21.   This meant that the cities which ultimately grew up within this rural society were of a different character from the surrounding countryside.

22.   Thus the sphere of influence of Tyneside spreads far out into the surrounding countryside and along the coast.

23.   Towns, therefore, were coming to assume greater importance as places of defence and refuge for the surrounding countryside.

24.   Wealthy nobles inhabited splendid villas in the surrounding countryside.

25.   The house is made of local stone, which blends in well with the surrounding countryside.

26.   I think the development is a stalking horse for exploitation of the surrounding countryside.

27.   The hill provides a commanding view of the surrounding countryside.

28.   The slash-and-burn wastage of the surrounding countryside as the army made its way to the sea.

29.   Leicester did not have a staple industry at this time and the high degree of dependence on the surrounding countryside is evident at once.