Sentence examples for take over lands from inspiring English sources

He also expressed fear that regional authorities, with whom he has clashed in the past, would have the power to take over lands that his company has improved.

In Case 8, dispossession not only occurred due to termination of sharecropping or land rental arrangements, but also because established palm oil producers and newcomers took over lands left by displaced people to expand or establish oil palm plantations [67].

He even assumed royal prerogatives, such as taking over lands lacking rightful owners.

Thus, guerrilla gardening mobilizes gardeners without land to take over land without gardeners.

Drug traffickers may be encouraging some groups to take over land that could be used for landing strips, Ms. Ponce said.

"They're looking for a reason to go across borders and take over land that doesn't belong to them.

Mr Morales wants to change this to allow the state to take over land when it is not being worked, too.

— The Canadian energy company TransCanada can take over land owned by a Texas farmer to build its Keystone XL pipeline, a county judge ruled on Wednesday night.

"Christians face a lot of discrimination in society and the bigotry against them often ends up using the vehicle of blasphemy allegations motivated either by designs to take over land or by personal enmity or ego," Sundas Hoorain, a lawyer who has worked on blasphemy cases, said.

But what motivates people to take over land they live on?

Mr MacMillan said allowing communities to take over land was also key to encouraging people to move back to islands and rural areas.