Preposition: in

• west: Among the models proposed are that population expansion caused intermixed arable in the west where nucleated villages were formed as spaces were filled.

Modifies a noun

• farmland: Where is there arable farmland in the Great Stour Valley?

• cultivation: Mainly in arable cultivation, with some former pasture gone to scrub.

• farming: Farming past Arable farming has been a feature of the British landscape for some 8,000 years.

• land: The majority occur in arable land with some in coastal grazing marsh.

• crop: However, the roots of annual arable crops do not have time to exploit the whole volume of soil.

• reversion: Further practical help will be given in fencing an area for arable reversion this summer.

Modifying Another Word

• predominantly: The other half is predominantly arable; foxes kill three of the major pests to arable farmers - rabbits, voles and mice.

• mainly: The land which is mainly arable rises eastwards from the Ouse.

• mostly: Only a minority of the population lives in the rural and mostly arable countryside.

• largely: Saturday country is largely arable with Wednesday's country heavier, with more pasture.

• principally: The cultivated land is principally arable; the proportion of meadow being very small; the downs and commons are extensive.

• little: Very little arable land is present in this LCA.

Used with adjective complement

• include: Directory topics include arable, contractors, country sports, farm buildings, forestry, horticulture and livestock.

• remain: These areas now have a lower profile than ridges that remained arable until enclosure.