Rural
rural (adjective) - farming areas far away from large towns and cities
rural areas
rural communities
rural society
rural populations
rural population growth
rural parts of the country
the rural hinterland
small towns in the rural hinterland
a highly integrated small-scale rural economy
a run-down rural backwater
glad to get back to rural tranquillity
rural homes
rural cottages
rural huts
rural farms
rural land
rural life
rural life in the country
rural living
the rural poor
rural poverty
the transformation from a predominantly rural, agricultural, manual way of life to an urban, industrial, mechanised pattern of living
rural development
rural development problems and programmes
rural social change
rural versus urban
migration from rural areas to the city
rural advancement
rural towns
small rural towns
rural villages
remote rural villages
a traditional rural village
rural voters
a rural constituency
conservative rural constituencies
rural views
rural roads
rural families
a rural scene
a rural setting
a rural landscape
rural schools
a pleasant rural atmosphere
a rural retreat
the rural heartland of the country
rural adult education
the development of rural adult education
adult education in rural areas
liberate the full creativity of rural people
in the case of many rural areas, the dominance of land ownership as a factor of political power
mounting an armed movement in a rural setting
a policy that will stimulate food production for the domestic market and the raising of income levels of the rural poor
increasingly urban, rural society still represents a very sizable sector
rural-based
semi-rural
rural situations
provide a uniform level of social welfare in rural areas
an unprecedented boom in the construction of private housing encroaching upon the rural landscape
committed to the preservation of the traditional landscape of rural England
the most remote of rural localities beyond the influence of town-based labour markets
the increase in the rural population was slackening as out-migration strengthened
the highly diverse structure of this rural society, differing from province to province, from mountain valley to mountain valley
the marked upturn in rate of population growth which was recorded by many of the more remote rural places
land reform had profound impact on the distribution of rural wealth
Example sentences:
* We have already considered the highly diverse structure of this rural society, differing from province to province, from mountain valley to mountain valley.
* Only the most remote of rural localities now lie beyond the influence of town-based labour markets.
* The unprecedented boom in the construction of private housing also seriously encroached upon the rural landscape.
* To anyone committed to the preservation of the traditional landscape of rural England, much of this must make gloomy reading.
* It seems he was totally bewildered by the streams of traffic and all the noise and was very glad to get back to rural tranquillity.
* A hundred years ago the Cotswolds were transformed from a run-down rural backwater into a world-renowned centre for arts and crafts.
* Large scale developments within a highly integrated small-scale rural economy, tend to have a negative and distorting effect.
* And it is not just a revolution, it's a rural revolution, it's a revolution which is taking place through the peasantry.
* Land reform had profound impact on the distribution of rural wealth and income and through this on both the motivation and complicity of the rural population to invest, improve farming techniques and to increase production.
* Scientific and technological advances laid the foundations for the transformation from a predominantly rural, agricultural, manual way of life to an urban, industrial, mechanised pattern of living.
* However, despite the costs involved, a proliferation of institutions offering differing conceptual and functional approaches is necessary if the full creativity of rural people is to be liberated.
* Although Latin America is becoming increasingly urban, rural society still represents a very sizable sector.
* What is required in Latin America is a policy that will stimulate food production for the domestic market and the raising of income levels of the rural poor.
* Perhaps the most important single decision taken by the District during the twenties was to accept the Carnegie Trust's offer to support financially the appointment of a tutor for the development of rural adult education.
* Whilst it is necessary to promote individual creativity and development, it is extremely important to encourage group and cooperative action in rural development programmes.
* One of the biggest obstacles to change is the unrepresentivity of many national and regional institutions and, in the case of many rural areas, the dominance of land ownership as a factor of political power.
* The personal testimonies of these women tell the story of mounting an armed movement in a rural setting, of organising in villages among people with little political experience, and of the specific disappointments faced by women when this struggle was crushed.
* Just on the hill-side above the starting-point is a little cottage, one of the large family of rural homes that adorn the Highland hills.
* Thus, attempts to provide a uniform level of social welfare in rural areas means centralisation of services in schooling, health and housing, which gives rise to migration away from isolated areas.
* The firm had several offices in small towns in the rural hinterland, and a partner from one of these would attend `;my'; branch office on two days per week.
* By 1953, however, with Conservative rural constituencies pressing their MPs for a rural electrification subsidy, and the Minister looking more favourably on capital expenditure for this purpose, the Area Board chairmen hammered out a national plan for rural electrification, which was finally agreed at an extended and controversial meeting at a country hotel in Moretonhampstead in 1953.
* Between 1831 and 1861 the increase in the rural population was slackening as out-migration (especially to London) strengthened, although most moves were over short distances.
* Rural population growth has had a distinctive regional pattern, which is, of course, the inverse of that observed for rural depopulation.
* In addition, attempts to interpret rural social change are hampered by the myths surrounding rural life, especially those that portray all rural communities as settings in which mutual aid and harmony of interests abound.
* Much of rural Britain has a non-existent or very rudimentary bus service, and about one-quarter of all the rural parishes of lowland England have fewer than one bus daily.
* Nonetheless, it is often the most deprived areas or people who are least able to help themselves, and in many rural areas the decline in rural transport and rural services outlined above has led to real rural deprivation.
* You know, if not, you know, if you're very, very poor in a, in a rural area, you may think, well look, there's, there's this chance, no matter how, how slim of me getting a, sort of proper job in the urban area, thus you may well take that chance.
* The distinction between education and schooling becomes clear in a rural society.
* One of the most impressive features of 1971-;81 population changes is the marked upturn in rate of population growth which was recorded by many of the more remote rural places in Britain, compared with the 1960s.
* The principal contrast across the country is between the younger populations of the urban heartland areas and the older populations of the coastal and rural rims.
