Sentence examples for the ground given from inspiring English sources

Many work as well in containers as they do in the ground, given the right soil.

Instead, by 1858, the walls had been demolished, brickwork removed, and the ground given over to a local scavenger, to use as a rubbish dump.

The defiance of the doomsayers who believed the Olympiad would never get off the ground – given the chaotic countdown to the opening – still elicits cries of delight.

For Palestinians, the idea of an independent state bears little reality on the ground, given the degree of Israeli involvement in the West Bank and Gaza.

Labor experts said the ground given by the union underscored the precarious condition of the Detroit companies, as the U.A.W.'s own prospects for survival are also in doubt.

Iftikhar Ahmad Shaheen, regional director for east Africa at Islamic Relief, said al-Shabaab's tweet came as a shock, with staff on the ground given no warning of the militants' decision.

The ground gives, and the sap streams upward.

Within minutes we are wrong-footed; the ground gives way.

And unfortunately, many don't realize the consequences until the ground gives way underneath them.

There has to be some way of people on the ground giving advice to ministers.

The light, which seems to rise from the ground, gives it an irresistible sense of mystery.