Assertion: water vole | /r/HasProperty | common sight
Facets:
value: on waterways
type: LOCATION
value: on the river dore
type: LOCATION
value: very
type: DEGREE
value: in the rest of europe
type: LOCATION
value: throughout mainland britain
type: LOCATION
value: formerly
type: TEMPORAL
value: in many waterways in the uk
type: LOCATION
value: in numbers
type: OTHER
value: in the 1900s
type: TEMPORAL
value: in uk rivers
type: LOCATION
Source sentences:
text: The water vole used to be a common sight in UK rivers but numbers have dropped a lot over the last 50 years.
text: The water vole is one of the fastest declining wild mammals in the UK and has disappeared from many parts of the country where it was once common.
text: Nevertheless, in the 1900s, water voles were a common animal, familiar to everyone.
text: Water voles, immortalised by Ratty from Wind in the Willows, were once a common sight in the UK's waterways.
text: Water voles used to be a common sight in many waterways in the UK.
text: The water vole, immortalised as ‘Ratty’ in Kenneth Grahams’ Wind in the Willows was formerly a common sight on waterways throughout mainland Britain.
text: In the rest of Europe, water voles are common.
text: Dr Jonathan Reynolds, of The Game Conservancy Trust, said: "Water voles were once very common on the River Dore but like many other places in the UK they have completely disappeared in the past 20 years.