Example sentences of "who [adv] [vb past] land " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pressure on land was fairly slack in the south ( most obviously shown by the fact that when holdings were reoccupied they were often taken up by men who already held land , and not by landless men ) , whereas in the east there was no shortage of tenants , and the demand for land was maintained . |
| 2 | It was the fault not so much of the railways as of the suburban landowners who deliberately kept land prices beyond the pockets of the working class and thus preserved social exclusivity . |
| 3 | In economic terms , many of those who still had land in the pears following 1973 were not able to farm it successfully . |
| 4 | The vicomtes of Béarn could not therefore rely on the loyalty of those of their vassals who also held lands , offices and pensions from the king-dukes when an Anglo-French war erupted in Aquitaine . |
| 5 | Other examples of continuity , in the north west include the Redmanes of Levens , who also held land in Yorkshire and were feed by both Warwick and Gloucester from Middleham , and probably the Dogets of Grayrigg who fought for Warwick in 1469 and subsequently provided Richard with a chaplain . |
| 6 | Other examples of continuity , in the north west include the Redmanes of Levens , who also held land in Yorkshire and were feed by both Warwick and Gloucester from Middleham , and probably the Dogets of Grayrigg who fought for Warwick in 1469 and subsequently provided Richard with a chaplain . |
| 7 | Erosion has also occurred as a result of overgrazing ( particularly in the Zambesi Valley ) , the monoculture of maize and over smaller areas , tobacco , and of some European settler farmers who profitably exploited land in the Eastern Province during the tobacco boom but were not prepared to invest in long-term conservation measures . |
| 8 | The head of Gulf Resources is Aviva 's deputy chairman , Graham Ferguson Lacey , the evangelical preacher who recently bought Land 's End and John O'Groats . |