At this stage there is still not a clear energy policy for bringing decentralised power to rural areas.

We spent our holiday exploring rural France.

Nick looks down on anyone who comes from a rural area.

It seems the rural area will be developed on a large scale.

You will soon be used to rural life.

I want to live in rural areas.

Rural life appeals to me very much.

This movement from rural to urban areas has been going on for over two hundred years.

Urbanization is encroaching on rural life.

He is getting used to this rural life by degrees.

She is getting used to this rural life by degrees.

She lives in rural seclusion.

It's said that Japan's rural landscape has changed greatly.

This organisation promotes literacy in rural areas.

Have you ever lived in a rural area?

Rural environments are too quiet for me.

Our farm is located in rural Nebraska.

As figures from the National Development and Reform Committee show, the Internet has developed rapidly in rural China.

By the end of June 2006, the number of netizens in rural China had reached three million, seven hundred and forty one thousand, making up 5.1% of the total rural population.

By the end of June 2006, the number of netizens in rural China had reached three million, seven hundred and forty one thousand, making up 5.1% of the total rural population.

By the end of 2006, the number of rural netizens in China was twenty three million one hundred thousand, showing that in six months a total of fourteen million, three hundred thousand rural Chinese got online.

By the end of 2006, the number of rural netizens in China was twenty three million one hundred thousand, showing that in six months a total of fourteen million, three hundred thousand rural Chinese got online.

The report from the National Development and Reform Committee says that the advance in rural high-speed telecommunication infrastructure is the main reason for the increase in Internet users.

Young people and migrant workers are the bulk of rural Internet users; in terms of online music, online games, online film and television, and the Internet's capacity for entertainment, rural Internet users are equivalent to urban ones.

Young people and migrant workers are the bulk of rural Internet users; in terms of online music, online games, online film and television, and the Internet's capacity for entertainment, rural Internet users are equivalent to urban ones.

However, compared to that in cities, rural use of online news, search engines, online shopping, online banking, online stocks and so on is much lower.

In some rural areas, the Internet is important for agricultural information, as well as being particularly useful for the purposes of agricultural production technologies and pricing.

Liu Manqiang, deputy director of the Chinese Research Centre and College for Social Sciences and Information Technology, says "Information and communication technology has the potential for a huge increase in value; an important goal for the development of China's information technology is allowing more rural citizens to benefit from the information technology industry."

It is said that Japanese rural villages had changed a lot.

I live in a rural area.

In India, there are lots of rural areas around big towns.

And Mary was buried in the rural graveyard, under the shadow of the belfry tower.

Just as rural homeowners had trouble keeping the grass green over the septic tank and drain field in late summer, so only a few desert plants found purchase here.

There is little doubt that the tightening of an already stripped system will have dramatic consequences for industry and municipalities in rural areas.

In December 2013, the Department of Agriculture announced it will provide up to $250 million to help businesses and residential customers in rural areas cut their energy bills through energy efficiency and renewable energy use.

The high-density urban coastal corridor from Washington, DC, north to Boston is one of the most developed environments in the world, containing a massive, complex, and long-standing network of supporting infrastructure. The Northeast also has a vital rural component.

Asia has many rural villages.

I don't like rural horror thrillers.

The rural exodus depopulated entire villages in this region of Germany.

My aunt’s house is old. It was previously a farmstead, but its location is now in a suburban part of town. However, the garden surrounding it still imparts a rural appearance.

Tom is from a rural area.

Cities are more densely populated than rural areas.

She was in a pretty rural dress of white; a few wild flowers were twisted in her fine hair; a fresh bloom was on her cheek; her whole countenance beamed with smiles.

While the top one percent has amassed a bigger share of wealth and income, too many families, in inner cities and in rural counties, have been left behind.

They spent their lives in a rural area with no opportunities, but now they're millionaires.

Tom liked living in rural Australia.

Fadil was raised in a small rural town.

Sami grew up in rural Egypt.

Layla lived in rural England.

Layla grew up in rural England.

Sami dumped Layla's body in a rural area.

Layla lived in a rural area.

Tom lives in a rural area.

Surprisingly, the most serious consequences of rural depopulation are often felt in urban areas.

Sami lived in a very rural county.

After Greece was conquered, he made a fierce victory and brought the arts to rural Latium.

Tom grew up in a rural area.

Tom's church builds orphanages in rural Mexico.

Sami was born in a rural community.

People are leaving rural areas and moving into cities.

Why are people leaving rural areas?

Tourism has the potential to contribute towards employment and economic growth, as well as to development in rural, peripheral or less-developed areas.

Like most rural Cambodians, Prem labors in the informal economy, scraping together a living by farming two types of rice on his 1.5 hectares of paddy field, and repairing his neighbors’ bicycles and motorbikes.

The fire has charred an area of the forested, rural area five times the size of San Francisco and is only 30 percent contained.

We don’t live in rural areas anymore. You can’t just explode into a rage and expect people to forget. People have options now and they’ll find a better situation.

Sami grew up in a rural area.

Small rural villages or islands could be peaceful even in wartime.

As family farms have consolidated into megafarms run by large corporations, rural residents have moved to cities like Des Moines, the state capital, or left the state altogether.

He travels about 865 kilometers (540 miles) each month to pay weekly visits to patients in rural health care centers.

According to a University of Minnesota study published earlier this year, 18 million reproductive-age women live in America’s rural counties, but over half of these counties have no hospital where a woman can give birth.

Tom lives in a rural community.

Rural areas in the U.S. tend to be have higher numbers of unvaccinated children.

I live in a rural community.

Many Chinese people make good guests, especially those from rural areas.

Kabylie is the densest populated rural area in Algeria.

Mennad started learning Arabic in rural Egypt.

And later, I want to study small rural businesses to help generate more opportunities.

And then I want to study small rural businesses to help create more opportunities.

Later I want to study small rural businesses to help create more opportunities for them to influence world trade.

Employees in this rural region of the state handpick the organic produce, rinse, prepare and box it up on site, ready to distribute to area customers.

It may be hard to believe that in modern-day America, not everybody has access to high-speed internet. But that is the reality for many Americans, especially those in rural areas of the country.

By the late 19th century, slavery was over, but the American South was still rife with discrimination and injustice for rural African American sharecroppers.

He was living in a very rural area in Algeria.

In rural areas people eat better.

Rutopia, the winner, connects tourists with indigenous communities in rural areas of Mexico.

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission estimates that about 19 million Americans still don’t have access to broadband internet. Most of those people live in rural parts of the country.

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission estimates that about 19 million Americans still don’t have access to broadband internet. Most of those people live in rural parts of the country. But little by little, individuals, companies and the government are changing that.

Algeria has countless rural migrants.

I grew up in a small rural town in Algeria.

This is Kabylie, a rural area in northeastern Algeria.

He lives in an Algerian rural village.

The path to that rural Algerian village took us through a dense forest.

Algeria has set aside billions of dollars to develop rural areas.

We're in rural Algeria.

The developing world is home to some densely populated megacities that may be tinderboxes of viral transmission. But it also encompasses large rural areas where social distancing is not a public health recommendation, it's a way of life.

In this rural area, social distancing is not a public health recommendation, but a way of life.

Water for washing is less readily available in poor rural areas and urban slums.

The painting dates to a time when Van Gogh had moved back to his family in a rural area of the Netherlands and painted the life he saw there.

I live in a pretty rural area in Algeria.

I love the rural atmosphere of Kabyle villages.

Life is improving in rural Algeria little by little.