1.   People bought the land under the illusion that the value would increase.

2.   The new law would allow enterprises and individuals to own land under state co-ordination and supervision.

3.   This is expected to be the first of many similar cases to come to light as local councils draw up registers of contaminated land under the Environmental Protection Act.

4.   In Oxfordshire, the amount of land under concrete has increased by more than half -- and in Wiltshire the increase was seventy-nine per cent.

5.   The issue has already stirred strong passions in Wiltshire where County Councillors will be voting on a measure to ban foxhunting on all land under its control.

6.   The Reichstag, once the seat of government in a united Berlin, dominates one end of the most valuable tract of land under discussion.

7.   Area B applies to land under Palestinian political control and joint Israeli-Palestinian security control.

8.   As a result, the lease for a bit of land under one top-secret U.S. listening post expired in March.

9.   All the lands under consideration are managed by the land bureau, but monument status would add access restrictions and ensure that they cannot be developed or sold.