Sentence examples for whose lands from inspiring English sources

He also said those whose lands were expropriated would be compensated.

Another controversy involves the treatment of indigenous peoples whose lands have been seized by oil plantations.

This area was once a hunting ground for the dukes of Brabant, whose lands included the medieval city of Brussels.

Machiavelli had been despatched by the government of his native Florence, on whose lands the Pope's son was trespassing.

And...who can explain to those whose lands are confiscated and clear waters stolen, a message of peace?

Ranchers and indigenous people — cowboys and Indians — whose lands would be affected united in opposition at public hearings.

Khalid, a farmer whose lands were destroyed by the Taliban, said: "Mullah Omar burnt down our gardens and our vineyards.

The villagers whose lands were bought and then developed, were squeezed into ghettoes near the high rises of Gurgaon.

The colonists were unsympathetic to Carnarvon's plans, and the Transvaal Boers, whose lands had just been annexed by the British, were leaning toward independence rather than federation.

Gherardesca family, one of the foremost families of the Tuscan nobility, whose lands included the counties of Gherardesca, Donoratico, and Montescudaio, near Pisa.

These sad facts explain the overwhelming opposition to oil and gas extraction by indigenous communities whose lands are being opened for exploitation without their consent.