Rank sth according to/by sth Metropolitan areas were being ranked Based on the amount of Intercontinental conferences they hosted. Clever Vocabulary: linked terms and phrases Fertile or infertile land barren barrenly barrenness bottomland bread basket cultivable fertile granary hardscrabble hospitable hostile infertile lie fallow luscious scrabbly sterile uncropped uncultivable uncult... https://news.rafeeg.ae