Sentences with phrase «relatively wild country»

The scenic qualities of this area have long been recognised and the idea of granting it protection as a national park were put forward as early as the 1920s, the principal reasons being that it was an extensive area of beautiful and relatively wild country but these early plans never came to fruition and urban development and changing agricultural practices continued to impinge on the area's character with much of the traditional grass «downland» being turned over to arable farming.

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Spader (Sex Lies and Videotape, The Rachel Papers), as the heavy, gives the part nuance and even a smidgeon of thoughtfulness amid the creepiness, but the part is relatively minor, with director Kanievska (Where the Money Is, Another Country) concentrating more on the lavishly wild parties and the not - so - steamy sex scenes between Clay and Blair.

Although Belize is a relatively small country, approximately the same size as the American state of Vermont, it is an oasis of misty mountains, green hills, tumbling waterfalls, gorgeous beaches, and wild wetlands meet the sapphire waters of the Caribbean.