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‘A land can be owned.’

[⟨det land.n⟩ owned.a]

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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

(Rocky Mountain News) May 12, 2008 Native Groups Protest Laws Facilitating Sales of Land in Peru: Since Aug. 9, indigenous demonstrators have been demanding the repeal of two decree laws that promote private investment in their territory, and the reestablishment of a clause from the 1979 constitution – which was replaced by the new constitution in 1993 – which stated that communally owned land in indigenous territory could not be sold or embargoed.
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In Wikipedia:

As of 2005, the land is privately owned and not open to the public.
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In Wikipedia:

One proposal, the Liberty Amendment, would return federally owned land to the states and preclude the federal government from being involved in any activities that competed with private enterprise.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Talat wants to turn GC owned land in the north into a pure Turkish state with self determination, and be the masters of their own future.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Following the Council’s action, details must still be worked out for the purchase of the city – owned land.
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In Wikipedia:

In western New York, strict accordance to the PLSS was not required or followed, since the land was not federally owned, but rather had passed directly from the Seneca Indians to land speculators such as the Holland Land Company.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

The land bordering the lake is privately owned and shoreline development of resorts, docks, restaurants, etc is permitted.
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In Wikipedia:

The resulting mobilisation against the proposed hub saw violent takeover by villagers opposed to the project and fearful of loss of owned land.
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In Wikipedia:

Although the land on the island is entirely privately owned, under British Virgin Islands law, all beaches up to the high water mark are crown land, and are open to the public.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

City – owned land sought for a proposed wind turbine farm is needed primarily to link two more important parcels and may not contain any turbines at all, City Council learned at Monday’s work session.
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In Wikipedia:

In 1995, park officials were still reviewing appraisals of the land, hoping they could meet Gherini’s price and snatch up the last privately owned land in the national park.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Mr Ewers said the land being logged was privately owned and had a locked gate and warning signs at the entrance.
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In Wikipedia:

The land is privately owned.
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In Wikipedia:

The land is mostly privately owned.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

The mir had been in decline for decades, and by 1917 half the peasants’ land was privately owned.
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In Wikipedia:

Sheyenne National Grassland is a National Grassland located in southeastern North Dakota in the United States, comprising 70,180 acres (284 km) of public land amid 64,769 acres (262 km) of privately owned land in a region of sandy soils in the vicinity of the Sheyenne River in Ransom and Richland Counties.
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In Wikipedia:

Although most of the surrounding land is publicly owned and accessible via Burcham Flat Road and Little Walker Road, the land on either side of U.S. Route 395 through the pass is privately owned.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

The land in question is privately owned, and as referendum sponsors readily acknowledge, there are no parks or publicly accessible lands along the pipeline route.
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In Wikipedia:

The land surrounding the lake is privately owned and inaccessible to the public; however, the Department owns a small parcel of land adjacent to the dam, and maintains it for public fishing and recreational boating.
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Queried on 2013-05-22.