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The greater the urban centre, the larger such areas were.

All other buildings in this urban centre are being retained.

Today it is a large urban centre in the north of Sydney with over 16,000 residents.

A police liaison program is provided in the urban centre where the officer has a school office.

Under British control, the city grew into a major urban centre and naval base.

Around the same time, a wall was being built around a new urban centre.

Every urban centre showed up as a large, dense cluster of white light.

It is the 11th largest urban centre in the country.

It is a second phase of building urban centre.

The only major urban centre was Red Deer, then a small town.

The only urban centre not to endorse the right was Łódź.

During the following two decades Launceston grew from a small town into an urban centre.

Modern meets ancient in the world's fastest growing urban centre.

The nation's largest urban centre is like a major US city without the crime.

This largely rural area is gradually being converted to a small urban centre.

The city is the country's second largest urban centre behind Mbabane, with a population of 73,000 (2004).

Mount Barker has since developed into a large urban centre, which is developing very rapidly.

In some cases, monasteries themselves became the isolated nucleus of a new urban centre.

As a major urban centre, the economy of Lahore has relatively prospered.

The seat also includes the western part of the slightly larger urban centre, Hounslow.

In wealth and power it rivalled the urban centre of Bordeaux.

In addition, individuals who have attended school or lived in an urban centre usually speak French.

The main urban centre is at Vaileka, with a population of 3,361 in 1996.

For much of this period most of the population lived in the countryside, with London being the only major urban centre.

It is located 330 kilometers from the urban centre of Chongqing proper.

The others live in the area around the urban center.

The population of its urban center in 2002 was 18,354 people.

In 1985, he received 62 percent and carried every urban center.

About 95.4 percent of the inhabitants live in the city's urban center.

Economic development has not had as large an impact outside of urban centers.

By 1980, the majority of the state's population was living in urban centers.

San Francisco has been the cultural, financial and urban center of the region for a long time.

Nor will much be made of the city as the most heavily black urban center in America.

Those teams are usually to be found in urban centers.

There is no evidence of a stadium having a positive effect on an urban center.

Since 1650, the urban center expanded beyond the city walls.

In this model the structures are not related to an urban center near the place.

This effort began to attract other companies and families back to the urban center.

International service is available in major urban centers, but not much elsewhere.

Approximately twenty percent of its 45,310 population live in the urban center.

The greater the urban centre, the larger such areas were.

It is six km from the urban center and has a population of less than 100 people.

Moreover, the area is difficult to reach from major urban centers.

Hardest hit of all the nation's urban centers is Washington.

People now moved to the urban centers and to factories.

The majority of the state's citizens live in urban centers.

And urban centers around the country are experiencing similar growth.

"It's more the kind of thing you expect to see in a major urban center, rather than a suburban area," he said.

In general, for travel between urban centers, use the train.

This is comforting news to Americans, especially parents who live in our large urban centers.