Example sentences of "of land for a " in BNC.

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1 In Mexico in the early 1980s these networks had joined to form the National Council of Popular Urban Movements , with their main demand being that every poor family had a right to a piece of land for a dwelling ( Cockroft 1983 ) .
2 We supervised the clearing of land for a nursery and for the permanent planting of the wild cocoa after it had been collected .
3 Nevertheless , that Wilfrid enjoyed good relations with Aethelwealh is confirmed by Bede who records the king 's gift to him of 87 hides of land for a monastery at Selsey ( HE IV , 13 ) , the site of the bishopric subsequently established among the south Saxons in the time of Daniel , bishop of Winchester ( HE V , 18 ) .
4 It was eventually decided at the Council meeting that farmers should be approached about renting out a plot of land for a short time for the travellers whilst the search for a permanent site continued .
5 My Lords , there is no doubt that the traditional distinction between a tenancy and a licence of land lay in the grant of land for a term at a rent with exclusive possession .
6 When it handed down its ruling the High Court agreed that an arrangement offering the exclusive occupation of a Licence of land for a fee of rent was not a Licence but a tenancy instead .
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