By 1928 the source of water had changed, and the building fell into disuse.

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In other countries, equivalent terms for the unmarried fell into disuse without feminist campaigns to push them.

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But technology was changing rapidly and the costs of running the project escalated so it fell into disuse.

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The result was that the countryside became impoverished and in many places farms and plantations fell into disuse.

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The Duke's 1822 fishing lodge where they stayed, Rosehall near Lairg, has been on the "at risk" register since it fell into disuse 45 years ago.

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Using fish in this way used to be a standard approach to malaria control, but when insecticides like DDT were introduced during the last century with apparently magical success, it fell into disuse.

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