Sentence examples for increased the land from inspiring English sources

The four polders reclaimed from the IJsselmeer increased the land area of the Netherlands by about 626 square miles (1,620 square km).

Between 1328 and 1329 the Sultan increased the land tax in the Doab the land between the Ganges (Ganga) and Yamuna rivers but the taxpayers resisted it, especially because a severe drought coincided.

The dummy variable (water security) indicated that farm land with access to irrigation water (canals and wells) increased the land price by nearly $11,310 per hectare.

King Herod, ethnically Arab but a practicing Jew, increased the land he governed from Palestine to parts of modern Jordan, Lebanon and Syria constructing fortresses, aqueducts and amphitheatres and earned him the title 'Herodes Magnus', Herod the Great.

An outer sea wall was built allowing the local marshes to be drained and increased the land available for farming.

"I can go back 20 years and talk about Sydney airport, where the government increased the landing charges by 100% before the sale.

Kings profited from warfare which extended royal legislation throughout their kingdoms and increased the lands they directly controlled.

It is the need to increase crop yield without increasing the land area for crops.

Do we increase the land dedicated to agriculture, often at the expense of forests and other habitats.

They also show that improving agroecosystems can allow the land to take on more functions without increasing the land cost.

We must increase the land we have set aside for reserves for protecting wild plants and animals until this terrain covers half the globe.