Sentence examples for clear the grounds from inspiring English sources

A skeletal staff of three had worked to keep burial records in order, but had to clear the grounds daily of trash and hammocks set up by vagrants.

Shovels and picks rather than mechanized backhoes clear the ground.

The idea was they'd clear the ground in return for being looked after".

I do so also, I suppose, to clear the ground for a better appreciation of his work.

In 1998, JCB diggers began to clear the ground for the building that would become Theatre by the Lake.

Farmers often use fire to return nutrients to the soil and to clear the ground of unwanted plants.

The point of the story is to tear Mark down, to demolish the phallic fetish and clear the ground for something more sheltering.

The title character is a foursquare backwoodsman, employed by the lumber companies to poison the weak trees and clear the ground for resilient new timber.

The hills around Dimock have been bulldozed to clear the ground for dozens of drilling pads the size of football fields.

Other troops carried explosive charges through mountains to reach the lake and were preparing to clear the ground around its edge.

But in negotiations this week, a proposed increase in company payments for health insurance and other benefits seemed to clear the ground toward the settlement.