Sentences with phrase «tract of land just»

Lord Baltimore, a Roman Catholic English nobleman, had been given a huge tract of land just north of Virginia, and the king had granted him absolute control over the area.

Not exact matches

He decided Alpine needed a new ballpark, and he chose a tract of O6 land just west of the Sul Ross campus to put it on.

«Our research at a ranch in Paragominas, Para, shows that while a tract of forest supports 53 ant species, the same area in grazing land has just 24 species.

During the last century, the Australian government encouraged farming on difficult land, handing out water licenses to just about anyone willing to put in the backbreaking toil of making the country's vast tracts of scrub desert bloom with citrus orchards and vineyards.

Rural Homes Needed for Feral Cats: If you are fortunate enough to live the good life, whether it be on a large amount of acreage or just a small rural tract of land, and you would like to share your good fortune with a colony of feral cats (2 or more), then we call fulfill your dreams.

To borrow outrageously from a famous story, «The Most Dangerous Game,» here's a Modest Proposal: Establish a six - month open season each year in which anti - wolf / anti-environmental politicians and ranchers (hereinafter referred to as «game») would be turned loose in a yet - to - be-determined tract of public land with just their seasonally - correct clothing, a knife, a first aid kit and one packet of military rations.

This is the same guy who just green - lighted offshore Arctic oil drilling and promised to open vast tracts of public land to heavily - subsidized coal mining.

The court recognized that Aboriginal title can exist over large tracts of land, not just traditional village sites or farms.

Appellate court permits the construction of a pipeline to commence across 21 tracts of land prior to a jury trial awarding just compensation.