Example sentences of "used for agriculture " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was a country where only 3% of the land could be used for agriculture but where farmers received considerable financial assistance from the government to ensure that rural communities continued to be viable . |
| 2 | In Cornwall , some of the most intractable of wastes can be used for agriculture , for ornamental gardens and playing fields , or be converted to semi-natural habitat , as woodland or heath . |
| 3 | the Chi the Chinese empire is , is actually growing but possibly in the sense that within Chinese territory marginal land that has n't previously been used for agriculture is being brought into use . |
| 4 | Whilst the costs of conservation can be measured relatively easily ( for example , the direct costs of site management or the production possibilities if the land were used for agriculture or forestry ) , there are almost no tangible measures of the benefits of conservation . |
| 5 | It is intended that the reclaimed land should be used for agriculture , as opposed to its present use as seasonal cattle ranching . |
| 6 | Although more than three-quarters of the land surface is used for agriculture , very few people are employed in the agricultural industry . |
| 7 | The Ministry of Defence says : ’ Bomb disposal experts clear former military land for building but not if it 's used for agriculture . |