Example sentences of "hold land [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Chairman , I believe that this is just the sort of motion that can only bring local government into disrepute It 's an abuse of power the council holds lands in the county farms estate for purposes set out in the nineteen sixty agriculture act . |
| 2 | Thus Gloucester 's possession of Chesham ( Bucks. ) gave him the service of the Wedons , who had held land in the manor since the thirteenth century and who acted as his bailiffs there . |
| 3 | Thus Gloucester 's possession of Chesham ( Bucks. ) gave him the service of the Wedons , who had held land in the manor since the thirteenth century and who acted as his bailiffs there . |
| 4 | These common rights were enjoyed only by those who dwelt and held land within the forest bounds . |
| 5 | Fines were imposed for grazing sheep there , both upon those who held land within the forest bounds , and on ‘ purleymen ’ who did not . |
| 6 | His family took their name from a manor near Sheriff Hutton and held land within the lordship . |
| 7 | His family took their name from a manor near Sheriff Hutton and held land within the lordship . |
| 8 | Two sovereigns of equal authority in their respective kingdoms were put on an unequal footing because one of those sovereigns held land from the other . |
| 9 | While pursuing his family tree he found two Tyacks amongst those who held land in the Cornish manor of Binnerton , one of whom held the office of manorial reeve . |
| 10 | Additionally , the peasants would have held lands in the common fields . |
| 11 | It is possible that the latter held lands to the west also , taken from the hostile Durotriges after their defeat by Vespasian . |