Sentence examples for land taking from inspiring English sources

Fortunately, The Independent does not have a fleet of helicopters flitting across the land taking pictures of people's back gardens.

There were about 50 locals by the dock waiting for the plane to land, taking pictures on their mobile phones.

"Restored wetlands store carbon at higher rates than forests on land, taking climate action to counter coral bleaching," the campaign website says.

Macfarlane presents himself as a student in the ways of the land, taking lessons from those who have spent their lives negotiating particular kinds of path.

This week The Promise, an epic combat tale by the venerable Chen Kaige, opened in its native land taking a record-breaking £5.2m in its first four days.

An ungenerous soul might brand the Borrowers thieves; the French filmmaker Agnès Varda would describe them as gleaners, those who live lightly on the land, taking what others don't need, won't miss and discard.

The Lay of the Land takes place in 2000.

They had had their land taken away; they had suffered from the smallpox.

Consolidation of land took off around Zhucheng, a thriving town in Shandong Province, in 2007.

Women cannot own land, take out loans or enter into contracts.

Palestinian farmers do not distinguish between land taken for roads or for settlement expansion.