Sentence examples for land to exploit from inspiring English sources

Because East Texas had not been significantly explored for oil before then, numerous independent prospectors, known as "wildcatters", were able to purchase tracts of land to exploit the new field.

"Many waterside developments in cities cater mainly for young people, with noisy, late-night entertainment and drinking venues," says Mark Ryder, chief executive of Isis Waterside Regeneration, formed in 2002 by the state-owned British Waterways (BW) - owner of the canal network and much of its surrounding land - to exploit the regeneration potential of waterways.

When illegal loggers and ranchers discover tribes on land they intend to exploit, they often seek to drive them away by any means.

That has helped catalogue retailers, such as LL Bean and Land's End, to exploit the web: they already know how to handle millions of small orders.

There was cheap land to be exploited.

Legal protections for the cerrado are weak, as Brazil's forest code allows the vast majority of the land to be exploited.

These data suggest that Oldowan hominins adapted their land-use patterns to exploit spring/wetland resources available during dry periods.

These land price increases present state actors with acute opportunities and challenges, leading them to develop new strategies of land management that seek to exploit urbanization processes in the interest of extending state power.

Opposition leaders don't have much ability to exploit land grievances and encourage violence.

It happens anyway, as those who are wealthy borrow money to acquire more land and the rights to exploit mineral resources.

Native Canadians remember all too well the booms and busts of the past, when miners came to this barren land of frozen tundra to exploit its copper, uranium and gold and left with hefty wads of cash in their pockets.