"firm land" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a piece of land that is solid, stable, and not easily moved or changed. For example: - The farmers in the valley preferred to plant their crops on the firm land near the river, as it was less prone to flooding. - The construction workers had to dig deep foundations in order to build on the soft, marshy ground, but the buildings stood strong on the firm land above. - The explorer finally reached firm land after days of crossing treacherous seas, and he was relieved to feel the solid ground beneath his feet.
Many Indonesians, seasick after his stormy tenure, are longing for firm land.
To understand the native lifestyle, we traveled to the Pacific Coast of Colombia, and Ecuador, visiting the stilt neighborhoods of Buenaventura and Guayaquil, where we witnessed the literal creation of firm land by communities in otherwise flood-prone swamps.
The judge, Julia L. Aurigemma of Superior Court, ruled Wednesday that the company, Crossroads Investment Company of Dallas, must pay two politically connected consultants about $2 million in fees for helping the firm land contracts with the state treasurer's office.
Its star telecommunications analyst, Jack B. Grubman, quit last year amid an investigation into whether he had conspired with Mr. Weill to raise Salomon's rating on AT&T's stock to help the firm land a lucrative underwriting assignment from AT&T.
But now, 20percentt of law firms have a full-time social media specialist on staff, and about 40percentt said blogging and social networking initiatives have helped the firm land new work, according to an ALM Legal Intelligence report released in February that surveyed 179 attorneys, managing partners and marketing directors.
Jag, remember, doesn't want to cannibalise sales from sister firm Land Rover, so the C-X17 will be pitched as crossover rather than traditional 4x4.
Averaging 1,800 square feet, the plots serve as blank canvases for a roster of invited designers, including celebrated landscape architects like Martha Schwartz, Ken Smith, Mario Schjetnan, Topher Delaney, Walter Hood, Andy Cao, Claude Cormier, Christophe Girot and the Italian firm Land-I.
While discussions about Allston have swirled in the faculty club for years, the university has no firm land-use plans; administrators refused to let a design professor speak to a reporter about the architectural study of the area he did this spring.
Last February, the firm landed 150,700 new accounts, compared with 78,500 this February.
European rivals did not lose out completely; Messier Dowty, a French firm, landed a less lucrative contract to supply the nose wheel.BAE Systems, a British defence and aerospace company, made its latest attempt to sidestep competing for valuable defence contracts.
So it advertised, but only on the notice board of an official building closed to the public, helping to ensure that a favored firm landed a €120 million European Union-funded contract.
