Sentence examples for a land overrun from inspiring English sources
They are tired of broken promises and of living in a land overrun by foreigners and armed militias.
Freddie Highmore does the honours as the eponymous youngster who dreams of being a knight in a land overrun by boring lawyers, where health-and-safety restrictions have taken all the fun out of life.
A revitalization initiative for the Hunts Point neighborhood has also reclaimed Barretto Point Park, turning what was once an unkempt stretch of waterfront land "overrun by weeds, chickens, goats, vagrants and shacks," Ms. Hayon recalls, into a placid, pleasant and tidy expanse.
It is public land overrun by squatters ineligible for basic city services.
The Transylvanians, their land overrun by the troops of the Habsburg emperor, then recognized the suzerainty of the emperor Leopold I (1687); Transylvania was officially attached to Habsburg-controlled Hungary and subjected to the direct rule of the emperor's governors.
The roads are falling apart, so you need a Pajero or a Land Cruiser… The colleges are overrun with fundos… so you have to go abroad… The police are corrupt and ineffective, so you need private security guards… People are pulling their pieces out of the pie, and the pie is getting smaller, so if you love your family, you'd better take your piece now, while there's still some left".
Takeoff and landing overruns account for most of the accidents that occur on or in the immediate vicinity of the runway, and it would cause accidental aircraft damage and loss of life.
The research company had sought for years to replace its outdated, sprawling building with money obtained through a land sale or a development deal but confronted fierce resistance from the community, which feared being overrun by commercial construction.
