acre of farmland

collocation in English

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acre
noun[C]
uk
/ˈeɪ.kər/us
/ˈeɪ.kɚ/
a unit for measuring area, equal to 4,047 square metres or 4,840 ...
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farmland
noun[U]
uk
/ˈfɑːm.lænd/us
/ˈfɑːrm.lænd/
land that is used for or is suitable ...
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(Definition ofacreandfarmlandfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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I am not at all sure that it would extend to oneacreoffarmland.
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Governments did not encircle the world with electronic communications, or double the output of anacreoffarmland, or invent new drugs and new ways of treating the sick.
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A total of 7692.1acreoffarmlandwas destroyed.
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Ross continued to buy land, and by the end of 1875 he owned over 1,000acreoffarmland.
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Over 6200haacreoffarmlandwas lost.
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About 84000haacreoffarmlandwere damaged.
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It was reported only a few weeks ago that 170 acres of farmland were to be "released" as the phrase is, for residential development.
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Why does the prison department own 8,600 acres of farmland?
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There were continuing objections to the proposal and concern was expressed about the loss of some 1,000 acres of farmland.
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Recently, in the west midlands, 150 acres of farmland were located in the green belt.
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It compulsorily took a million acres of farmland.
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In the next year a further 50,000 acres of farmland may be taken over.
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Has anyone in the county council asked himself what on earth the council is doing in 1995 owning 13,000 acres of farmland?
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Both concerned the future of some 600 acres of farmland.
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It is the natural radioactivity, give or take a factor of two, depending upon the origins of the soil, distributed over 8,000 acres of farmland three feet deep.
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About 350 acres of farmland were flooded.
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Through the 1950s, several million acres of farmland were so redistributed.
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In addition to infrastructure damage, thousands of acres of farmland were inundated.
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