It is not just the size of land deals that remains uncertain. Their contractual basis often is, too.

不仅地坛交易的规模不明朗，并且他们的合同基础也经常是这样。

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"On what basis can you say rural kids have to farm the land while city people get to sit in an office drinking and eating," a reader from Anhui Province wrote on the popular Sina web portal.

“你凭什么说农村的孩子就应该种地，而城市的人们就可以坐在办公室里吃吃喝喝，”一名来自安徽省的读者在知名网站新浪网上写道。

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The study showed that this method could provide scientific basis for the theory and practice of land resources management.

研究表明，该方法可为土地资源持续利用经营管理的理论和实践提供科学依据。

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"The mission found that the attack on the only remaining flour-producing factory, the destruction of a large part of the Gaza egg production, the bulldozing of huge tracts of agricultural land, and the bombing of some could not on any basis be justified on military grounds.

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The investor therefore typically accesses the land on the basis of lease agreements.

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However, local residents can be assured that police will be putting in place arrangements for access to homes and agricultural land on an individual basis for those who will be directly affected.

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Officials pay the farmers compensation on the basis of the land's agricultural value, whereas developers buy the land at a price nearer to its commercial value.

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