Sentence examples for Major conurbations from inspiring English sources

Major conurbations were identified from the 2001 census (Table 1).

It is, as one reviewer noted, a plain man's state-of-the-nation book – though one ignoring the major conurbations.

The problems were not in schools in big cities, but the satellite towns around the major conurbations, he added.

The first was the least of his worries, he suggested, because the launches of 19 channels in major conurbations across Britain would generate, by its nature, massive publicity.

Waiting lists for that on the NHS can be several weeks in the south-east and major conurbations like Birmingham and Manchester".

"The north-west's major conurbations are also performing strongly; Greater Manchester prices are up 4.3%; in Merseyside prices have increased by 8%," said Your Move.

Like Hollywood Park, Aintree was swallowed by a major conurbation which tilted the economics of land use towards development rather than leisure.

You can also "explore" the area around you for popular places - if you are reading this in a major conurbation anywhere in the world, there will be dozens of tips hovering in the venues around you.

San Salvador grew rapidly in the 20th century and absorbed many surrounding settlements; its major conurbation now stretches continuously from Nueva San Salvador in the west to Lake Ilopango in the east and contains about one-fourth of the total population.

Mr McKay points to a Southampton council estate with "green spaces so wide that the wind cuts through you", and building layouts that are "cynical" and can only be made out from on high: "You know these estates because every major conurbation has them, and they spawn nothing but apathy".

The precise date is known thanks to records kept by Japanese officials, who witnessed the devastation caused by the subsequent tsunami when it inundated their shores.America's next mega-disaster is likely to be a smaller earthquake, but one much closer to a major conurbation than has occurred of late.