They point out simply that `` it is the law of the land ''.

They all prayed now that the North would realize that peace must come, for Virginia had defended her land victoriously.

They could also use their strong fins to hoist themselves out of the water and onto dry land if circumstances required it.

They were the top land predators, sometimes reaching several meters in length, preying on the large insects of the period and many types of fish in the water.

They are mostly active at night, soon lose their gills and make sorties onto land.

They also called the cleared land " Akiba ga hara " or " Akibappara " which means " the deity Akiba's square ".

They were the basis on which the land was distributed and held, and by which the public services of the temple were arranged and conducted.

They survive death threats, mortal trials, and court intrigue to be elevated to the highest positions in the land.

They arrive at the borders of Canaan and send spies into the land, but on hearing the spies ' report the Israelites refuse to take possession of Canaan and God condemns them to death in the wilderness until a new generation can grow up and carry out the task.

They would be provided slight shelter from the sun by the corn, and would deter many animals from attacking the corn and beans because their coarse, hairy vines and broad, stiff leaves are difficult or uncomfortable for animals such as deer and raccoons to walk through, crows to land on, etc.

They rise out of 4 – 6 km deep ocean and have a total land area of approximately 180 km < sup > 2 </ sup >.

They were considered a form of nobility and were given preferential treatment in terms of annual pensions, land and allotments of cloth.

They founded the city of Atuatuca in the land of the Belgic Eburones, whom they dominated.

They advocated a lifestyle that bore many similarities to later understandings of communism, with communal ownership of land, and absolute equality for males and females in law and education.

They claim that that rainforests 50 years ago covered 14 % of the world's land surface, now only cover 5 – 7 %, and that all tropical forests will be gone by the middle of the 21st century.

They traditionally lived a coastal lifestyle, subsisting primarily on ocean resources such as salmon, halibut, and whales, as well as rich land resources such as berries and land mammals.

They are a battlespace control measure that designate the forward-most friendly maritime or land forces on the battlefield at a given point in time, during an armed conflict.

They also use whatever they can grow in the near-barren land.

They attempted to pass land reform legislation that would redistribute the major patrician landholdings among the plebeians, in addition to other reform measures.

They encountered Genosha an empty land filled with destroyed towers and empty streets.

They abolished feudal obligations and divided collectively owned common land into private parcels and thus created a more efficient market-oriented rural economy.

They were eventually forced or chose to withdraw, concluding that the wealth of the land did not justify the extensive garrisoning requirements.

They cleared many of their people from the land, and set up highly profitable agricultural practices.

They inflicted a few resounding defeats to the French army ; the Battle of Blenheim in 1704 was the first major land battle lost by France since its victory at Rocroi in 1643.

They crawled through the north fence and came on toward him, and now he saw that both were young, not more than nineteen or twenty.

They were tethered, army style, on stable lines.

They could hear the pony's feet on the dry leaves for a while, then the sound faded out.

They, and the two large fans which I could dimly see as daylight filtered through their vents, down at the far end of the hall, could be turned on by a master switch situated inside the office.

They reached the guard house without alerting the men on the walls above, and Powers slipped through the door.

They squatted on their heels in the deep mud and Dill found a cigar in his breast pocket, passing it over silently.

They got tin cups of coffee from the big pot on the coosie's fire, rolled and lighted brown-paper cigarettes, lounged about.

They were sitting on their heels, rider-fashion, over by the still empty calf wagon.

They reined in before the town marshal's office, a box-sized building on Main Street.

They moved in on him, crowded him from all sides.

They returned to the street, mounted their horses, rode through the rain to the big house on Houston Street.

They tracked mud on the oaken floor, on the carpet.

They were headed straight for each other on a collision course.

`` They were supposed to meet Thor at nine PM for a conference concerning the ad campaign for their soap, a new angle based on this SX-21 stuff ''.

They discussed the way people never tell each other the things on their minds.

They watched the tree until it twisted sharply on a bend.

They could come on him now without difficulty.

They are preoccupied riding herd on control panels, switches, flashing colored lights on pale green or gray consoles that look like business machines.

They inhabit a secret world centered on `` go codes '' and `` gold phones ''.

They squatted on their heels with their heads bent far forward, their eyes only a few inches from the ground.

They differed in the balance they believed essential to the sovereignty of the citizen -- but the supreme sacrifice each made served to maintain a still more fundamental truth: That individual life, liberty and happiness depend on a right balance between the two -- and on the limitation of sovereignty, in all its aspects, which this involves.

They arise in situations in which one believes that what happens depends not only on the external world, but also on the precise pattern of behavior of the individual or group.