(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.
Tenure
Definition:
(n.) The act or right of holding, as property, especially real estate.
(n.) The manner of holding lands and tenements of a superior.
(n.) The consideration, condition, or service which the occupier of land gives to his lord or superior for the use of his land.
(n.) Manner of holding, in general; as, in absolute governments, men hold their rights by a precarious tenure.
Example Sentences:
(1) The findings indicate that there is still a significant incongruence between the value structure of most family practice units and that of their institutions but that many family practice units are beginning to achieve parity of promotion and tenure with other departments in their institutions.
(2) Kim has ruled the country since his father, Kim Jong-il, died in 2011, and his early tenure has been marked by sabre-rattling and repeated nuclear tests.
(3) Morbidity was more strongly related to housing tenure and car availability than to occupational class.
(4) The findings can be a starting point for faculty-dean dialogue about tenure expections.
(5) Their task was to reduce the size of the properties and change the tenure mix from private rented to shared ownership or open market housing.
(6) For once, however, Beckham's timing was out, and his tenure has seen the club win nothing, and a new regime led by austere Italian Fabio Capello sweep away the superstar culture.
(7) David Moyes can only hope his first full day as Sunderland’s manager does not set the tone for the remainder of his tenure.
(8) Conte’s tenure as national manager has been anything other than a smooth ride.
(9) Analysts and industry watchers say it is too soon to judge the mettle of Lewis and new finance director Alan Stewart, whose tenure can still be measured in weeks.
(10) Tenure in methadone maintenance treatment was analyzed in terms of treatment process factors using a survival curve regression analysis.
(11) The authors point out the conceptual, heuristic, and practical clinical advantages of examining living preference rather than traditional correlates of hospital tenure.
(12) In his critique of a GST increase on equity grounds, Bowen noted that Morrison had opened his tenure in the treasury portfolio by declaring the Commonwealth had a spending problem, not a revenue problem – but now seemed more interested in chasing revenue than cutting spending.
(13) The experience of Berkeley House, a psychiatric halfway house, is related as an example of a program that has achieved successful community tenure for its patients through the creation of an extended psychosocial kinship system.
(14) But the question of what Wray will do after his tenure as FBI director may prompt some skepticism, the former agent said.
(15) Autonomy is a vital component of long tenure and satisfaction.
(16) During her tenure, sales have tripled to nearly £6bn and profits grown more than three times to a record high of £942m in 2011, as the company focused on learning products and moved towards digital.
(17) He casts Livingstone's tenure as one big financial mismanagement and contrasts this to his own administration, which, he argues, has been rewarded by the coalition government for responsibly cutting waste with funding that will allow major infrastructure investments such as Crossrail and tube upgrades to go ahead.
(18) Sir David Nicholson's bruising tenure as chief executive of the NHS saw him take a further battering from MPs as the public accounts committee criticised him over big pay rises for consultants and a range of other issues, including his penchant for first class rail travel.
(19) This is advice Clinton has almost certainly taken to heart as she defends herself against attacks over her family foundation’s acceptance of foreign donations and her use of private email during her tenure as secretary of state.
(20) According to officials, the turnout was a respectable 38.6% – higher than the 33% who voted in a referendum during Morsi's tenure, but lower than the 41.9% who turned out in a similar poll following Egypt's 2011 uprising.