But, it argues, these fall foul of both an obstructive bureaucracy and the slow and corruption-prone legal procedure for the compulsory purchase of land or buildings.

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The term describes small natural fireballs which very occasionally follow ordinary lightning, floating across land or through buildings and aircraft.

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Already an advance on current in-cockpit systems, the Warrior technology will enable pilots to navigate through "brown out" conditions when dust or bad weather obscure land and hazardous buildings.

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Mr Glanville said there have been a few examples of churches selling or leasing their buildings and land for housing in the past but now the issue would become "more of a focus".

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The curtilage refers to the land immediately surrounding a house or dwelling, including any closely associated buildings and structures and defines the boundary within which a home owner might reasonably expect privacy.

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It will also be a chance for people working in local authority housing or planning departments and other housing providers to learn more about church land and buildings.

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Chinese partners might inject buildings, equipment or what may have appeared at the time to be overvalued land use rights, but never cash.

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The value of their estates tends to be concentrated heavily in land, buildings and machinery, with little cash left to heirs, who have to sell the business, or chunks of it, to pay the tax.

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