agricultural purpose

collocation in English

meaningsofagriculturalandpurpose

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agricultural
adjective
uk
/ˌæɡ.rɪˈkʌl.tʃər.əl/us
/ˌæɡ.rəˈkʌl.tʃɚ.əl/
used for farming or relating ...
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purpose
noun
uk
/ˈpɜː.pəs/us
/ˈpɝː.pəs/
why you do something or why ...
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(Definition ofagriculturalandpurposefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Equally, without a ditch or a drain the land would not be suitable for anyagriculturalpurposeat all if the drain did not work.
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At the moment an agricultural occupier of land has the full right to use that land for anyagriculturalpurposehe sees fit.
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Therefore, the money is new money because it is money spent to anagriculturalpurposethat was not going to be spent previously.
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They provide us with a considerable amount of honey and serve a usefulagriculturalpurpose.
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The fence is clearly seen to be for a goodagriculturalpurpose—the containment of livestock.
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I should have thought that drainage was the extraction of water for anagriculturalpurpose.
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It would actually bar farmers letting a cottage which they did not immediately need for anagriculturalpurpose.
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But, on the other hand, supposing that the building value is £150, and the value for anagriculturalpurposeis £100, it is outside the limit.
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It falls, or may fall, whenever there is any increment of value, due to using the land for a higheragriculturalpurpose.
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As it happened, none of the commons was being used for anyagriculturalpurpose.
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It is anagriculturalpurposewhich gives a higher value than ordinary agricultural land.
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They are used either for the production of milk, or for no viableagriculturalpurpose.
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The existing owner has the power at present to take the house if he wants it for anagriculturalpurpose.
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He is not obliged to pay them if he proposes to use the land for anagriculturalpurpose.
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However, they do not generally occupy agricultural land for anagriculturalpurpose, and that is what relates to agricultural relief.
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Without it the land, for all intents and purposes, could not be used for anagriculturalpurpose, particularly if it is adjacent to a road for instance.
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However, in one or two cases, areas were totally scoured out, or cut off so dramatically that they can no longer serve any usefulagriculturalpurpose.
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The heart of the problem is the divergence between theagriculturalpurposeof land drainage and the flood prevention purpose affecting the community as a whole.
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