Sentence examples for acre it from inspiring English sources

Built in 1858 on a third of an acre, it has a sandstone exterior and a slate roof.

The lot covers just under half an acre; it is one of the few double-sided lots, hemmed in by both the road and the river.

"When I saw 1,000 lots to the acre, it drove me out of my mind with excitement," said Mr. Barreiro, who previously financed housing in New York.

Five tons of soil would fill a small dump truck; spread over an acre it would make a layer slightly less than the thickness of a dime, Mr. Cruse said.

The spices board underwrites a third of the cost of concrete slabs, tarps and mechanical threshers, and since most farms are smaller than an acre, it has organized growers' cooperatives to pool facilities.

At 1,000 square meters, or a quarter of an acre, it is the size of a suburban residential lot in the United States and would fit in its entirety into a corner of any J. C. Penney.

On its 56 acres, it also has an apartment building and individual houses.

The developments expanded the area beyond its original 300 acres; it presently comprises Underhill Road and the streets immediately adjacent to it.

Instead it is stepping up investment in its traditional territory: the 300 acres it owns in Mayfair and Belgravia.

Covering 573 acres, it is larger than Monaco.

At more than 165,000 acres, it is not a "small" base.