BE10 LS - Unit 3 - Prepositional Phrases

Using organic waste instead of chemical fertiliser creates healthier soil _____ the long-term.

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Agriculture has changed enormously ______ the past 100 years or so.

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This type of agriculture is concerned _____ all with productivity.

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Planting only one type of crop is very efficient ______ terms of applying pesticides and herbicides.

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The techniques of high-yield agriculture developed _____ about the 1930’s to now have been increasingly used in less developed countries.

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And I want to talk about some of these _______ the lens of sustainability because ...

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... it’s no good producing a lot of food if ______ the same time we are using up all of our natural resources ...

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... and degrading the environment ______ the process of feeding the population.

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Intensive agriculture was developed to make farming more efficient, but this efficiency also comes _____ the expense of the environment.

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Things like bees have been killed ____ large numbers due to pesticides and insecticides.

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