Sentence examples for amassing land from inspiring English sources

ME: I guess they thought that amassing land was important.

Japan's new national defense guidelines scrapped the cold war-era strategy of amassing land forces on the northern island of Hokkaido, where they were dug in against a Soviet invasion, in favor of building a more mobile force focused on defending its islands and vast seas in the south.

The prominent Texas ranching family began amassing land in the Lone Star State when cattleman Dolph Briscoe Sr. (d. 1954) went into the cattle business in the early 20th century.

Soya planters amass land but employ few people.

In converting a tropical fruit into a global commodity, United Fruit amassed land across Latin America, from Guatemala to Colombia, replacing virgin jungle with vast tracts of Gros Michels.

PAGE A15 AMERICAN IN EYE OF BOLIVIAN STORM Since Ronald Larsen, an American farmer, drove his pickup truck to Bolivia from his native Montana in 1969, he has lived a quiet life, farming corn, herding cattle and amassing vast land holdings.

CARAPARICITO, Bolivia — From the time Ronald Larsen drove his pickup truck here from his native Montana in 1969 and bought a sprawling cattle ranch for a song, he lived a quiet life in remote southeastern Bolivia, farming corn, herding cattle and amassing vast land holdings.

Mr. Byrd entered the Senate during the prime of Lyndon B. Johnson, one of the best at amassing Capitol land holdings.

By amassing the land and protecting it by putting it in public hands, the Open Space Institute, a nonprofit group endowed with money from the Reader's Digest fortune, is giving the Shawangunks a stronger identity.

Entry would allow professionals like him to amass more land.

The lack of roads, antennae and buildings on the mountain is largely because of Percival Baxter, a former governor who from 1930 to 1962 amassed the land and funds to create what is now the 210,000-acre Baxter State Park.