harbor.
a growth area/industry
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Nuclear energy will be the main growth area in the energy sector.
a key area
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What are the key areas of economic policy?
a picnic area/site (= a special area with tables where people can have picnics )
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There is a picnic area next to the car park.
a resort town/area/centre
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They're only a five minute stroll away from the main resort centre with all its bars, restaurants and nightlife.
a subject area (= a group of related subjects )
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He has written a lot in this subject area.
an affluent society/area etc
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the affluent Côte d'Azur
an area of conflict (= a subject or matter that causes conflict )
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There may be many areas of conflict between parents and teenagers.
an area of disagreement (= an idea or subject that people disagree about )
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Substantial areas of disagreement still exist between scientists.
an area/field of research
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This is a very exciting area of research.
an exclusive suburb/area
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They live in an exclusive suburb on the north side of the city.
area code
catchment area
conservation area
contentious issue/area/subject etc
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Animal welfare did not become a contentious issue until the late 1970s.
declared a disaster area (= officially called a disaster area )
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The town was declared a disaster area after the floods.
deprived areas/neighbourhoods etc (= where a lot of deprived people live )
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our deprived inner cities
disaster area
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The town was declared a disaster area officially called a disaster area after the floods.
frontier town/area/post etc (= a town etc on a frontier )
general area
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Pat and his friend were in the general area of the crime when it happened.
geographical area/location/position
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a large geographical area
hilly region/area/terrain etc
immediate area
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It is a thriving shopping centre for the people who live in the immediate area .
industrial area/zone
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pollution in industrial areas
local area network
no-go area
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This part of the city was a no-go area for the police.
penalty area
plant a field/garden/area etc (with sth)
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a hillside planted with fir trees
recreation ground/area/room
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a recreation area for children to play in
rest area
restricted area
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No Entry – restricted area for army personnel only.
sb’s area/field of expertise (= the subject or activity that someone is skilled in )
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a historian whose area of expertise is the Roman Empire
service area
source/area/point of contention
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The issue of hunting is a source of contention.
staging area
surface area
surrounding area
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Troops sealed off the surrounding area .
the search area
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The search area has now been widened.
tough neighborhood/area/part of town etc
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a tough area of Chicago
urban areas
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unemployment in urban areas
vast areas/expanses/tracts etc (of sth)
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vast areas of rainforest
wilderness area
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
certain
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With the exception of certain areas of mental health, there appeared little clear medical evidence in support of these claims.
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Whatever the level of national economic success, certain areas will remain disadvantaged.
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Although much of the development utilises pre-cast techniques, certain areas were constructed using traditional in-situ methods.
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There are also negative measures in the sense of restriction of land-uses, and exclusion of people and/or livestock from certain areas .
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In certain areas no figures were given for a good many parishes, even the values of some livings being omitted.
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That they have an important role to play is already clear in certain areas , such as special education.
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We do not take certain inner City areas .
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We got on together very well, our conversation frank and adult, with certain forbidden areas .
different
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Anyone dealing with such figures will know of the enormous variation in coding practice in different areas .
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There is a choice of over 260 walks exploring 85 different areas throughout the country.
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There were also a number of gates to hang, so that stock could be moved between the different areas .
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There are wide discrepancies in the service that patients in different areas receive.
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Each teacher approaches a procedure in an individual way and has different areas of expertise and interest.
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There were a limited number of places allocated to different areas .
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The two pubs are in different areas of Doncaster, South Yorks.
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There is no justification in economic analysis for giving different institutional treatment to different competition policy areas .
geographical
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The quality and price of private housing varies enormously both between city centres and suburbs and between different geographical areas .
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Civilizations as geographical areas Civilizations, vast or otherwise, can always be located on a map.
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The geographical area where each sale was made; 6.
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There were even several geographical areas named after him in recognition of his oceanographic studies.
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In 1914 they were still few in number and often had impractically large geographical areas to deal with.
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The chronological introduction of different alloys can then be compared between different cultures and geographical areas .
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Moreover, they are inclined to deal with geographical areas in turn.
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Those that were traded over wide geographical areas , though, can be useful in linking the dating frameworks of different regions.
industrial
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Some contamination by heavy metals was detected, notably in the industrial areas of Fife, and also more widely by tin.
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The city also reached agreement with a major development firm to market the industrial park area .
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Although Kilmarnock is an industrial area , there is a large rural area in the constituency in the heart of Ayrshire.
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With rising rural population and the end of the cereal boom, farm wages away from industrial areas simply stagnated.
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Because the technology is based on readily available material it can be produced anywhere, creating jobs outside industrial areas .
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This was true of the industrial areas but also the rural communities which had ancient Catholic communities.
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The Convention set a transitional period of 10 years, with an industrial free trade area coming into being by 1970.
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These two actions would provide a separation of industrial and residential areas to a degree, creating a better environment.
key
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Recruitment has, to a large extent, centred on the key areas of sales and research staff.
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One key result area was quality.
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The major industrial developments were heavily concentrated in a few key areas of the Empire.
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Thus, in the key area of economic policy, despite an occasional victory, Carter achieved little.
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Another key area where energy efficiency is required is dishwashing.
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We have also tightened up our management in other key areas of milk production.
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The key area in which these ultra-current databases flourish is the field of financial information.
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We were delighted yesterday to obtain the agreement of the manufacturers to concentrate on these three key areas .
large
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Junction devices; Large area imaging applications.
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A metropolitan is the chief bishop of a large area .
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In the Somerset Levels large areas of land were reclaimed and given straight-sided, drain-edged fields.
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Planners must be aware of the less acceptable aspects of bringing people from too large a catchment area .
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This was a large amusement area filled with slides, rope swings and wooden climbing frames.
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But with larger areas it is best to cut out a regular shape and put in new timber.
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From then on their superior passing dominated large areas of the match.
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Only small areas have had to be re-drilled because of flooding, although that can mean relatively large areas in some localities.
local
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Graphics: Methods of transmitting broadcast quality vision through a digital local area network.
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You will have to buy this directly or indirectly from one of the telephone companies serving your local area .
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It is currently working on a system for extending the security provided on Unix and local area network systems.
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Private local-area networks on the Internet operate at data transmission speeds of 10 to 100 megabits per second.
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National and international events are covered when they affect the local area .
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Until recently it was difficult to buy authentic Farmhouse Lancashire anywhere but in the local area .
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You should have already completed research into your local area and know where you can or can not detect safely.
main
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Intermediate and advanced teaching in the main areas continues in the second- and third-year courses.
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The main areas will be awarded.
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Where possible, cover the main floor area in one sheet, or make joins well away from main traffic areas.
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Petrey outlines the main areas of disagreement and suggests an explanation for the differences between the two schools.
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Maps and memoirs of the main coalfield areas had been published and many of the one-inch sheets of non-coalfield areas had appeared.
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The main areas of growth have been in inter-bank deposits, certificates of deposit and the foreign currency markets.
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The other main area of growth is in unemployment.
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The 25 acres of the Peffermill playing fields are within easy reach from the main areas of the University.
other
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This scheme, which has now spread to other areas , obviously influenced the Griffiths proposals.
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You should sell some shares for cash and invest that money in other areas .
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Various local companies sponsored the restoration and furnishing of other areas of the 1907 Clubhouse.
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Senior officers are watching the pilot programme carefully with a view to including other areas .
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But there are many other areas in which we could act.
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It is not the proper procedure for anyone trying to make sense of other areas of social life.
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Clearly a cohort analysis of this and other areas in southwest Cumbria is urgently required.
particular
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A dominant characteristic of the location-factor school is its focus on the particular features of areas in order to explain their relative fortunes.
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The other chapter on a particular area of policy deals with education.
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You will also be held in respect of any particular area of your breakdown to what you have put in your original letter.
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They provide a very general introduction to particular occupational areas .
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When I work in a particular area I want to know why a landscape looks as it does.
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Area analysis can be used to provide a company with information about the different types of people living in a particular area .
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The division of responsibility was based upon past historical connections and more recent wartime involvement with particular areas of concern.
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This may be a particular area where the records manager's experience of other media and enabling litigation may be particularly valuable.
residential
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It has the loveliest of gardens and is situated in the residential area of Sorrento known as Sant' Agnello.
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Because of this decentralization of services and businesses, few convenient residential areas exist for those who lack transportation.
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Driving-related report, however, was highest in shopping areas , then arterial roads, and lowest in residential areas.
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Anyway, coming back I detoured through residential areas where the traffic was not so bad.
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London Dockland is a very attractive residential and business area .
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The pilot tried to turn back but the jet exploded and a large fireball ripped into a crowded residential area .
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His planning powers were also insufficient to enable the breaking through of older residential areas to construct Paris-type boulevards.
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Moreover, they are virtually unknown in established residential areas .
rural
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The most difficult part of the Boards' programme of expanding the distribution system was in rural areas .
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This is aimed at encouraging subscriptions from smaller towns and rural areas where there are no Internet service providers.
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Car ownership rates are higher in rural areas than the national average.
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In many rural areas the tree was deemed sacred and thus is widely planted in churchyards.
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Even since the war industrial relocation schemes for rural areas have been half-hearted and inadequate.
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In some rural areas the population served may need to be even smaller if villages are far apart.
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In the rural areas , angry farmers prevented officials from evicting those who were in arrears with their mortgage payments.
small
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They were painted over, but some one had scraped away a small area of paint, exposing the clear glass.
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Switching on the vacuum cleaner, he runs it over a small area of the gray wall-to-wall carpet.
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Providing a service often requires a thorough local knowledge of the culture and mores of small areas of the community.
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The first signal to arrive back at Earth is the mirror-like reflection of the small area about the sub-Earth point on Mercury.
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They make up in quality for their comparatively small area .
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A very small land area is included in this zone.
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Increase or reduce numbers of plants for larger or smaller areas .
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Palaeontological studies only relate to the very small areas of sedimentary cover over certain parts of the crystalline basement in this region.
subject
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There is, it is heartening to note, quite widespread acceptance that language is significant in all subject areas .
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The bulk of reviews in these papers cover just a few subject areas .
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New computers are needed for the subject areas involved.
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The consequence of this for the curriculum must be that within all subject areas both aspects must be attended to.
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Topic - word senses vary according to subject area or domain.
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What about the subject areas covered?
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We are now interested in whether subject area has any influence on differences in type of contract of employment.
urban
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The modern police services in Britain originated in the needs of the growing urban areas at the beginning of the nineteenth century.
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The Reagan New Federalism also signalled an increased dependence of urban areas on state government.
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Increasingly, Labour and Conservative support has become polarized between North and South and between urban and rural areas .
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Runyon credits his drive to improve overnight mail service in urban areas for much of the shift in attitude.
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Despite this prudent, but politically damaging, platform, the party made gains, mainly in urban areas .
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During the period 1990-90, urban areas expanded at the rate of 11,000 ha per year.
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The early success and popularity of rural reforms encouraged the introduction of economic change in urban areas .
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The SDOs for the urban development areas do likewise for urban development corporations.
vast
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He was surprised at the vast basement area that was used for medical research beneath the Alexander Fleming House building.
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Altogether, it was a vast area whose different parts were cut off from each other except by slow coastal navigation.
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To the south lay a vast area of redevelopment, relieved only by the remains of a Victorian terrace.
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The vast restaurant area allows us a complicated exit choice of at least fifty yards of glass door frontage.
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As Gould rightly assumed, vast areas of terraincognita held enormous possibilities for new and exotic species.
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The fact that the White groups were spread out over such a vast area caused the lack of communications.
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Between 1768 and 1779, his own voyages of discovery filled in vast empty areas on the maps of his time.
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You should be ready, however, for those awkward bream that decide to use their vast body area like kites.
whole
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The whole area was immediately placed under curfew and restrictions were not relaxed until Dec. 15.
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By the time whole areas up to the sixteenth floor were visible, David Childs's intentions could be seen clearly.
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The whole area is wreathed in mists.
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The only traffic in the whole area consisted of chugging yellow Navy tugboats which emitted heavy black smoke from their tall stacks.
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Other cities also had noble temples; none had such a splendid facade to its whole sacred area .
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The discovery of this glow at high-temperature vents opens up a whole new area of research.
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It kills the germs as well, leaving the whole area clean and hygienic.
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If this transpires then the emergence of fairness really will have a substantial effect on the whole area of procedural due process.
wide
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Having skirted the mire itself without success, the search-party fanned out to cover a wider area , calling Horatia's name.
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These deliver serotonin to wide areas of the brain and spinal cord.
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The restructuring will enable it to focus better on the two areas of its expertise in both wide area and local networks.
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It was first seen from Bristol, Reading, and Clifton, and was tracked by many observers over a wide area .
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It is apparent that course evaluation and judgement of aims both form part of the wider area of educational decision making.
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There are wide differences between areas within the same region.
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At his death, wide areas of the country were outside his government's control.
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Likewise the concepts of local and wide area networks.
■ NOUN
catchment
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Prep schools have no secure catchment area , they have always depended on the forces of the market place for their survival.
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The hospitals more remote from their catchment area were thus the natural early candidates for closure.
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Neither hospital was sufficiently remote from its catchment area to warrant the intervention of the centre to impose closure.
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Attempts will be made to reduce pesticide use in water catchment areas .
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Planners must be aware of the less acceptable aspects of bringing people from too large a catchment area .
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Typically this will involve detailed catchment area research, and competition analysis.
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The closure was doubly important because the catchment area covered the inner London districts of Westminster, Paddington and Hammersmith.
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Dormitory centres Within the catchment area of a burgh; basic services available; some growth potential and encouragement to industry.
conservation
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We also understand that the Black Lion is situated in the conservation area in Llanfair Caereinion.
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It has no less than nine conservation areas designated as being outstanding.
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Similarly, any proposed redevelopment or new building must actively enhance or preserve the character or appearance of the conservation area .
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The course boasts a large conservation area , and it is my intention to plant some two thousand species of hardwood trees.
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Some local authorities have designated very few conservation areas .
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Demolition in conservation areas Permission is also needed to demolish an unlisted church in a conservation area.
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The whole of the Main Street and the river frontage has been made into a conservation area .
network
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It is currently working on a system for extending the security provided on Unix and local area network systems.
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Within a building, a local area network can transfer data at broadband speeds-10 megabytes per second or more.
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But whether yours is a local area network or a global one, your problem is the same.
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Local-area networks transmitting data at speeds of between 10 megabits per second and 100 megabits per second also exist.
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The software allows users to access local and remote communication services on NetWare networks without being confined to a local area network.
problem
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The principal problem area concerns the additional amount of computation that may be necessary successfully to implement Monte Carlo based techniques.
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In this case, treat the write-up as yet another learning experience informing you of strong and problem areas .
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If you stoop or are round-shouldered these shoulder movements will help to rectify this problem area for you.
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The termite inspector can point out some problem areas .
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We are tackling our problem areas and are divesting those assets which no longer have a strategic fit.
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In short, a literature reviewer tells you what others have done or are doing in your problem area .
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You can also conduct profit forecasts, identify profitable work and problem areas .
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As the probe got closer to the problem area , the sound increased.
reception
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Georgina Newley was conferring with Brassard in the reception area .
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Back out toward the lobby, just off the reception area , is a different room.
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With children constantly moving between evacuation and reception areas , endless administrative problems arose.
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Homes with large impersonal reception areas are better for orientation if they are broken up into smaller areas divided from each other.
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New carpets, partitions, desks and offices have all been installed, together with the creation of a much needed reception area .
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The hubbub in the reception area was considerable among the gathering of journalists, show business people, and golfers.
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On signs in personnel departments and reception areas .
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They reception area is comfortable and welcoming.
surface
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The aim was to get the weight as low as possible while at the same time maintain adequate surface area .
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The body surface area will not be used in the calculation since the clearance is being done on an average size adult.
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The surface area of a plate is reduced at a subduction zone whereas it is increased along a spreading ridge.
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The tension in the films draws them towards minimum surface area .
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Also a film presents less surface area to a chemical than does particulate matter.
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The microporous structure offers a high surface area 50% of which is inside the media.
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Blagdon supply Bio-Filter Medium high-grade semi porous light clay granules with a large surface area .
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Simply by growing larger, creatures suffer a continual decrease in relative surface area .
■ VERB
cover
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Toton and Tinsley are good examples of depots with specific sub-sector allegiances and covering a wide geographical area .
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The concession covers an area in the department of Cesar with 100 million tons of proven reserves.
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Later still it was found covering extensive areas of the sea floor south of Ireland.
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Officials in rural districts covering a large area may drive long distances to perform their regular duties.
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The repetitions cover two areas , each of thirty-six bars.
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I would suggest that ten or twenty questions would be satisfactory to cover the subject area framed by the major research question.
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Keep doing this until any pain subsides, then cover the affected area and see your doctor.
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As part of the retooling, the newspaper will create special teams to cover five subject areas that are considered key.
live
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It was also decided that the living areas would be upstairs, with the bedrooms at ground level.
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They have lived in the area for hundreds of years.
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Two sets of bunk beds in each room along the living area , each bed tautly clothed.
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But what is life like for people living in rural areas who can't afford a car?
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Findings include: Some 600 million people live in urban areas where the average level of sulphur dioxide pollution endangers their lives.
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The people who live in those areas have lost power.
move
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This was because so many other companies were moving into the area and the demand for property grew.
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She worked in the clothing business in New York before moving to the Washington area about 40 years ago.
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It may be difficult to move areas since many local authorities and some housing associations operate strict residence restrictions.
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When guards showed up late that night to move Guzman to another area of the prison, he was missing.
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Changing preferences will be shown in siting, and occupation will tend to move about within an area .
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And students would be allowed to move easily among career areas .
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Instead, proposals have involved moving him to his area of greatest expertise as public works director.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
grey area
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Human beings can't live on grey areas for ever - unless it enters their soul.
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It only remains to add that there is - damn it - a thin grey area between the two.
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Nowhere is it easier to blackmail than in the criminal underworld and the grey areas of conduct that surround it.
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Of course there's a grey area.
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Sometimes a contractual term lies in a grey area between the two.
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There are far too many grey areas with endless different interpretations open to every side.
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There is one type of appeal which falls in the grey area between review and supervision.
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There were grey areas in what she had told him - or rather allowed him to believe.
target audience/group/area etc
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It is worth reiterating here the point that the media offer a means of influencing your target audiences.
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Most of its students are the provincial poor, the target audience of leftist guerrilla groups.
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Providing prevention materials to state health departments will ensure that target groups have ready access to such materials.
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The target areas were both moderate. income tracts of South Phoenix. 4.
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The approach involves identifying variations in the functioning of target areas and relating those variations to known differences in cortical function.
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The key is to analyze the target audience, Half said.
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The other major target group is those hospitalised with infectious illnesses.
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We know the terrain in the target area is complicated, rugged.
the length and breadth of the area/country/land etc
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But the Jaipur is hoping that eventually passengers will be eating their food the length and breadth of the country.
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They dogged him the length and breadth of the country, wherever the small troupe of players appeared.
uncharted waters/territory/area etc
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And instead of heading off into uncharted waters, Shyamalan has positively invited comparisons with his previous opus.
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Any progress to be made in this almost uncharted area would be of great significance to communication and those who apply it.
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Clearly the 49ers are sailing in uncharted waters.
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Gradually the performance builds into something extraordinary, a gallant voyage into uncharted territory.
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I clenched my teeth and closed my eyes as the plane headed straight into very uncertain, very uncharted territory indeed.
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Not uncommonly, studies of this kind which relate to relatively uncharted areas raise more issues than they solve.
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Other career seekers are more interested in venturing into uncharted waters.
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There are no road signs in uncharted territory, no footprints to follow in places where no one has ventured before.
walking disaster (area)
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As far as my patients went, I became a walking disaster area.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a no-smoking area
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After an hour's work, I had only cleaned a small area of the carpet.
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Calculate the area of the walls and ceiling before you buy the paint.
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Hannah grew up in a beautiful area of Ireland.
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Nordstrom does research in the area of heart disease.
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Only cheeses made in this area may be labeled "Roquefort."
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Police think the crime was committed by someone from outside the area .
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Raul grew up in a poor area of Buenos Aires.
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The boat's sail had an area of more than 50 square yards.
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The boat has a sleeping area at one end.
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The cost of electricity has risen in our area .
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The family lives in Roxbury, a working-class area of Boston.
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The President has won new support because of his reforms in the areas of health and education.
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The rate at which an ice cube melts depends on its surface area .
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Their apartment has a large kitchen area .
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There's a smoking area behind the building.
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There is a shortage of water in many areas of the world.
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There were over 2 inches of rain in coastal areas.
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There were several damp areas on the living room ceiling.
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They fund research in areas like information technology.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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It may be difficult to move areas since many local authorities and some housing associations operate strict residence restrictions.
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Maricopa County started growing faster than any urban area except San Antonio.
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Most of the actual work of book provision is operated on an area basis - in common with other functions of the library service.
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The concession covers an area in the department of Cesar with 100 million tons of proven reserves.
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The larger size of authorities has produced complaints about remoteness from rural areas.
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The property encompassed about eighty thousand acres, seven times the area of Manhattan Island.
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They notify schools and day care centers when a moderate-risk offender moves into the area .