acre of land
collocation in Englishmeaningsofacreandland
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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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land
noun
uk/lænd/us/lænd/
the surface of the earth that is not covered ...
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(Definition ofacreandlandfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Almost everyacreoflandhas been utilized, rationally planned and arranged or frozen into a nature reserve.
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They were also generously provided for in terms of surrounding land, with slightly fewer than 12 houses occupying eachacreofland.
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It is estimated that for everyacreoflandcultivated in any year, there are approximately four or five acres under fallow to be cultivated over the production cycle.
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These are areas where high density of worker peracreoflandis required, where life expectancy is relatively low, and where the extended family is the norm.
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It does not require inspection of every cultivated acre, except by the local committee which inspects everyacreoflandwhich is cultivated already.
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Anacreoflandwill produce more bulk of food under potatoes than either under oats or wheat.
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My only point at the moment is that no person can yet say what anyacreoflandcan produce.
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There is more than anacreoflandthere.
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I want half anacreofland, and he said they would grant me wayleaves, but the terms represent something like £6,000 to £9,000.
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There is little margin if you try to feed a person out of half anacreofland.
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In winning, that battle, we must make use of everyacreoflandin this country, including the hill and marginal land.
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The person with a villa and anacreoflandwill get no benefit.
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And it might be half anacreofland.
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The average cost peracreoflandacquired for assisted housing schemes is £230: urban areas and £l27 in rural areas?
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They have absolutely excluded everyacreoflandon which £100 has been spent.
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To-day anacreoflandwill be sold on that estate at £1,500.
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Economically everyacreoflandlost to agriculture increases our foreign adverse balance of payments by £50.
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About anacreoflandsterilised from planting would have preserved that view for all time.
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Therefore, it costs about £150,000 for anacreoflandwhich may take 65 families.
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The first is, are we using to the utmost everyacreoflandfor agriculture?
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An acre of rice land produces more food than anacreoflandsown with any other food in the world.
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We are up against a proposition when we may need all the food that everyacreoflandcan produce.
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Assume that there is anacreofland, and a builder desires to purchase it for erecting eight or 12 houses.
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On that basis it means that anacreoflandin that area is worth nearly £10 million.
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I do not know one landowner in my constituency who has reclaimed anacreofland.
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An average figure of value peracreofland, especially for a restricted area, would not be meaningful.
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We ought to make sure that every availableacreoflandis reclaimed at this time when all of it is so valuable.
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Every acre of urban derelict land reclaimed is anacreoflandimproved for city dwellers and thus an acre of countryside saved from urbanisation.
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In 1964 oneacreoflandwas fetching £4,000 and is now bringing anything up to £30,000.
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