1.   At times, by dint of heroic effort, the Elves achieved a breathing space and cleared their lands.

2.   Clearing the land was slow backbreaking work.

3.   In time they made new villages, cleared more land for crops and traded with the older inhabitants.

4.   They settled in Prairieville in Barry County, cleared land, and put up a log cabin and later a proper house.

5.   While ploughs are clearing land, expanding livestock populations are denuding the land of vegetation.

6.   To clear the land and harvest the bananas they decided they needed a male workforce.

7.   They cleared the land to use it for agriculture.

8.   They cleared some land to grow crops.

9.   They started clearing land for the new housing development.