Sentence examples for patch of the earth from inspiring English sources

"And yet a thousand years of selection on a small patch of the earth was enough to give it crop mimicry — and flood tolerance".

But maybe she has left a poignant reminder of the fight that she fought, and the almost-great horse that she was, by tearing up this patch of the earth; a scar that is still visible.

A related question — how life begins after it has been extinguished from a patch of the earth — not only can be answered with confidence, but can even be witnessed in real time.

Physicists have determined that about once a century a single cosmic-ray particle with an energy of 10 to the 20th power electron volts will hit any given one-square-kilometer (0.39 square mile) patch of the earth.

Why could I not do the simple thing that most couples take for granted – live together on the same patch of the Earth?" The couple looked for jobs teaching English across the EU, with Danielle eventually finding a job in Germany, where she had spent part of her childhood.

There is nothing inherently noble or serious-minded about men screaming for one patch of the earth's surface against another patch, as they follow 11 people in shirts and shorts booting a ball.

The problem is similar to that faced by military spy satellites, which have to scan huge patches of the earth's surface and search for interesting changes, such as troop movements.

State investigators have recovered samples of the foam from the patch of blackened earth where the club once stood.

Actually, the little patch of earth on the side of the house is the first garden I have ever had.

We plodded on, following the course of the former "death-strip": the bare patch of earth that separated the signal fence on the DDR side from the prefabricated concrete wall itself.

He said he would stand in the middle of the same dusty patch of earth if the fire caught him by surprise.