Which preposition to use with districts

of Occurrences 1959%

The District of Columbia is a thing apart, belonging to neither side.

in Occurrences 289%

He made his way up country to the furthest district in which the London Missionary Society then had a station.

for Occurrences 55%

A mill notorious in the district for its ancient, unsanitary buildings, its poor management, its bad treatment of its hands.

on Occurrences 46%

Avarabet mentioned a distant district on the coast of Morosofia.

to Occurrences 44%

I may go into the district to the east and watch the children play against the curb.

at Occurrences 33%

Indeed, owing to the difficulties attending access and transportation, the great drawback to the entire Yukon district at present is the want of heavy mining machinery and the scarcity of supplies.

with Occurrences 29%

Miss M'Millan's ideal is to have a large space in the centre of a district with covered passages radiating from it so that mothers from a large area could bring their little ones and leave them in safety.

by Occurrences 28%

Will you forgive me if I trespass for a few moments by reading two or three extracts from confidential reports made to us every week from the different districts by a gentleman whose services were placed at our disposal by the Government?

as Occurrences 28%

It was near by, and he soon found the placea pretty flat in a fashionable building, although not so exclusive a residence district as Willing Square.

from Occurrences 25%

Importations of considerable value, consisting of the immediately requisite supplies of the miners, and their tools, also reach the Canadian portion of the Yukon District from Juneau, in the United States, by way of the Taiya Inlet, the mountain passes, and the chain of waterways leading therefrom to Cudahy.

under Occurrences 20%

By creating intolerable conditions of life, taking away territory on the frontier, putting large districts under military occupation, delaying or not making any diplomatic appointments and carrying on communications solely through military commissions, a state of things was brought about which must inevitably tend to weaken the constitutional unity of the German Empire.

into Occurrences 13%

Mr. Murdoch is a very useful minister in the district, has striven much to illumine the sinners thereof, is bringing them now to a very fair state of enlightenment, and may in time get the whole district into a bright state of sacred combustion.

between Occurrences 13%

In this way I travelled thirteen days, in which time we reached a little village in the mountainous district between the Irawaddi and Saloon rivers, where I was placed under the care of an inferior magistrate, called a Mirvoon, who there exercised the chief authority.

like Occurrences 12%

" "Districts like that all over the map," said the old bird, with a final flutter of caution.

of Occurrences 11%

First Judicial CircuitMr Justice Gray, Boston, Mass Districts of Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island. Circuit JudgesLe

against Occurrences 11%

"Besides, this town and all the towns between here and Brussels are being secretly flooded with papers printed in French telling the people that we have been beaten everywhere to the south, and that the Allies are but a few miles away; and that if they will rise in numbers and destroy the garrisons re-enforcements will arrive the next morning to hold the district against us.

through Occurrences 10%

The entire population of the districts through which they passed flocked to the roadside to see and bless the deliverers of their country.

than Occurrences 10%

It is a much more fertile district than this, beautifully cultivated, and the houses better than I have seen anywhere else in China.

without Occurrences 10%

I have no doubt that you could have flung bricks by the hour in England's most densely populated districts without endangering the safety of a single girl capable of becoming Mrs. Augustus Fink-Nottle without an anaesthetic.

over Occurrences 8%

Certainly, it was not fear of the rulers of Boston that kept his undaunted spirit in a district over which they had no authority; neither was it altogether the harmony that subsisted between his views and those of the hospitable Plymouthers.

around Occurrences 8%

There is in London a district around Charing Cross Road where almost every shop has books for sale.

during Occurrences 7%

in the shade as early as April, while the heat in the same district during the "Khurma-Paz," or "Date-ripening," is so intense that the natives themselves dare not venture abroad in the daytime.

near Occurrences 7%

Without exception they escaped into Trans-Caucasia from villages and districts near the frontier, else they could never have escaped from the pursuing Turks and Kurds.

until Occurrences 7%

Not to abolish slavery in the District until Virginia and Maryland abolish.

within Occurrences 7%

In this case it is indispensable that such order shall, within ten days, be entered at the county court of the district within which she resides.

Which preposition to use with  districts