Sentence examples similar to return of sheep from inspiring English sources

More is pointing obliquely at the evil of enclosures by which peasants are driven from the land to make way for the more profitable returns of sheep farming, a clear instance of vested interests acting against the common good.

He forced the child to confess to a misdemeanor of which he was not guilty and then celebrated the return of the sheep to the fold.

Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman has rejected a request by the agriculture minister of Belgium to return a flock of sheep that are suspected of carrying an ailment similar to mad cow disease.

Sunday night's premiere of the new E! series Rob & Chyna marks the return of the black sheep Kardashian to the public eye.

In Home, Robinson revisits characters she wrote about in Gilead and tells the story of the return of a black sheep, Jack, to the family fold.

For the supporters of Bergdahl it is a foreshadowing of forgiveness and the symbolic return of a lost sheep into the fold; for those standing against Bergdahl it is a bold statement that duty and honor are no longer defined by military service but to values somehow greater than all of us... love for our children.

Friday Night Lights' Kyle Chandler stars with Sissy Spacek and Sam Shepard in the Florida Keys-set drama, which promises a noirish exploration of family secrets following the return of a black-sheep son.

Ispicoudis and Chouvardas (2005) cite some data on the depopulation and abandonment of mountain areas; for example, in the study area of the Pindus mountains, a 46% decrease in cultivated land and a 43% decline in rough grazings were observed between 1945 to 1992. Figure 9 A flock of sheep returning at the end of the day after grazing a high altitude grazing land of Pindus mountain.

This month, Mr. Gabriels asked the United States to return the sheep alive after four of them tested positive for transmissible spongiform encephalopathy.

He invested in a flock of sheep & for several years he got a return of 120% on his investment.

The current auction record for a Mauve painting involving sheep: $43,700, a return of 0.01% annually before inflation.