It was in the 1880s that a real land and housing boom began, however.

As a side effect of this process the land began to sink.

The land began to look as if its life belonged there.

After a time the land began to descend once more.

He smiled to himself, then straightened as the land began to fall away again.

Against them, other lands began to be marked out in blue.

Many of the residents moved away when the land began to be developed in the 1980s.

The land before him began to take on a familiar appearance.

Within a few years, the men said, their land began to lose its fertility.

After about half an hour, the land began to rise up and he realized they had reached the north point of the island.