(n.) A small, inclosed field, adjoining a house; a small farm.
Example Sentences:
(1) A family who live next door to the Bredon Croft address said Masood used to turn up in Islamic dress and take their neighbours’ children to a mosque, though they did not know which one.
(2) We have Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris coming to those platforms this December, and Tomb Raider: The Definitive Edition is available on PS4.” However, there is still some slight ambiguity about whether the deal is for Winter 2015 only.
(3) Ian Livingstone is not all that keen on being photographed near the life-sized model of Lara Croft in his study – even though he was largely responsible for launching her on the world nearly 20 years ago, and the heroine of the Tomb Raider video games, comics and films helped to make his fortune.
(4) Cameron returns to the image of Lara Croft to explain that his modernisation of the Tory party will not lead to a second wave of Thatcherism.
(5) Starting from the northernmost point of the island, it follows a varied course along high sea-cliffs and mountain ridges, taking in low lying crofts, villages deserted many years ago by the Highland Clearances, and modern day settlements, and gives a real taste of the island, its landscape, culture and heritage.
(6) Sold , the shocking rape story of Zana Muhsen, has shifted 5m copies and, Crofts believes, created a new market for books such as Jane Elliott's The Little Prisoner .
(7) Joining us for a live webchat from is Hanne Albert , the Danish woman who made the discovery, and Peter Hamlyn, the consultant spine surgeon who recently operated on rugby player Tom Croft, and deems the significance of the discovery as "vast."
(8) The conclusions of this study may be summarized as follows: (1) there is no transdielectric charge separation apparent in the redox reactions between Qz and cytochrome bL, 2Fe2S and cytochrome c1 (in agreement with Glaser, E. and Crofts, A.R.
(9) When Robert Harris read this as part of his research for The Ghost , he sought permission to quote some of Crofts's obiter dicta ("Of all the advantages that ghosting offers, one of the greatest must be the opportunity to meet people of interest") as chapter-heads.
(10) Chapman and Chapman (Disordered Thought in Schizophrenia, Appleton-Century-Crofts, New York, 1973) have suggested that findings of abstract thinking deficits in schizophrenia could be functions of control task artifacts.
(11) Huthart, who is British, worked with Jolie on movies including Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, Salt and Mr and Mrs Smith.
(12) For services to Crofting in the Highlands and Islands.
(13) And maybe Amélie, being another calm, strong woman can add to that.” Annabel Croft, the tennis commentator and former British No 1, says: ‘He definitely likes the way she works.
(14) For generations, these winter winds have been a trial for the crofting and fishing communities which are strung along the coastline.
(15) During the summer there are regular guided rambles around the traditional Highland estate (a mix of farmed croft land, wood and moorland) and from Plockton to Kyle of Lochalsh, but it's worth keeping an eye out for special events and themed walks throughout the year.
(16) Crofts has written some 80 books, sold more than 10m copies and appeared a dozen times in UK bestseller lists.
(17) Commentary for both broadcasters will come from David Croft and Tony Green.
(18) This beach is overlooked by a cluster of crofts and cottages with views across the Atlantic to the uninhabited island of Scarp.
(19) Annabel Croft was the last British winner of the girls’ title in 1984, while Laura Robson reached the final in 2009 and 2010 after winning the junior title at Wimbledon in 2008 .
(20) This is Stokes Croft, the gloriously bohemian corner of Bristol that has become a byword for the fight against the so-called "Big Four": Asda, Sainsbury's, Morrisons – and, of course, Tesco.
Crofter
Definition:
(n.) One who rents and tills a small farm or helding; as, the crofters of Scotland.
Example Sentences:
(1) I'd like to say I tasted them first on some misty Irish moorland, or was fed them by grizzled crofters in the Scottish highlands (where they are known as tattie scones).
(2) Six were in crofters or shepherds in the north and west of Scotland, one was in a general practitioner in the Western Isles and the eighth was in a butcher in Edinburgh.
(3) "Do they genuinely believe that the crofters will capitulate if a big enough financial sweetie is dangled in front of them?
(4) Only 54 of 4334 marriages were with residents outside the parishes, and marriages with a non-farming class (clergy) were as rare (47); 1130 marriages were probably between offspring of crofters and independent farmers.
(5) Income from the windfarms would be vital for crofters and farmers, and the projects were key to keeping young people on the islands, Maciver said.
(6) The island stands to earn up to £6m a year in benefits from the wind farm, with the crofters earning £2m a year for 20 years.
(7) Neil MacLeod, a prominent crofter in the village of Tong, said it would be an "absolute tragedy" to lose the wind farm.
(8) Councillors, crofters' leaders and the developers are vigorously lobbying ministers and the European commission to save the north Lewis scheme, or at least find a compromise.
(9) The sheep the crofters left to make room for still graze the hillsides, and you might spot an otter or eagle overhead, but the area remains largely deserted of human influence.
(10) Even the £2,000 a year in rent which each crofter stands to earn from the wind farm has failed to persuade Dina Murray, a crofter and vociferous opponent.
(11) Murray said many crofters fully supported his criticisms.
(12) Dina Murray, a crofter who farms part of the moor affected, said: "I'm absolutely delighted, and I'm delighted for the people of Lewis who fought long and hard against this, on the same grounds as the wind farm has been rejected.
(13) (To précis, I fancied a different job and a move away from London, preferably away from people, perhaps to a remote crofter's cottage on Skye.
(14) Something about Mull, crofters and some women standing in a large bucket.
(15) Regular surveys of crofters and tourists find often overwhelming opposition to the scheme, Campbell added.