Sentences with phrase «one loses land»

The ranks of the army were depleted because the citizenry had lost its land tenure, and that's what led kings Aegis and Cleomenes and Nabis to push for a debt cancellation to restore land ownership.

In those dark days you had lost your land but you never lost your pride.»

I have a portrait of an ancestor who lost his land to the Crown because he was a Catholic; there is a tradition of an earlier ancestor who lost his life.

Compensating Abram for the recent loss of the more favorable land, God stresses in beginning and ending how the lost land and more will eventually be Abram's.

Please lose your land as soon as possible if you won't acknowledge God.

If we choose the story of death, we will lose the land — to excessive chemical fertilizer, or by pumping out the water table for irrigation, perhaps.

They control the majority of the World's wealth and arguably are one of the most powerful blocks in the world, hardly a quality one would associate with a «minority» Perhaps the millions of non Christians who lost land or culture (not to mention millions of lives) as a result of Christian nations colonizing the World justifiably would call this headline atrocious as it simply is historically untrue if one looks at the World over the past 300 or so years and it ignores the reality of suffering brought forth by a particular religion that seeks to change all people to any one particular religion.

«Ours is a question of protecting open space and comes at a time that all of McHenry County is terrified of losing land to developers,» said Crystal Lake Park District planner Ann Viger.

This meant that less people have lost land or houses due to the project.

No one would have lost land had the project gone forward.

But for homeowners losing land into the lake, there could be relief on the way.

The chiefs are also accusing some government officials who they say are conspiring to have the Dagbon Traditional Council lose its lands.

Affected homeowners would be compensated for lost land, including the option of having their homes purchased by the state if they chose, Cuomo said.

Fifty properties, including 20 homes, would lose land, down from about 250 under previous proposals, he said.

With legislative approval, the state could substitute an additional 250 acres that would be added to the forest preserve to make up for the lost land.

Excavating crews in Olcott reclaiming lost land because of #LakeOntario flooding.

Here [his study] is evidence that this could lead to lost natural ecosystems, and people losing land they've relied on and water they need.»

Opponents are concerned about the potential costs of restrictions related to sea - level rise, like lost land to wetland status and degraded tax revenue.

Once we get to the lost land its as you would expect with jungles, swamps, volcanoes, primitive tribal men and lots of big rubbery dinosaurs... yeah this is McClure territory right here people.

According to Deadline, Milla Jovovich (Resident Evil) is in talks to headline In the Lost Lands, a new fantasy adventure adapted from three short stories by Game of Thrones creator George R.R. Martin.

Milla Jovovich in negotiations to star in In the Lost Lands (Variety).

As glaciers and ice caps melt, Louisiana is losing land to the sea and barrier islands are gradually slipping beneath the watery surface, drowned by a slowly rising tide, a process suggested by the cover photo.

There were many environmental issues — deforestation rates that were higher than Brazil, many communities losing their land to palm oil plantations, and massive pollution and congestion in the main cities and reliance on coal rather than on clean renewable energy like solar.

While they lost the land in 1833, their wildlife - loving philosophies still inspire the city.

We VaChopi had lost the land that was ours, the land of our forefathers.

I've always had tremendous fun with Dirk Pitt, but nothing has given me more pleasure than the opportunity to send him to that most fabled of lost lands, Atlantis, and virtually reinvent aspects of its civilization.

The book was a travel memoir published by HarperCollins, called «Lost Lands, Forgotten Stories»

Implemented to control China's booming population, the law led to the abandonment and murder of countless female babies, as many families stood to lose land if they didn't have a son to inherit and manage it.

People still reeling from catastrophe were being hit again, this time with economic «shock treatment,» losing their land and homes to rapid - fire corporate makeovers.

When writing the Brooke Kinley series, A.S. Bond draws on her own travel experiences, including leading an award - winning canoe expedition in Labrador, later the subject of «Lost Lands, Forgotten Stories; A Woman's Journey to the Heart of Labrador», published by HarperCollins in North America and Eye Books in the UK (written under the name Alexandra Pratt).

MAKE CHOICES, GET PAID, OR LOSE IT ALL Land on «Life Spaces» and gain tiles worth big bucks — or pay huge fines.

News of the discovery has reached adventurers everywhere, enticing them to venture into the lost lands and experience the wonders within.

In all verity The Lost Lands: Dinosaur Hunter is one of the most lovely simulators of Dinosaur Hunter.

The world of The Lost Lands: Dinosaur Hunter is waiting for you!!

The Lost Land... A world where time has no meaning - and evil knows no bounds.

The pirate - themed game will allow players to take to the sky to explore lost lands in their own customizable flying pirate ship to find hidden treasure as a Buccaneer, Witchdoctor, Privateer, Swashbuckler or a Musketeer.»

As the champion of the Lost Lands, you're the only one brave enough to face them... but can you track them down and stop them in time?

Bandai Namco Amusements — They plan on showcasing Star Wars Battle Pod, Lost Land Adventure and the ticket redemption piece Pac - Man Swirl will be there.

You and your fellow explorers bear a mysterious curse, and only by discovering the secrets of a lost land can you hope to survive.

Bandai Namco — In addition to showing off Super Alpine Racer and Deadstorm Pirates Special Edition, Namco had Lost Land Adventure on hand.

Felipe Vargas» emotive illustrations capture the story of Joy, a farmer from Uganda who unjustly lost her land after her husband's death.

As we lose land to heat and rising seas, loss of food supplies will cause enough starvation to keep a balance.

Due to their lack of ownership over land (and other reasons mentioned previously), this constant positive feedback loop of injustice leads to women being at a higher risk of losing their land which results in food insecurity and acute poverty.

While this negotiation is taking place and while many corporations in industrialized countries are having debates on how carbon emission reduction affects businesses, people in other parts of the world are losing their lands and lives.

People were worried that they were losing their land and with it, their livelihood.

Many of these forest areas overlap with historical land claims made by Myanmar's ethnic minority groups who could permanently lose their land, further enflaming decades - old armed conflicts with the national government.

The research challenges the conclusions of other studies, including the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) 2013 report, which says that Antarctica is overall losing land ice.»

Many military bases along the US East Coast and Gulf of Mexico are at risk of permanently losing land to the ocean in the decades ahead.

The issue of whether Anatartica is gaining or losing land ice is fairly complex and the all - volunteer author team is busy sorting through all of the recent research on this topic.

Communities in southern Italy are seeing their ancient olive groves uprooted, families in Albania who have farmed for generations are losing their land, and people in Greece are finding sections of pipeline laid without permission or warning.