1.   A private citizen, secretly acting for the clergy, had pretended he was buying the land for non-religious purposes.

2.   Again the politicians balked at the cost of buying the land, and the local press echoed their opinion.

3.   He recommended that local governments start buying undeveloped land for affordable housing.

4.   He saw in to the future and sold his camels and sheep and bought this land.

5.   Local farmers will get first option to buy land when the military base closes.

6.   Many property developers have expressed an interest in buying the land.

7.   Maybe the money he earns abroad will enable him to buy more land.

8.   New settlers in the west could buy land on relatively easy terms.

9.   No other country in the world allows foreigners to buy its land like this.