Much of the land surrounding the Detroit River is urbanized and, in some places, heavily industrialized.

Much more forest land – about 40 percent of the total forest land base – is subject to varying degrees of protection through processes such as integrated land use planning or defined management areas such as certified forests ( Natural Resources Canada ).

Much of the land along the Gulf Coast is, or was, marshland.

Much of their land remained unused because it lacked irrigation.

Much money has been spent for land amelioration projects involving the installation of drainage pipes, the straightening and deepening of natural streams, the digging of drainage ditches, and the construction of polder dams.

Much of the population engages in subsistence farming, even though only 10. 71 % of the country's surface is classified as arable land and 0. 13 % has permanent crops.

Much of the land has been ruined by soil erosion.

Much like Mormon ( who may have taken Amaleki as his model ), this last historian of the civilization that lasted for 400 years in the land of Nephi rose to the occasion and, filled with a sense of longing for what has been lost, eloquently recounted the last days of the Nephite people in their ancestral homeland, the land of Nephi.

Much of this success in defense lay in the world's first use of gunpowder ( i. e. with early flamethrowers, grenades, firearms, cannons, and land mines ) to fight back against the Khitans, the Tanguts, the Jurchens, and then the Mongols.

Much of this land was " debated " between England and Scotland, but the Earldom of Northumbria was eventually recognised as part of England by the Anglo-Scottish Treaty of York in 1237.

Much of the land acquired had been platted into lots in 1912 by the Munger Land Company and sold to investors.

Much of the land being opened up to Anglos in Mexican Texas was well suited for cotton, but raising cotton was a labor intensive endeavor at the time, profitable only by use of slave labor.

Much of the land is now under local control and commercial activity is based on tourism, crofting, fishing, and weaving.

Much of the land in the south part of the Valley, in Conejos and Costilla counties, was originally part of large Mexican land grants and is private land.

Much of the land was still owned by individual landowners, often private estates, but there was also property owned by public bodies such as the Crown, or charities which allow and encourage access such as the National Trust.

Much of the land that was not purchased by UCI ( which is now occupied by the cities of Irvine, Tustin, Newport Beach, and Newport Coast ) is now held under The Irvine Company.

Much of the land had been farmed too hard for too long, eroding and depleting the soil.

Much of the land between the coastal strip and the hinterland was once wetlands drained by this river, but the swamps have been converted into man-made waterways ( over 260 km, or over 9 times that of Venice, Italy ) and artificial islands covered in upmarket homes.

Much of the island's land mass has been lost to erosion, down to about from its original.

Much of the land purchased came from the Agnew Family in Tupelo who still owns some of the battlefield property.

Much of the former extreme uneasiness associated with visions and hallucinations and with death has disappeared.

Much criticism has been leveled at this rather forced analogy, but what is equally significant is Adams' complete acceptance of the Biblical record as `` good and trustworthy history ''.

Much information has been gathered relative to quantitative sampling and assesment techniques.

Much of this work has been reviewed by White ( 1944 ) and by Albert ( 1949 ).

Much of the important individual and social action has been owing to religious incentives.

Much effort has been expended in the sincere effort to apply the teaching and admonitions of religion.

Much progress has been made in the last two decades in developing techniques for understanding children, yet in almost any classroom today can be found children whose needs are not being met by the school program.

Much interest has also been expressed in new techniques for processing the urethane foams, including spraying, frothing, and molding ( see article, p. 391 for details ).

Much has been done in the way of ingenious slitters to fabricate the slab stock into finished products.

Much has been made of the fact that major Catholic institutions now guarantee firm tenure.

Much work has been done on the reconstruction of Proto-Mon – Khmer in Harry L. Shorto's Mon – Khmer Comparative Dictionary.

Much of the region has beautiful landscapes, dominated by often spectacular, rugged mountains.

Much of the work of Eastern mathematicians in this area has been forgotten.

Much research has been carried out on chess, in part because many tournament players are publicly ranked in national and international lists, which makes it possible to compare their levels of expertise.

Much scholarship over the last 50 years has been dedicated to the translation of conversatio morum.

Much of this funding has historically been diverted to general city expenses, under section 3. d of the 1989 agreement.

Much of what has been written about boards of directors relates to boards of directors of business entities actively traded on public markets.

Much of the Bliss stacks remain, however, as no-one has recatalogued the books.

Much of anthropological theory has originated in an appreciation of and interest in the tension between the local ( particular cultures ) and the global ( a universal human nature, or the web of connections between people in distinct places / circumstances ).

Much of the jump in FDI in 2006 was also the result of acquisitions and mergers, but has done little to create new employment in Chile.

This form of comedy has a long ancestry, dating back at least as far as Much Ado about Nothing by William Shakespeare.

Much organic carbon retained in many agricultural areas worldwide has been severely depleted due to intensive farming practices.

Much Angria material has appeared in published form since the author's death.

Much of the work on computer music has drawn on the relationship between music theory and mathematics.

Much has been written concerning the meaning of " head " in the New Testament.