Sentence examples for slice of land from inspiring English sources

And the whole world is watching them...The whole world is asking what they intend to do with this slice of land".

IN THE Gaza Strip, that small slice of land wedged between Egypt and Israel run by the Islamist movement Hamas, even summer schools can be battlefields.

In short, the only gain for Mr Putin is reclaiming a small slice of land that Nikita Khrushchev gave to Ukraine in 1954.

"For the first time they [will] have a slice of land with total continuity on which they can race from one end to the other in their Ferraris.

For many Israelis, Herzl's grave represents an ancient Jewish claim, rather than one rooted in the Holocaust, to the slice of land that comprises their modern state.

The Israelis demand that their withdrawal be staged, and each slice of land they cede be accompanied by concrete Palestinian steps against terror and incitement.

We spoke with a local expert on land values, who pointed out that "around here," he said, "there are a hundred cuts" to slice every piece of land.

Some of these land parcels, viewed in the mid-20th century as castaway scraps, have become more valuable as fewer slices of land are available for development.

If well run, large slices of land bought up or leased by rich patrons may help preserve the area for future generations of locals.

With an eye to possible defaults, they are also reluctant to lend against small slices of land that would be harder to liquidate than bigger tracts.

While the dispute centers on two slices of land, it has been playing out against a much broader backdrop of historic antagonism among the major powers over separatist movements.