Assertion: existing town | /r/HasProperty | expanded
Facets:
value: substantially
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: Later developments included the expanded towns: existing towns which were substantially expanded to accommodate what was called the "overspill" population from densely populated areas of deprivation.
text: About halfway between Birmingham and London was the new town of Milton Keynes (which took its name from a village in the area, but also swallowed up existing towns Newport Pagnell and Bletchley), while the existing town of Northampton was expanded.